Gottlieb Ringier

(Karl Albrecht ) Gottlieb Ringier ( born December 8, 1837 in Wasen im Emmental, † January 7, 1929 in Bern, homeland justified in Zofingen ) was a Swiss politician and lawyer. From 1868 to 1877 he represented the canton of Aargau in the Senate, from 1882 to 1909 he was Chancellor.

Biography

His father was a reformed pastor and supervised at the time of his birth, the parish Sumiswald. In 1843 he was appointed to Huttwil, where the son went to school. Then Ringier graduated from the Cantonal School in Aarau. There was a law at the Universities of Basel, Munich and Heidelberg. After the death of his father in 1858 the family moved to Zofingen, after which he was forced to abandon due to financial reasons on the desired doctorate.

Ringier was admitted to the bar and opened a law office in 1859 in Zofingen. 1863 appointed him to the cantonal government prosecutor, this activity he held for nine years. From 1862 to 1864, and again from 1875 to 1880 he was a member of the Great Council. This elected him in 1868 in the Senate, where he was considered a more moderate liberal. In 1875 he was Senate president. From 1872, Ringier worked in Aarau in the office of his father. In 1877 he withdrew in a fire use such a serious lung disease that he had to stop work and all political office for four years. During this time he made a longer spa stays in Ajaccio, Davos and on the Rigi.

After his recovery in 1881, Ringier candidate to the vacant post of Chancellor. The Federal Assembly elected him in the fourth round of voting, and thus gave him the advantage over John pestle. Then headed Ringier to 1909 the Federal Chancellery. The University of Basel in 1901 awarded him an honorary doctorate, from 1905 to 1918 he was president of the Swiss Schiller Foundation.

His cousin Johann Rudolf Ringier was a National.