Sydney de Coulon

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Sydney de Coulon (born March 24, 1889 in Bevaix , † August 17, 1976 in Fontainemelon , resident in Neuchâtel ) was a Swiss politician ( LPS ).

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Sydney de Coulon was born on March 24, 1889 in Bevaix to the banker Léopold-Alfred-Auguste de Coulon and Depierre, born Léonie. After completing a bank apprenticeship in England , followed by employment in a bank in Lausanne , Sydney de Coulon switched to the watch factory Fontainemelon AG , of which he was a member of the board.

As a result, Sydney de Coulon was entrusted with the management of ASUAG from 1931 to 1933 . Finally, from 1932 to 1964, he was appointed delegate of the board of directors and general manager of Ébauche SA . Together with Gérard Bauer, he founded the Center Electronique Horloger SA for electronic watches and set up a branch of the watch factory Fontainemelon AG in Isérables .

Sydney de Coulon was married to Antoinette, the daughter of Paul Robert-Tissot, the manufacturer of watch movements in Fontainemelon. He died on August 17, 1976, a few months after turning 87 in Fontainemelon.

As a member of the Liberal Party, he sat at the cantonal level between 1941 and 1954 in the Neuchâtel Grand Council . At the federal level, he represented the canton in the National Council from 1947 to 1949 , then in the Council of States until 1963 . In addition, he acted as head of the Swiss Federal Insurance Fund and the National Bank .

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SURNAME Coulon, Sydney de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (LPS)
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Bevaix
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1976
Place of death Fontainemelon