Oswald Sigg

Oswald Sigg ( born March 18, 1944 in Zurich ) was from 1 August 2005 to 31 March 2009 Vice-Chancellor and Federal Council spokesman ( government spokesman ) of the Swiss Confederation.

As Vice Chancellor Oswald Sigg supported the Federal Chancellor Corina Casanova. Within the Federal Chancellery, he was responsible for the area of ​​information and communication, which includes the sections of information and communication, e-Government and Federal Parliamentary and Central Library. His successor is since 1 April 2009 André Simonazzi.

Life

Oswald Sigg attended primary and secondary school in Zurich and the business school at the Collège St- Michel in Fribourg. This was followed by the study of sociology, economics and business administration at the Universities of St. Gallen, Paris and Berne. He received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the Research Center for Swiss Politics at the University of Bern with a thesis on the operation of the popular initiative.

While studying Sigg along with Felix Matthys, Marc- Roland Peter and Markus tube launched the federal popular initiative for school coordination. It was filed in 1969 and recorded in 1972 by the Parliament at the proposal submitted on the form item. This was discarded in 1973 with the cantons.

Sigg began his career as a Deputy Head of Information of the Federal Chancellery ( 1975-1980 ). After that, he was chief information officer of the Federal Department of Finance (1980-1984 under Willi Ritschard, 1984-1988 under Otto Stich ).

In the years 1988-1990 was Sigg chief editor and executive board member of the Swiss Telegraphic Agency, company spokesman after the SRG -General (1991-1997).

1998 Sigg returned to the federal public service and worked as a Head of Information of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (1998-2000 under Adolf Ogi, 2001-2004 Samuel Schmid), then as chief of staff of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, energy and Communications (2004-2005 under Moritz Leuenberger ) before 2005 Vice-Chancellor and Federal Council spokesman ( government spokesman ) was finally appointed.

On 31 March 2009 Sigg retired. Since then he has worked with in the editorial department of substantiated in 1996 by Ignaz Paul Vogel social media service " half / Moitié " and officiates at the same time as President of the Association for Social Justice, which publishes the media service. As a member of the Board of Trustees, " Public Sphere and Society » Oswald Sigg is also active in media policy area. The Foundation supports the funding and publication of yearbooks " quality of the media Suisse Svizzera Switzerland » that will be developed under the direction of Prof. Kurt Imhof from the Research on the Public and Society at the University of Zurich.

Oswald Sigg is a member of the Corporate Executive Committee of Helvetas and board member of the Society of Swiss Art History since 1973 member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and the union Comedia since 2009. Oswald Sigg is a member of the initiative committee of the Swiss popular initiative " for an unconditional basic income ."

Works (selection)

  • The federal popular initiative 1892 - 1939, Francke Verlag Bern 1978
  • The political institutions of Switzerland, Pro Helvetia, Zurich 1982 ( editions in French, Italian and English )
  • Political Switzerland, Pro Helvetia, Zurich 1996 ( expenditure in French, Italian, English, Polish, Arabic and Chinese )
  • Cookbook for all cases, Edition waterworks Bern mat 2010
  • The venal Switzerland, Nail & Kimche Zurich 2011 ( with Viktor Parma) ISBN 978-3-312-00484-3
  • Cooking and reading book for all cases, Edition waterworks Bern mat 2014 ISBN 978-3-033-04309-1

Publisher

  • Christian Fehr, Willi Ritschard workers - union - social democrat - Federal, Edition Gutenberg Hägendorf 1983 ( with Peter Hablützel, Walo Landolf, Bruno Muralt, Ferdinand Troxler )
  • Georges Wüthrich and André Haefliger, Dölf Ogi So wa ( h) r it!, Swiss Illustrated / worldview Olten 2012 ( with Jürg Stiissi- Lauterburg )

Book Contributions

  • The other culture, in: Switzerland, Yearbook of the NHG 1972
  • The parties in Switzerland - have-nots in the power concert, in: Christian Fehr, Hail Helvetia, Edition Gutenberg Hägendorf 1984
  • Public favor, published disfavour, in: Peter Graf and Jean -Noël Rey, Otto Stich and the art of the possible, Zytglogge -Verlag Gümligen 1987
  • Political cult or political culture? A plea for the people's initiative, in: Switzerland - Departure from the late, world week -Verlag Zurich 1991
  • Pictures of a Federal Councillor. The Public Perception of Ruth Dreifuss, in: Isabella Maria Fischli, " Dreifuss is our name " A politician, a family, a country, Pendo Verlag Zurich Munich 2002
  • The sixth Bundesrat, Foreword in: Otto Stich I just stayed simple, autobiography, Schwabe Verlag Johannes Petri Basel 2011
  • The Swiss electorate in the Bundesrat room, in: vote campaign, political communication in the referendum democracy ed. by Heike Scholten and Klaus Kamps, Springer specialized media Wiesbaden 2014
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