Myrtha Welti

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Myrtha Welti (1994)

Myrtha Welti-Hunger (* 1945 in Chur ) is a Swiss teacher , lawyer and former politician .

Life

Welti took the mid-sixties to Zurich at the local university train for a secondary school teacher. In the 1970s she studied law at the Universities of Zurich and Geneva and graduated with a degree. She then worked as an assistant at the Law Department of the University of Zurich.

From 1981 to 1991 Welti was a research assistant at the General Secretariat of the Swiss People's Party (SVP). From 1985 to 1989 she lived in London with her husband, the diplomat Philippe Welti , and their children . From 1992 to 1994 she was the deputy general secretary, and in 1994 she succeeded Max Friedli as general secretary of the SVP. In 1995 she ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the National Council for SVP Bern . In the same year she resigned in protest against misogynist votes by SVP exponents from the Bernese cantonal party. In 1996 she resigned as General Secretary of the SVP and was replaced by Martin Baltisser .

Welti lived with her family in Bonn from 1996 to 1998 . She then worked as a freelance consultant. In 1999 she ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the National Council for SVP Graubünden . In 2000 she left the SVP. On April 4, 2001, she succeeded Linus von Castelmur as Secretary General of the Independent Expert Commission «Switzerland - Second World War» . From 2003 until her resignation at the end of 2009, she was a member of the University Council of the University of Zurich. She joined the Civil Democratic Party (BDP).

Welti has three children with her husband, including the singer Sophie Hunger .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Council elections 1995 , website admin.ch , accessed on 19 July 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f The members of the Independent Expert Commission Switzerland - Second World War , accessed on July 19, 2013.
  3. ^ A b On turbulent times and current reforms , UZH News, May 11, 2006, University of Zurich website, accessed on July 20, 2013.
  4. ^ A b Sophie Hunger , Pop-Archiv International 03/2013 of March 5, 2013 (Kai Florian Becker), website of the Munzinger-Archiv , accessed on July 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b c Documentation on SVP 1987–2005 (PDF; 185 kB) of the Yearbook Swiss Politics , accessed on July 19, 2013.
  6. ^ Prominent Losers , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , September 8, 2002, accessed July 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ Myrtha Welti becomes Secretary General of the Bergier Commission , Swissinfo , March 29, 2001, accessed on July 19, 2013.
  8. ^ "Bologna is an opportunity" , UZH News, August 22, 2013, University of Zurich website, accessed on July 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ Barbara Basting in the University Council , NZZ Online , January 7, 2010, accessed on July 19, 2013.
  10. ^ With a big backpack to India , Aargauer Zeitung , June 5, 2009, accessed on July 19, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Welti, Myrtha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Welti hunger, Myrtha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss teacher, lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur