Werner Martignoni
Werner Martignoni (born May 28, 1927 in Muri near Bern ) is a Swiss politician ( BGB , later SVP ).
Life
Martignoni was born the son of a cantonal official in Muri near Bern. He graduated from high school in Bern in 1946 . He studied economics at the University of Bern from 1946 to 1951 and graduated in 1951 with a licentiate. In 1953 he was promoted to Dr. rer. pole. PhD.
From 1948 Martignoni was parliamentary reporter for the Neue Berner Zeitung and from 1958 domestic editor. From 1963 to 1973 he was head of the information center of the Association of Swiss Insurance Companies .
politics
Martignoni was elected to the municipal council of Muri bei Bern as a representative of the citizens' party in 1961 and then served as a part-time council president from 1965 to 1972 and as a full-time council president in 1973/74. In 1966 he was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern .
From 1974 to 1986 Martignoni was a member of the Bern government council as the cantonal finance director and represented several tax law revisions and personnel decisions. From 1979 he presided over the government council's juridical delegation, this during the emotionally turbulent emergence of the canton of Jura . As a member of the government, Martignoni was responsible for the property dispute between the cantons of Bern and Jura , which became final on November 8, 1984 through a concordat between the canton's parliaments. In 1976/77 and 1985/86 he was President of the Canton of Bern.
Martignoni u. a. the mortgage bank of the Canton of Bern and the Board of Directors of the United Rheinsalinen , both of which he chaired. For 20 years he represented Bernische Winterhilfe as president .
During his reign, Martignoni was a member of the National Council from 1979 to 1987 . He was ported as a candidate for the Federal Council by the SVP parliamentary group in December 1979, and was subsequently defeated by Leon Schlumpf, a member of the Graubünden Council of States .
As one of the main people responsible for the misuse of tax and lottery money ( Bern financial affair ), Martignoni refrained from running for the government council elections in 1986 and the national council elections in 1987.
Later activities
After leaving politics in 1987, Martignoni worked as a writer. He published several works, such as commentaries on world events in classical hexameters , and translated Ibsen’s Peer Gynt and Goethe’s Faust into Bernese German .
Web link
- Peter Stettler: Martignoni, Werner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Werner Martignoni in the catalog of the German National Library
- Career on the website of the Canton of Bern
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martignoni, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (BGB) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muri near Bern |