Romain Werro

Romain Werro (born July 24, 1796 in Friborg ; † November 23, 1876 ibid) was a Swiss politician and State Councilor of the canton of Friborg .

He was Catholic and comes from a family belonging to the privileged citizens of the city of Freiburg. His grandfather François-Romain Werro (1716–1794) was between 1771 and 1794, his father Charles-Joseph Werro (1754–1828) from 1796 to 1798 and from 1814 to 1827 mayor every two years. His mother Marie-Françoise belonged to the powerful Gottrau family. Werro himself remained unmarried.

Life

Werro was first brought up by the open-minded Grand Vicar Gottofrey. After attending the St. Michael College (1807–1813), which he graduated with the Matura , he studied law in The Hague and Heidelberg (1813–1815). He then made a career in administration: Secretary of the Police Department (1815-1816), Secretary of the Justice Council (1816-1826), Secretary of the Grand Council (1822-1829), Vice Chancellor (1826-1829) and State Chancellor (1829-1846). He was also the honorary secretary of the Legislative Commission (1822–1829), which drafted the cantonal civil code.

Political career

Active as a councilor from 1822 to 1830, he advocated Father Girard's teaching method against the machinations of the ultra-conservatives and clergy. He joined the liberal regime of 1830 and supported the revision of the federal treaty from 1832 to 1833 ( Rossi Plan ). From 1834 to 1846, he sat on the Grand Council again, advocated moderate progress, opposed the interference of Bishop Pierre Tobie Yenni in politics and fought against joining the Sonderbund . When Freiburg nevertheless joined this, he withdrew from politics like Hubert Charles and settled in Vevey.

In December 1856 he returned and was re-elected to the Grand Council (1856–1863), which he presided over in 1858. In 1857 he proposed the revision of the radical constitution of 1848 and became a member of the ad hoc commission. From 1858 to 1860 he was a Councilor of States . At the urging of Hubert Charles, he was elected second to the Council of State with 71 out of 74 votes. Due to his old age and poor health, he stayed in office for only eleven months and headed the cultural department. He prepared the decree of May 11, 1858 on the administration of church property and the agreement of May 6, 1858 on their control.

Werro, who distinguished himself through his erudition, joined the Economic Society in 1816, whose library he managed. He directed the publication of four volumes of the Recueil diplomatique du canton de Friborg (1839–1844). Member of several historical societies and of the Swiss non-profit society , he was involved in the establishment of an abstinence society (1837) and the Freiburg Vinzenzverein (1853). He was also a founding member of the Sparkasse der Stadt Freiburg (1829).

literature

• Georges Andrey , John Clerc, Jean-Pierre Dorand et Nicolas Gex: The Freiburg Council of State: 1848–2011. History, organization, members . Editions La Sarine, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-2-88355-153-4 .

Web links

• Jean-Pierre Dorand and MS: Werro, François Romain. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .