Rudolf Hafner (politician)

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Rudolf Hafner (born December 27, 1951 in Balsthal ) is a Swiss business economist and politician ( glp , formerly Free List ). He was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern and the National Council and has been the Cantonal Councilor of the Canton of Solothurn since May 7, 2013 . He became known in 1984 when he uncovered the Bern financial affair .

Life

Hafner was born in Balsthal, he has three older siblings. After attending school, he completed a commercial apprenticeship and worked for banks, including the mortgage and commercial bank in Solothurn and the Crédit commercial de France in Paris.

He studied at the higher business and administration school in Zurich with a degree in business administration . From 1980 he worked as a civil servant auditor in the financial control of the Canton of Bern .

Bern financial affair

Hafner had reported grievances to his superiors several times, but had been rejected by them. On August 24, 1984, he sent a 23-page letter to all members of the Grand Council calling for a commission of inquiry to be set up. In his letter, he accused the government council of misappropriating lottery money and supporting secret voting committees with public funds. Thus, the Government have the antiseparatistischen fighting organization Force démocratique 120,000 Swiss francs for lobbying in the Jura conflict transferred and referendum campaigns of the Swiss People's Party supported with grants. The public prosecutor's office issued an arrest warrant against Hafner, he left the finance department before the police arrived and went into hiding, and his parents' apartment was searched. Hafner's revelations sparked a "political earthquake". The report of the Special Commission of Inquiry of August 26, 1985 confirmed the allegations. In addition, on November 1, 1985, Hafner disclosed fraudulent expense reports. The government councilor and police director Hans Krähenbühl (FDP) had his Jaguar repaired several times at the expense of the state. On November 11, 1985, Krähenbühl and the government councilor Werner Martignoni (SVP) announced that they no longer wanted to run for the 1986 elections. As a result, a cantonal government dominated by red and green was elected for the first time in 1986.

After the affair

Hafner was unable to continue his professional career as planned. He was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern and from 1987 to 1994 the National Council. He then became the managing director of a social therapeutic home and managed a retirement and nursing home in Dornach. Since then he has been the manager of a school for disabled young people.

On March 3, 2013, he was elected to the Solothurn Cantonal Council for the Green Liberals .

Publications

  • "And nobody was allowed to open their mouths ..." A former auditor on revision. Notes from Democracy. Editions Heuwinkel, Neuallschwil 1988.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Hafner on the website of the Federal Assembly
  2. ↑ so.grunliberale.ch  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 4, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.so.grunliberale.ch  
  3. ↑ solothurnerzeitung.ch
  4. ↑ gfl-burgdorf.ch  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gfl-burgdorf.ch  
  5. ↑ a b Uncovered uncoverers .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Swiss Observer , edition 19/2004@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www2.beobachter.ch.dns.boreus.de  
  6. ↑ Stefan von Bergen: Bern's resurrection from the ruins of old greatness In: Berner Zeitung online, May 7, 2011
  7. ↑ a b Rahel Bucher: Berns Whistleblower In: Der Bund online, January 17, 2012
  8. ↑ Urs von Tobel: Have courage!  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Swiss Observer , edition 4/03@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.beobachter.ch  
  9. ↑ Proud dung heaps . In: Der Spiegel . No. 12 , 1986, pp. 152-153 ( online ).
  10. ↑ Auditor triggered political earthquake In: Bieler Tagblatt online, August 13, 2004 (full access only for subscribers)
  11. ^ Beat Junker : History of the Canton of Bern since 1798: Volume III on the website of the Historical Association of the Canton of Bern
  12. ↑ Bern financial affair 25 years ago on the website of the Swiss radio DRS of November 11, 2010
  13. ↑ so.ch accessed on March 4, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Hafner, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (GFL) and whistleblower
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Balsthal