Modest Bise

Modeste Bise (born April 17, 1829 in Murist , Broye district , † December 19, 1907 in Friborg ) was a Swiss politician and State Councilor of the canton of Friborg .

biography

He was Catholic and from Murist . His parents were François Bise (born 1791), a farmer, and Josepha born. Bise, from Montborget . Modeste Bise married Marie-Elisabeth Bruegger in 1859 in the canton of Friborg . Her son Emile became editor-in-chief of the Liberté and later a state collector. He was also State Chancellor (1885-1894).

After primary school in Murist , Modeste Bise worked on his father's farm. One of his friends noticed his excellent intellectual abilities and advised him to continue studying. From 1852 to 1857 he graduated from the technical department of the canton school ( Kollegium St. Michael from 1848 to 1857). After two internships with geometers , he studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich from 1856 to 1857 and received his diploma as a surveying commissioner at the age of 28.

Between 1857 and 1876 he created the land register plans for numerous municipalities in Friborg. On the basis of his merits and experience, the State Council appointed him General Commissioner. Until then, he had stayed away from politics. Originally a liberal, he gradually evolved into a moderate conservative.

After Frédéric Vaillant's resignation, Louis de Weck-Reynold and Henri Schaller stood in the way of the candidacy of Aloys Bossy , an ultra-conservative sponsored by Alphonse Théraulaz . Supported by them, Bise was elected to the Council of State on May 13, 1878 with 42 votes out of 81. As construction director (1878–1881) he continued the road construction program of François-Xavier Bondallaz , Théodore Perroud and François-Xavier Menoud . Under him, the Law on Navigable Waters (1881) came into force. In December 1881, when the Council of State was renewed, he was not re-elected. The ultra-conservatives, who had previously won the Grand Council elections, let the government slide to the right. Bise's non-re-election prompted a demonstration of young people shouting: “Vive Bise! A bas les calotins! " (Long live Bise! Down with the Pfaffenknechten!)

From 1882 to 1907 Bise worked again as general commissioner. In 1897 he became president of the supervisory commission of the debt enforcement and bankruptcy offices. He was active in the General Council of the City of Freiburg and in the Freiburg Engineers and Architects Association, of which he was Vice President. He died on December 19, 1907 at the age of 79.

literature

• Georges Andrey , John Clerc, Jean-Pierre Dorand et Nicolas Gex: The Freiburg Council of State: 1848–2011. History, organization, members . Editions La Sarine, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-2-88355-153-4 .