Daniel Schmutz (6 June 1943 – 29 October 2022) was a Swiss administrator and politician. He was a member of the

Swiss Socialist Party The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council since 1960 and received the second-highest number ...

(PS).

Biography

Schmutz earned a degree in economics and political science from the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...

. He first worked as an assistant to the chairman of political economy at

HEC Lausanne HEC Lausanne (standing for ''Faculté des Hautes études commerciales''), also called the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne, is the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne. Since 1911, HEC Lausanne ...

. He was also employed at the Federal Statistical Office from 1967 to 1968, secretary-general of the ''Union Fruitière Vaudoise'' from 1968 to 1973, and secretary-general of the ''Fédération Vaudoise des Caisses-Maladie'' from 1974 to 1981. Schmutz was elected to the

Council of State of Vaud The Council of State of the Canton of Vaud () is the List of cantonal executives of Switzerland, executive organ of the Cantons of Switzerland, Canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. Vaud has a seven-member ''Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland), Conseil d'Ét ...

on 29 March 1981 and took office on 5 May. From 5 May 1981 to 9 March 1982, he headed the Department of Finance. For the entirety of his term of office, he led the Department of Public Works, and headed the Department of Social Welfare and Insurance from 5 April 1982 to 31 December 1991. He left the Council of State on 20 April 1998. Schmutz was a member of the board of directors of from 1992 to 2013 and became a director of EOS Holding in 2001. He also became treasurer of the synodal council of the

Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud The Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud (or in French the ''Église évangélique réformée du canton de Vaud'') is a Reformed cantonal state church in Vaud. History The church was founded by Guillaume Farel and Pierre Viret. In t ...

in 1998 and directed from 1997 to 2008. Daniel Schmutz died on 29 October 2022, at the age of 79.

References

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