Remigius Kaufmann

Remigius Kaufmann (born July 20, 1925 in Wil SG ; † March 28, 2011 in St. Gallen , entitled to reside in Wil SG and Arni-Islisberg ) was a Swiss politician (KVP / CVP) .

biography

Remigius merchant, son of lawyer Remigius senior businessman and Melanie Grüebler, Maturant at Capuchin College Stans , devoted himself from 1946 studying law at the Universities of Friborg and Zurich , which he in 1951 with the promotion of Dr. iur. completed. After an internship in St. Gallen, Remigius Kaufmann was admitted to the bar in 1953.

As a result, Kaufmann was in architecture and real estate office worked until he entered in 1956 as a partner in the law firm of Remigius Baerlocher, until the election in the Federal Council also Thomas Holenstein had worked. In 1964 he opened his own law firm.

Remigius Kaufmann - he married Pia in 1955, the daughter of Käser's Ernst Haag - died on March 28, 2011 at the age of 86 in St. Gallen.

Political career

Remigius Kaufmann - he was a member of the Christian Social Party wing of the CVP - was elected to the St. Gallen Cantonal Council in 1968, to which he belonged until 1972. In the same year Remigius Kaufmann replaced Kurt Furgler , who had been elected to the Federal Council in December 1971, to the National Council , from which he left in 1983. Most recently, he chaired the Catholic Administrative Council of the Canton of St. Gallen from 1982 to 1995 .

Remigius Kaufmann was committed to nature and environmental protection as well as financial policy at both national and cantonal level. Under his leadership, the bank Sparad of the Catholic denomination was transferred to the St. Galler Kantonalbank .

literature

• Oberländer Tagblatt from July 19, 1990

Web links

• Franz Xaver Bishop: Merchant, Remigius. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Recently deceased councilors on the website of the Federal Assembly
• Obituary for Kaufmann, Remigius on the Thurgauer Zeitung website from April 25, 2011