Pankraz Friday

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Pankraz Friday

Pankraz Freitag (born December 12, 1952 in Glarus ; † October 5, 2013 in Haslen ; entitled to live in Elm and Engi ) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ).

biography

Pankraz Freitag studied at the University of Zurich and graduated with a diploma in mathematics . In 1978 he became a mathematics teacher at the Cantonal School in Glarus . In 1996 he was promoted to Vice Rector . In 1994 he was elected to the District Administrator of the Canton of Glarus . From 1998 to 2008 he was the cantonal construction director in the government council .

After Fritz Schiesser (FDP) resigned from the Council of States because he was elected President of the ETH Council , the delegates of the Free Democratic Party nominated Pankraz Friday as a substitute candidate on January 7, 2008. The former price monitor Werner Marti ( SP ) and the non-attached René Brandenberger also competed . Pankraz Freitag received 4969 votes in the replacement election on February 10, 2008 and was the only one to surpass the absolute majority of 4568 votes. The SP National Councilor Werner Marti received 2975 votes and came second. Since Friday was elected to the Council of States, his seat in the cantonal government had to be filled in the replacement election on April 6, 2008. In the parliamentary elections in 2011 , Friday was confirmed in the Council of States.

He has made a name for himself in the Council of States above all as a financial and environmental politician. He was a member of the Commission for Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, the Finance Commission and the Commission for Economy and Taxes.

Pankraz Freitag held various mandates, including being Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Cooperative for the Storage of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) and Vice President of Axpo Holding .

Pankraz Freitag died in the night of October 4th to 5th, 2013 at home in Haslen. He had been married since 1980 and had two sons and a daughter.

Web links

Commons : Pankraz Friday  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Council of States Pankraz died surprisingly on Friday. Swiss and Glarus FDP shocked by huge loss. ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. FDP media release from October 6, 2013, accessed on October 6, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fdp.ch
  2. ^ FDP appoints Pankraz Freitag as Council of States candidate , news.ch, January 8, 2008, accessed on October 6, 2013.
  3. FDP can hold a second seat in the Glarus government , news.ch, April 20, 2008, accessed on October 6, 2013.
  4. a b Short portrait of Pankraz Friday , NZZ Online , March 5, 2012, accessed on October 6, 2013.
  5. ^ Mandates from Pankraz Friday.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. infocube.ch, accessed on October 7, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / infocube.ch