- Jean Bourgknecht
Jean Bourgknecht (
September 16 ,1902 -December 23 ,1964 ) was a Swiss politician,mayor of Fribourg (1950-1959) and member of theSwiss Federal Council (1959-1962).Jean Bourgknecht was born to Louis and Eugénie-Louise Bourgknecht in
Fribourg . After getting his doctorate in law in 1926, he worked in his father's office and later headed it until he was elected to theFederal Council of Switzerland . From 1936 to 1947 he was presiding theLaw Society of Fribourg and from 1937 to 1941 the Law Society of Switzerland.He was president of the city of
Fribourg from 1950 to 1959. He worked to recover the city's finances. In 1951 he was elected to theNational Council of Switzerland for theChristian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland and represented theCanton of Fribourg there until 1955. He was then elected into theCouncil of States where he represented his canton from 1956 to 1959. Also in 1956 he became president of his party.He was elected to the
Federal Council of Switzerland onDecember 17 ,1959 , and handed over office onSeptember 30 ,1962 because of an illness. During his time in office he held the Department of Finance.External links
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