Philipp Etter
Philipp Etter ( born December 21, 1891 in Menzingen, † December 23, 1977 in Bern ) was a Swiss politician ( SKVP ) from the Canton train. As he was Federal Minister of the Interior and held four times the Office of the President.
Career
He studied law and owned a bar exam for the canton of Schwyz. From 1918 to 1922 he was in the Zug cantonal parliament and from 1922 to 1928 in the Government until 1927 as a cantonal educational and military director and subsequently as Chief Magistrate. From 1930 to 1934 he held a seat in the Senate.
In 1933, after Hitler came to power, he enlisted in the nine -part essay The patriotic renewal and we. Among other things, for the Catholic- corporatist policies in Austria, which had a dictatorial paint His omission on behalf of the policy of neutrality condemnation expectant known atrocities of the Nazis remained controversial life.
The United Federal Assembly elected Philipp Etter, succeeding Jean -Marie Musy on 28 March 1934 at the first round of voting in the Bundesrat. By Albert Meyer, he took over on 1 May 1934, the Federal Department of the Interior. Parliament confirmed him in 1935, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1951 and 1955, in office. It was 1938, 1941, 1946 and 1952, Vice President of the Bundesrat and 1939, 1942, 1947 and 1953 President. Following the resignation of Federal Marcel Pilet- Golaz 1945-1959 he was the oldest member of the government official. In consultation with Martin Rosenberg, the Secretary General of his party, he resigned in 1955 to the vice-presidency in 1956, and thus to the office of president in 1957 to bring about a double vacancy in case of cancellation of a liberal Federal Council can. This scenario resulted in only four years later. Together with Hans Streuli he gave on November 19, 1959 in his resignation on December 31, 1959 known.
Philipp Etter rests on the Bernese Bremgarten cemetery.