Friedrich Segessenmann (18 February 1897 – 20 February 1972) was a
Swiss
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trade union leader and politician.
Born in
Uttigen
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Bern
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district secretary, then in 1944, he became the union's central secretary. In 1955, he additionally became president of the
International Graphical Federation
The International Graphical Federation (IGF) was a global union federation bringing together unions of printing workers around the world.
History
Moved to establish the federation began in 1939, when the Lithographers' International, Internati ...
.
Segessenmann was a member of the
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
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, and in 1936 he was elected as a city councillor in Bern. From 1938 until 1948, and again from 1954 to 1958, he was a member of the
Grand Council of Bern
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It consists of 160 members (as of 2006) elected by proportional representation for a four-year term of office. The French-speaking part of the canton, the Bernese Jura (distric ...
, and in 1946/47 he served on the National Council. He retired from all his posts in 1958, due to poor health.