Walther Bringolf (1 August 1895 – 24 March 1981) was a former President of the National Council of Switzerland (1961/1962). He 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 was a long-time mayor of Schaffhausen (1933–1968).Why Switzerland? by Jonathan Steinberg, pg 60
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Communist activities

A group of members of the International Bureau of Proletkult, 1920

Bringolf sympathised with the

Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government ...

and attended the

Second Congress of the Third International The 2nd World Congress of the Communist International was a gathering of approximately 220 voting and non-voting representatives of Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopoliti ...

. Whilst there he attended the

Kultintern Kultintern was an international organisation set up to enable the Russian Proletkult organisation to work with an international network of contacts alongside the Comintern. Its goal was to spread "proletarian culture". It was first proposed in an is ...

conference and joined their Provisional International Bureau.

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* * Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians Mayors of places in Switzerland People from Schaffhausen 1895 births 1981 deaths Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland) {{Switzerland-politician-stub