Hans-Peter Tschudi
Hans -Peter Tschudi ( born October 22, 1913 in Basel, † September 30, 2002 ) was a Swiss politician ( SP) from the canton of Basel-Stadt. As he was Federal Minister of the Interior and held twice the Office of the President.
Life
Tschudi was born in 1913 in Basel as the first of two sons of the real teacher and SP- Grossrats Robert Tschudi. His family comes from an old noble family Glarus. Tschudi was therefore entitled in home Schwanden and Basel. He grew up in Basel, where he attended the Humanist School and in 1932 the Matura took off. He then studied law at the University of Basel and at the Sorbonne in Paris. 1938 elected him the Basel Councillor for Commercial Inspector, 1952, he was an associate professor of labor and social security law at the University of Basel.
His political career led him in 1944 in the Grand Council, in 1953 the Government, in 1956 in the Senate, and finally in 1959 in the Federal Council. After his tenure as Federal Council, he took up teaching as a professor again (until 1983 ) and became involved in various charitable and humanitarian organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
He was from 1952 to the pharmacist and physician Irma Tschudi, born Steiner, married. The former Basel Councillor Hans Martin Tschudi is a nephew of Hans -Peter Tschudi.
Working as a Federal
The SP struck on 17 December 1959 on the grounds of the magic formula Schaffhauser National Walther Bringolf for election to the Federal Council. Instead, was elected in the third ballot Hans -Peter Tschudi, because he was considered more moderate. On December 31, 1973, he resigned. During his tenure, Hans Peter Tschudi stood before the Department of Home Affairs. He was President in 1965 and 1970 and Vice President in 1964 and 1969.
Tschudi is often called the "Father of the AHV" because it significantly extended the introduced under Federal Walther Stampfli for a referendum in 1947 AHV. Tschudi was responsible for important developments such as the three-pillar system (1972) and Supplementary Benefits (1965). He also made an important for university funding. During his tenure, the federal government took over the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Its rapid procedure was known under the slogan " Tschudi - tempo ."