Waldo Riva

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Waldo de Riva (born March 10, 1905 in Lugano ; † September 1, 1987 there ; entitled to live in Lugano) was a Swiss lawyer and politician ( KVP ). He was Swiss governor of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

biography

Waldo Riva, son of the politician Antonio Riva , studied law at the universities of Munich , Rome and Bern , where he in 1928 with the Licentiate completed. In 1931 he was awarded a Dr. iur. PhD. In the same year he obtained the advocacy and notarial license . He worked as a lawyer and notary in Lugano. Riva has held various board memberships, such as for the Swiss branches of Alfa Romeo and Banco di Roma . He was a member of the Swiss UNESCO Commission. From 1949 to 1959 he was President of the Aero Club in Switzerland . Riva was Chief of Staff of Border Brigade 9 of the Swiss Army .

From 1953 to 1981 he was governor of the Swiss Lieutenancy of the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

politics

Riva was a local councilor (1928–1958) and city ​​councilor (1958–1964) in his hometown of Lugano. From 1931 to 1963 he was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Ticino , which he chaired in 1959/60. He was also a member of the National Council from 1943 to 1947 and 1951 .

He was consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in the canton of Ticino.

literature

  • Pablo Crivelli: Waldo Riva. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 1, 2010 , accessed March 26, 2020 .
  • Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (eds.): Waldo Riva. In: Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, pp. 26, 116-117.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ André Braun-Wein: History and law of religious orders of knights, especially in Switzerland. Universitätsverlag, Freiburg im Üechtland 1990, ISBN 3-7278-0702-4 , p. 87.
  2. ↑ Capital, Volume 15 , 1976
predecessor Office successor
Marcel Krügel Croix de l Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre.svg Governor of the Swiss Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
1973–1981 		André Braun wine
personal data
SURNAME Riva, Waldo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riva, Waldo de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Lugano
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1987
Place of death Lugano