Samuel Brawand

Samuel Brawand ( born May 18, 1898 in Grindelwald, † 11 July 2001 ) was a Swiss politician ( SP) and mountaineers.

Brawand, who came from a humble background, lost in the age of four, his father, a mountain guide, who was killed on the summit of the Wetterhorn by lightning. After Brawand had completed her teacher training in Hofwil, he worked as a primary school teacher, small farmers and ranchers and very intense as a mountain guide mainly by mountaineers from Japan. As a climber, he made ​​his name by the first ascent of Mittellegigrates on 10 September 1921. During this tour he served as a mountain guide by Yuko Maki.

His first political function had Brawand held as a local councilor in Grindelwald. From 1933 to 1935 he was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern, and from 1935 to 1947 the National Council. During the Second World War Brawand presided over the Clemency Commission of the National Council. From 1947 to 1962 Brawand was Councillor of the Canton of Bern and was the construction and railway department before. From 1962 to 1968 he was director of the BLS. From 1955 to 1967 he was again at the National Council. As President of the Federal Road Commission continued Brawand important impetus for the National Road in Switzerland. Brawand served on the Boards of several railway companies, was a member of the International Simplon Commission and President of the Oberhasli power plants.

On December 9, 1961 Brawand honorary citizen of his home town of Grindelwald. 1962 honored him with an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern. Gained fame Brawand as a dialect writer and as authors of studies to Grindelwald dialect.