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1977 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1977 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Kurt Furgler (president) **Rudolf Gnägi ** Hans Hürlimann **Georges-André Chevallaz ** Willi Ritschard **Ernst Brugger ** Pierre Graber Births * 14 February – Diana Romagnoli, fencer Deaths * 7 August – Paul Chaudet, politician (born 1904) * 30 September – Heinrich Gretler, actor (born 1897) * 23 December – Philipp Etter, politician (born 1891) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... 1970s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Council
The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland. Since World War II, the Federal Council is by convention a permanent grand coalition government composed of representatives of the country's major parties and language regions. While the entire Federal Council is responsible for leading the federal administration of Switzerland, each Councillor heads one of the seven federal executive departments. The president of the Swiss Confederation chairs the council, but exercises no particular authority; rather, the position is one of a first among equals and rotates among the seven Councillors annually. The Federal Council is elected as a body by the 246 members of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland for a term of four years after each federal parliamentary election, without the possibility of recall or a vote of no confidence. Incumbents are not term-limited a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 In Switzerland
Events from the year 1904 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Robert Comtesse (president) **Eduard Müller (Swiss politician), Eduard Müller **Adolf Deucher **Ernst Brenner **Joseph Zemp **Marc-Emile Ruchet **Ludwig Forrer Events * 16–17 January – 1904 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos. * The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities is established. Births * 17 November – Paul Chaudet, politician (died 1977 in Switzerland, 1977) References {{Years in Switzerland 1904 in Switzerland, 1904 by country, Switzerland 1904 in Europe, Switzerland 1900s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 By Country
Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacteria, bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst Granville rail disaster, railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207 Azor, CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, Valencia, Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1977 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Kurt Furgler (president) **Rudolf Gnägi ** Hans Hürlimann **Georges-André Chevallaz ** Willi Ritschard **Ernst Brugger ** Pierre Graber Births * 14 February – Diana Romagnoli, fencer Deaths * 7 August – Paul Chaudet, politician (born 1904) * 30 September – Heinrich Gretler, actor (born 1897) * 23 December – Philipp Etter, politician (born 1891) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... 1970s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 In Switzerland
Events January * January 1 ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a declaration regarding the famine in the western counties of Ireland. * January 5 **The Australian shearers' strike, that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party, begins. **A fight between the United States and Lakotas breaks out near Pine Ridge agency. **A fight between railway strikers and police breaks out at Motherwell, Scotland. * January 7 ** General Miles' forces surround the Lakota in the Pine Ridge Reservation. ** The Inter-American Monetary Commission meets in Washington DC. * January 9 – The great shoe strike in Rochester, New York is called off. * January 10 – in France, the Irish Nationalist leaders hold a conference at Boulogne. The French government promptly takes loan. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Etter
Philipp Etter (21 December 1891 – 23 December 1977) was a Swiss lawyer and attorney who most notably served as President of Switzerland four times between 1939 and 1953, whilst concurrently serving on the Federal Council (Switzerland) for the Conservative People's Party between 1934 and 1959. Early life and educa Etter was born 21 December 1891 in Menzingen, Switzerland, the youngest of four children, to Josef Anton Etter (1843–1923), master cooper, and Jakobea Etter (née Stocker; 1851–1934), a shopkeeper. He was raised in a Catholic family. After completing his compulsory schooling in Menzingen, he attended the Zug Cantonal School followed by the Einsiedeln Abbey School where he completed his Matura. He then studied Law at the University of Zurich and was admitted to the bar of Schwyz. Political career During his office time he held the Department of Home Affairs and was President of the Confederation four times between 1939 and 1953. He was chosen for the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1897 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: ** Adolf Deucher (president) ** Eduard Müller **Joseph Zemp **Walter Hauser ** Emil Frey (until March), then Ernst Brenner ** Eugene Ruffy **Adrien Lachenal Births * 21 May – Markus Feldmann, politician (died 1958) * 27 May – Adolf Portmann, zoologist (died 1982) * 2 August – Max Weber, politician (died 1974) * 1 October – Heinrich Gretler, actor (died 1977) * Félix Bédouret, footballer (died 1955) Deaths * 8 August – Jacob Burckhardt, historian of art and culture (born 1818) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... 1890s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Gretler
Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The .... Selected filmography * '' The Mysterious Mirror'' (1928) * ''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) * ''The Man with the Frog'' (1929) * ''The Last Company'' (1930) * ''Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931 film), Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * ''Inquest (1931 German film), Inquest'' (1931) * ''Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932) * ''The Empress and I'' (1933) * ''Fusilier Wipf'' (1938) * ''Constable Studer'' (1939) * ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' (1942) * ''Madness Rules'' (1947) * ''White Gold (1949 film), White Gold'' (1949) * ''Chased by the Devil'' (1950) * ''The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1950 film), The White Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Chaudet
Paul Chaudet (17 November 1904, in Rivaz – 7 August 1977) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 16 December 1954 and handed over office on 31 December 1966. He resigned on 28 November 1966 due to the Mirage-affair. He was affiliated with the Radical Party. During his time in office, he held the Military Department. He was President of the Confederation twice in 1959 and 1962. Owing to incompetent military advisors concerning the purchase of 100 Mirage fighter jets with a budget which increased by 66%, he was forced to resign in 1966 by his own Radical Party. With Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, he was one of the last Swiss Radicals. He remained, throughout his life, one of the rare right-wing Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property ... Swis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Furgler
Kurt Furgler (24 June 1924 – 23 July 2008) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1972–1986). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1971 and handed over office on 31 December 1986. He was affiliated to the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. During his office time he held the following departments: *Federal Department of Justice and Police (1972–1982) *Federal Department of Economic Affairs (1983–1986) He was President of the Confederation three times in 1977, 1981 and 1985. Kurt Furgler was born and raised in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He studied Jurisprudence in Fribourg, Zürich, and Geneva, and was an avid handball player during his youth. In 1948, he obtained his license to practice law in St. Gallen. As a conservative centrist in the Federal Council of Switzerland, he advocated equal rights for women, and initiated economic reforms and modernized immigration and Swiss family law. During his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Romagnoli
Diana Romagnoli (born 14 February 1977) is a Swiss fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References External links * 1977 births Living people Swiss female épée fencers Olympic fencers for Switzerland Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Meilen District Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Graber
Pierre Graber (6 December 1908 – 19 July 2003) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978). Early life and education He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and after studying law in Neuchâtel and Vienna he became attorney-at-law in Lausanne. Political career Active in the Social Democratic Party, he was in the municipal parliament of Lausanne (1934–1946), member of the parliament of the canton of Vaud (1937–1946), mayor of Lausanne (1946–1949), member of the National Council (1942–1969, except 1963), he was the Speaker of that Assembly from 1965/66, he sat in the Foreign affairs committee and was deputy chairman of the enquiry parliamentary committee dealing with the ''Mirage'' affair. He was also a member of the government of the canton of Vaud (1962–1970) in charge of the Finance Department. He served as one of the four members of the Commission to resolve the problem of the Jura. He was elected to the Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
