Michel Crippa

Michel Crippa (born September 1, 1936 in Geneva , † October 2, 1999 in Ecublens ) was a Swiss manager . He was entitled to reside in Geneva.

Professional career

Crippa attended the commercial school in Zug , which he graduated with the commercial school-leaving certificate, and completed further training in management and marketing. In the late 1950s he joined the Exxon oil company ; From 1963 he worked at the Swiss subsidiary Esso Switzerland, where he was part of the management from 1969. In 1980 he switched to the Swiss Federal Railways . There he was Marketing Director until 1984 and was then promoted to one of the General Directors. In 1988 and 1989 he held the post of President of the Board of the Kuoni travel group . From 1990 to 1993 he worked as an independent management consultant and vice-president and general director of Comco Holding AG in Nidau . In 1994 he was employed as a director by the Swiss Commercial Vehicle Association ASTAG . At the end of August 1999 he resigned as a result of ruinous private property speculation. About a month later, Crippa died of a fall from a staircase.

criticism

Michel Crippa came under fire in 1998 when he wrote a letter in his capacity as ASTAG director of the EU with the intention that the EU should remain tough in the ongoing negotiations on the heavy vehicle tax. Switzerland was primarily concerned with the high price that every truck over 3.5 tonnes per road unit had to pay in order to make the shift of freight traffic to rail as an alternative to attractively priced. The Swiss people had made a binding call for the relocation of goods traffic to rail through the adopted Alpine Initiative . The then Transport Minister, Federal Councilor Moritz Leuenberger , publicly complained that his position had been weakened by Michel Crippa's letter. This led to public debates about the Swiss negotiating position and whether the letter was not a fraud against the will of the people.

military

Michel Crippa held the degree of brigadier in the Swiss Army and headed the Troop Information Service of the Swiss Army from 1989 to 1995. From 1997 to 1999 he was the Central President of the Swiss Officers Society .

Web links

• Andrea Weibel: Crippa, Michel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Matin  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (from September 1, 1999)  
2. ↑ Volksstimme No. 118  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (from October 5, 1999)  
3. ↑ Mittelland-Zeitung, I hope that the Borer case will have a healing effect ( memento of the original from November 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Interview with Moritz Leuenberger 
4. ↑ 183.12.5. Position of the Swiss Commercial Vehicle Association (ASTAG) on a performance-based heavy vehicle charge (LSVA) 02.1997 - 09.1998 (case Michel Crippa, Director ASTAG)
5. ↑ No. 2/99: Criticism of public figures / rules of the game of journalistic questioning (Crippa c. "FACTS") ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Statement of January 31, 1999)