Niklaus Pfluger (politician)

Niklaus Pfluger (born April 1, 1799 in Oensingen , † May 1, 1854 in Balsthal ) was a Swiss politician . From 1848 until his death he was a member of the National Council.

biography

The son of a bleacher and magistrate received a legal education and worked as a procurator after an internship . When Johann Baptist Reinert created the Solothurn Civil Code (one of the first in Switzerland), Pfluger was one of his employees and, before it was introduced, a member of the advisory commission. Inspired by the July Revolution of 1830 , there was also a liberal turnaround in the canton of Solothurn . Pfluger took part in the people's day in Balsthal, which resulted in the resignation of the conservative government and the drafting of a new cantonal constitution.

In 1831, like his father before him, Pfluger was elected to the Solothurn Grand Council , to which he belonged continuously until his death. During the same time he was bailiff of Amtei Thal-Gäu , in 1840 he represented Solothurn as an envoy to the Diet . When the radical liberal government forced further liberalization of the cantonal constitution in 1841 and put the conservatives under pressure with police measures (“bayonet constitution”), Pfluger was their main informant. In October 1848 he ran successfully in the first National Council elections , and died shortly before the end of the second legislative term.

Web links

• Thomas Wallner: Pfluger, Niklaus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .