- Ulrich Ochsenbein
Ulrich Ochsenbein (
November 24 ,1811 -November 3 ,1890 ) was a Swiss politician and member of theSwiss Federal Council (1848-1854).Professional life
He studied law and from 1835 he had a law firm together with this brother-in-law
Eduard Sury . He headed the Radicals of Bern (Berner Radikale) together withJakob Stämpfli . The Radicals later became the Free Democratic Party.Political career
Ulrich Ochsenbein participated in the "
Freischarenzüge " against CatholicLucerne in 1844 and 1845. He was a member of theGrossrat in thecanton of Bern from 1845 to 1846, president of theVerfassungsrat in 1846 and a member of theRegierungsrat from 1846 to 1848. 1847 to 1848 he represented thecanton of Bern at theTagsatzung (diet) which he presided in 1847. He played an important role that the Swiss constitution was accepted by the Swiss population in 1848.He was elected to the
Federal Council of Switzerland onNovember 16 ,1848 and handed over office onDecember 31 ,1854 after being voted out of office. He is one of only a few federal councilors to be voted out of office. During his time as a federal councilor a fight broke out between the conservatives and a group of the radical party. Not willing to take positions, he lost the trust of both sides. During his time in office he held the Military Department (department of defence).External links
*Swiss Federal Councillor|2
*HDS|4633
*All of the following links are in German.
** http://www.nzz.ch/dossiers/nzz1847/nzz1847_970203.html
** http://www.zuerich98.ch/woche42_l02.html
** http://www.stub.unibe.ch/extern/hv/gkb/ii/zwei.html
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