Peter Schmid (politician, 1941)

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Peter Schmid (born September 28, 1941 in Rüti near Büren ) is a Swiss politician ( SVP ). From 1979 to 1998 he was a member of the government council of the canton of Bern .

Live and act

The son of a teacher attended schools in Rüti and Solothurn . He completed the Matura type A at the Solothurn Cantonal School . He then studied law at the University of Bern and graduated with a licentiate . In 1967 he obtained the Bern advocacy patent .

As Secretary General of the then Farmers, Trade and Citizens' Party (BGB), Peter Schmid was a driving force behind the founding of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) in 1971 through the merger of the BGB with the democratic parties of the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden . He then worked as secretary of SVP Switzerland and the SVP of the Canton of Bern. From 1971 to 1978 he was a member of the municipal council of his residential community in Münchenbuchsee . In 1974 he was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern and in 1979 to the government council, from which he resigned in 1998 as the longest-serving member. He was repeatedly seen as a possible candidate for the Federal Council .

Activity as a government councilor

From 1979 to 1990, Peter Schmid headed the judicial department of the canton of Bern, and from 1986 to 1990 also the then local authority. From 1990 he was head of the education department. He is considered to be a pioneer in the total revision of the constitution of the canton of Bern and carried out the total revision of Bern's education legislation, which was introduced by the Grand Council in 1985. From 1993 to 1998 he was President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Education Directors .

In 2008 Peter Schmid did not change from SVP to BDP, unlike his younger brother, the then Federal Councilor Samuel Schmid .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Who’s Who in Switzerland. Edition 1982/1983. Nagel, Geneva 1983, p. 507.
  2. ↑ a b c d e media release: On the resignation of Government Councilor Peter Schmid . Canton Bern. May 25, 1998. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Markus Bürgi: Democratic Party. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 7, 2010 , accessed June 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Larissa Bieler , Martin A. Senn: The SVP - "A new home for all positive forces in the country" . In: NZZ am Sonntag . April 6, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b Schmid's brother remains in the SVP . In: 20 minutes . August 28, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Rüti near Büren