Wilhelm Mile
Wilhelm Meile (born August 6, 1886 in Kirchberg (SG) , † December 9, 1973 in Bern ) was a Swiss economist and politician .
Life
Mile graduated from the Schwyz college . From 1908 to 1913 he studied economics at the Universities of Friborg , Bern , Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin and Universität Munich and received his doctorate in Friborg in 1913 with a dissertation entitled “Switzerland at the World Exhibitions”.
From 1917 Wilhelm Meile was head of the Basel Sample Fair , where he founded Radio Basel in 1926 together with Hans Zickendraht . He was the Basel Education Councilor from 1931 to 1938, and the Catholic-Conservative National Councilor from 1935 to 1938.
In 1938 Meile joined the Swiss Federal Railways , where he was President of the General Management from 1940 to 1949.
Meile was a co-founder of the Association of Christian Entrepreneurs in Einsiedeln .
Web links
- Jan Uebelhart: Mile, Wilhelm. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mile, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss economist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirchberg (SG) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1973 |
| Place of death | Bern |