Peter Gerber (politician)

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Peter Gerber (born June 8, 1923 in Frienisberg ; † April 11, 2012 , entitled to live in Langnau im Emmental ) was a Swiss agronomist and politician ( SVP ).

biography

Gerber attended schools in Baggwil , Aarberg and Bern . From 1945 to 1949 he studied agronomy at the ETH Zurich . From 1951 to 1957 he was adjunct and from 1957 to 1988 administrator of the Frienisberg retirement and nursing home .

In 1953 Gerber was elected to the local council (the executive) of Seedorf and in 1957 he was the local president. From 1962 to 1979 he was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern and chaired it in the 1975/76 year of office. From 1979 to 1987 he was a member of the Council of States and served as President of the Council of States in 1985/86 . In his political offices he devoted himself primarily to agricultural policy .

Gerber headed the beet growers 'association of the Aarberg sugar factory and the Bernese farmers' association. From 1974 to 1988 he was President of the Swiss Farmers' Association , whose structures he reformed considerably by revising the statutes in 1979. He led the Swiss Mobiliar Insurance Company as a member of the board of directors . Gerber, who was a colonel in the Swiss Army , was a member of the Council for General Defense . From 1979 he was a member and from 1989 to 1993 President of the Bank Council of the Swiss National Bank . Gerber was a member of the Swiss student union Helvetia Zurich.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bern's old Council of States President Peter Gerber has died. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 13, 2012, accessed on January 9, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b c Bieler Tagblatt : Former Council of States President Peter Gerber has died , accessed on April 13, 2012
  3. ↑ a b c Christoph Zürcher: Gerber, Peter. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  4. ↑ NZZ Online / sda : Bern's former Council of States President Peter Gerber has died , accessed on April 13, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Gerber, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss agronomist and politician (SVP)
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Frienisberg
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2012