Otto Fischer (politician, 1915)
Otto Fischer (born April 2, 1915 in Wald , † October 22, 1993 in Bern ; resident in Bern and Wald) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ).
Life
Fischer was born as the son of a textile manufacturer from the Zurich Oberland . After visiting the schools in the forest and the trade Matura at the Kantonsschule Zurich , he studied economics at the Universities of Geneva , Bern and Rome . He was in Geneva with the dissertation L'influence of fluctuations monétaires sur les bilans et le problème de la reevaluation (1940) to Dr. ès sc. ec. PhD .
From 1941 to 1948 he worked for the federal price control in Bern and Montreux. From 1948 to 1979 he was with the Swiss Trade Association , initially as a department head in the secretariat, from 1950 as executive secretary and finally from 1963 to 1979 as director.
Fischer was married.
politics
Fischer was a member of the National Council from 1967 to 1983 .
Fischer was a conservative politician who defended himself against state interference in the economy and an open foreign policy. He shaped the trade association into a determining power factor in Swiss politics. Fischer was managing director and vice-president of the campaign for an independent and neutral Switzerland .
Web links
- Peter Stettler: Fischer, Otto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Otto Fischer (politician, 1915) on the website of the Federal Assembly
- Erik Ebneter: The eloquent Wüterich. In: Basler Zeitung of December 21, 2011
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SURNAME | Fischer, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (FDP) |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Forest |
DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1993 |
Place of death | Bern |