Walter Zwingli

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Walter Zwingli (born September 28, 1925 in St. Gallen ; † July 10, 2018 in Rheineck ; resident in Nesslau ) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ).

Life

Walter Zwingli trained as a farmer from 1941 to 1947 in farms and at the cantonal agricultural school in Flawil . From 1948 he completed his studies in engineering and agronomy at the ETH Zurich , which he completed with a diploma (Dipl. Ing.-Agr.). In 1956, he was up there with Rudolf Koblet and Albert Frey-Wyssling to Dr. sc. nat. PhD. From 1958 to 1977 he was director of the cantonal agricultural school Custerhof in Rheineck and from 1977 to 1984 of the agricultural school Rheinhof in Salez . From 1984 to 1990 he worked as an agriculture teacher.

From 1964 to 1970 he was a board member and from 1970 to 1973 President of the Agricultural Society of the Canton of St. Gallen. From 1973 to 1981 he was initially Vice President, from 1981 to 1989 he was President of the St. Gall Farmers' Union .

Zwingli was a member of the FDP. He was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of St. Gallen from 1976 to 1984 and of the National Council from 1984 to 1991 .

Zwingli was particularly committed to peasant land rights and agricultural education as well as the expansion of the Rhine Valley railway line . In 1988 he was one of the co-organizers of the first OLMA agricultural talks.

Fonts

  • Studies on the fertility conditions in Swiss white clover populations with supplementary cytological studies. In: Journal of Plant Breeding. Vol. 36 (1956), H. 3, pp. 237-288, DOI: 10.3929 / ethz-a-000088686 (dissertation, ETH Zurich, 1956).

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  1. ↑ Outline of life in dissertation, see literature.
  2. ↑ a b Old St. Gallen National Councilor Walter Zwingli has died . In: toponline.ch . July 13, 2018 ( toponline.ch [accessed August 10, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Zwingli, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2018
Place of death Rheineck SG