Théodore Perroud

Théodore Perroud (born March 30, 1831 in Châtel-Saint-Denis , † July 10, 1876 in Friborg ) was a Swiss politician and State Councilor of the canton of Friborg .

He was Catholic and from Châtel-Saint-Denis. His parents were Jean-Léon Perroud, Grand Councilor, and Julie nee. Genoud. Théodore-Jacques-Philippe Perroud married Stéphanie-Cécile-Emma Landerset, daughter of Jean-Pierre Landerset (1781–1849). This important liberal and then radical statesman was a Grand Councilor (1814–1849) and State Councilor from 1836 to 1847 and from 1848 to 1849.

Little is known about Théodore Perroud's school and university days. Obviously he had an excellent knowledge of architecture. From 1861 to 1870 he was a canton architect. When the project for the von Marsens hospital took shape, State Councilor François-Xavier Bondallaz died and Perroud, who had never been politically active, was the man of the hour.

On February 17, 1870 he was elected to the Council of State with 36 out of 66 votes, in which he headed the building department (1870–1876). From 1871 to 1876 he sat on the Grand Council. Its management was heavily used by the first work on the strategic Bulle – Boltigen road, the secondary railway lines Freiburg – Payerne – Estavayer – Yverdon, Palézieux – Payerne – Murten – Lyss and the first Freiburg – Murten project. Perroud's most important building project, which required his full attention, however, was the asylum Marsens (1871–1876). It made him ill and he was hurt by certain reviews of the clinic in the press. On July 10, 1876, he died of a stroke in Freiburg.

Perroud was a moderate conservative and a technocrat who had become a politician, hardworking, upright, and skilled in technical matters. His good-naturedness and modesty made him a popular official, far removed from all political intrigues.

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 .