Werner Vogt (politician)

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Werner Vogt (born May 11, 1905 in Grenchen , † July 10, 2000 in Bettlach ), entitled to live in Grenchen, was a Swiss politician ( SP ).

Life

Family and work

Werner Vogt, born in Grenchner, son of Viktor Josef Vogt and his wife Emma née Furrer, acquired the primary school teacher license in 1924. Vogt had been teaching in Biberist since 1927 , and in 1930 he took over a primary school teaching position in Grenchen. Werner Vogt had been employed as a trade school teacher in Grenchen since 1944, and left in 1952.

The staunch free thinker and atheist Werner Vogt married Anna Martha, the daughter of Adolf Luterbacher, in 1928. He died in July 2000 two months after he had turned 95 in Bettlach.

Political career

Werner Vogt, who joined the Social Democratic Party (SP), was a local councilor in Biberist from 1928 to 1930 . In 1933 he was elected to the Cantonal Council of the Canton of Solothurn , which he headed as President of the Cantonal Council in 1948/49. In 1952 he resigned. On March 16, 1952, he was elected to the Solothurn government council thanks to the alliance of the Catholic Conservatives with the SP, which ended the 120-year rule of liberalism . In 1969 he resigned from this position. In 1963 the people elected him to the Council of States , where he belonged to the finance, foreign trade and foreign policy commission, in 1971 he retired from this position.

See also

literature

  • Social Democratic Party of the Canton of Solothurn: The People. Cooperative printing house, Olten, May 11, 1965
  • Peter Walliser: The struggle for democratic rights in the canton of Solothurn: illustrated using the biographies of Josef and Otto Walliser. Verlag Aare, Solothurn, 1986 ISBN 3-7260-0275-8 , p. 512 ff., 516, 520, 531.
  • Solothurn Newspaper . Vogt-Schild, Solothurn, January 10, 1986
  • Hans Girsberger: Who's who in Switzerland, including the Principality of Liechtenstein. Central European Times Publishing Company Limited, Zurich, 1989, p. 690.
  • Bieler Tagblatt . Gassmann, Biel, July 18, 2000
  • Freethinker Association of Switzerland: Freethinkers: Monthly of the Freethinkers Association of Switzerland = libero pensatore. Freethinkers Association of Switzerland, Bern, 8/2000, p. 6.
  • Historical Association of the Canton of Solothurn : Yearbook for Solothurn History, Volume 74. Buchdruckerei Gassmann a.-g., Solothurn, 2001, p. 270.

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personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (SP)
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Grenchen
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2000
Place of death Bed laugh