- Eugène Borel
Infobox Person
name= Eugène Borel
caption=Swiss politician and founding director of theUPU .
quotation=Founder of theUPU .
birth_date=birth date|1835|6|17|mf=y
birth_place=Neuchâtel ,Switzerland
dead=dead
death_date=death date and age|1892|6|14|1835|6|17|mf=y
death_place=Berne ,Switzerland Eugène Borel (
June 17 ,1835 -June 14 ,1892 ) was a Swiss politician and member of theSwiss Federal Council (1872-1875).Early life
He was born in
Neuchâtel to François-Victor and Louise Borel. He was educated at the humanistic high school inNeuchâtel and then studied the law inMunich andHeidelberg . After finishing his studies he worked as a lawyer in Neuchâtel. In 1861 he married Marie Gullaume.Borel became an auditor and translator in the
National Council of Switzerland in 1860. In 1870 he was elected inquisitor for western Switzerland by the federal court.Politics
In 1857 he was elected into the legislative branch (Generalrat) of the city of Neuchâtel for the radical party, which is now the
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland . He was elected to thecity council in 1864, to the parliament (Grosser Rat) of thecanton of Neuchâtel and in 1865 he became a member of theState Council (Staatsrat) where he headed the military department from 1865 to 1870 and the department of justice from 1870 to 1872.In 1865 he was elected to the
Swiss Council of States which he presided in 1869. He was elected to theFederal Council of Switzerland onDecember 7 ,1872 with 37 years. During his office time he held theDepartment of Posts and Telegraph . He was a key player in the founding of theUniversal Postal Union (UPU) with theTreaty of Berne in 1874. Borel became the first directory of the UPU and therefore resigned from his job as a federal councilor and handed over office onDecember 31 ,1875 to his successor.In 1889 there was a big unrest in
Ticino . Borel was sent there and, together with troops fromZürich , he managed to restore order.Borel headed the UPU until his death in 1892.
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*HDS|4431|Eugène Borel
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