Otto von Büren
Rudolf Otto von Büren (born September 19, 1822 in Bern , † December 25, 1888 there , entitled to live in Bern) was a Swiss politician from the von Büren family .
Life
From 1864 to 1887 he was mayor of Bern and from 1864 to 1884 he was a member of the Swiss National Council. In addition to his work in the civic community of Bern , he was particularly committed to the city's gas and water supply. Politically, he was conservative and rejected the culture war policy of the liberal cantonal government. Ecclesiastically he represented as a leading member of the Evangelical Society within the Reformed Church to pietism and engaged for the Evangelical Alliance .
Web links
- Peter Stettler: Büren, Otto von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Karl Zeerleder (1832–1848) | Friedrich Ludwig Effinger (1849–1863) | Christoph Albert Kurz (1864) | Rudolf Otto von Büren (1864–1888) | Eduard Müller (1888–1895) | Franz Lindt (1895–1899) | Adolf von Steiger (1900–1918) | Gustav Müller (1918–1920) | Hermann Lindt (1920–1937) | Ernst Bärtschi (1937–1951) | Otto Steiger (1952–1958) | Eduard Freimüller (1958–1966) | Reynold Tschäppät (1966–1979) | Werner Bircher (1979–1992) | Klaus Baumgartner (1993-2004) | Alexander Tschäppät (2005–2016) | Alec von Graffenried (since 2017)
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| SURNAME | Büren, Otto von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Büren, Rudolf Otto von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1888 |
| Place of death | Bern |