Hans Schatzmann
Hans Schatzmann | |
|---|---|
| 5th Chancellor of Switzerland | |
| In office 1909–1918 | |
| President | Robert Comtesse Marc-Émile Ruchet Ludwig Forrer Eduard Müller Arthur Hoffmann Giuseppe Motta Camille Decoppet Edmund Schulthess Felix Calonder |
| Preceded by | Gottlieb Ringier |
| Succeeded by | Adolf von Steiger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 January 1848 Windisch, Switzerland |
| Died | 12 July 1923 (aged 75) Bern, Switzerland |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP) |
| Alma mater | University of Zurich University of Heidelberg University of Munich University of Berlin |
Hans Schatzmann (24 January 1848 – 12 July 1923) was a Swiss politician who served as the fifth Chancellor of Switzerland.
Early life and education
Schatzmann was born 24 January 1848 in Windisch, Switzerland
He studied at Aarau, then pursued legal studies at the Universities of Zurich, Heidelberg, Munich, and Berlin, where he passed his bar exam in 1871.
He worked at Brugg and Lenzburg before being named tribunal president at Aarau. In 1879, he was named Secretary and bureau chief of the Federal Chancellery.[1] He became Vice-Chancellor in 1881, where he would frequently serve as acting Chancellor as the holder of that title Gottlieb Ringier was ill. He was elected as Chancellor in 1909.
As a specialist in federal administration, he participated in the redaction of the law on federal administration in 1914 and was the founder of the publication Federal Paper in Italian. He retired in 1918.
Death
Schatzmann died of apoplexy on 12 July 1923 in Bern.
References
- ^ "Parcours à travers l'histoire de la Chancellerie fédérale". Admin.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
Further reading
- Simone Althaus-Iten: Hans Schatzmann in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Historische Gesellschaft des Kantons Aargau, ed. (1958), "Biographisches Lexikon des Kantons Aargau 1803–1957", Argovia (in German), vol. Band 68/69, Aarau: Verlag Sauerländer, p. 658