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Friedrich Segessenmann (18 February 1897 – 20 February 1972) was a
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trade union leader and politician. Born in
Uttigen Uttigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Kienersrüti merged into the municipality of Uttigen.Swiss Lithographers' Union The Swiss Lithographers' Union (german: Schweizerische Lithographenbund, SLB; french: Union Suisse des Lithographes) was a trade union representing printers in Switzerland. The union was founded in 1888 in Winterthur, to represent lithographers an ...
(SLB). In 1934, he began working full-time for the union as its Bern 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, Internation ...
. Segessenmann was a member of the
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...
, 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 The Grand Council (german: Grosser Rat, french: Grand conseil) is the parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern. It consists of 160 members (as of 2006) elected by proportional representation for a four-year term of office. The French-speaking par ...
, and in 1946/47 he served on the National Council. He retired from all his posts in 1958, due to poor health.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Segessenmann, Friedrich 1897 births 1972 deaths Members of the National Council (Switzerland) People from Thun District Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians Swiss trade unionists