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Bruno Hunziker (10 February 1930, in
Bruno Hunziker (10 February 1930, in Winterthur
, neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell
, twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...
– 27 March 2000, in Aarau) was a Swiss attorney, politician, and member of the Aargau canton and Swiss federal parliaments.
Early life
Bruno Hunziker was a citizen ofOberkulm
Oberkulm is a municipality in the district of Kulm, in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
Oberkulm is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Chulenbare'', though this is for both Oberkulm and Unterkulm. In 1295 Oberkulm, individually, was menti ...
and Aarau and was raised in Möhlin
Möhlin () is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
The area around Möhlin was prehistorically settled. A neolithic settlement has been discovered at ''Chleizelgli'', while scattered Bro ...
, Switzerland. After studying law in Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
, he engaged in local law from 1957 to 1968.
Canton Politics
Bruno Hunziker was a member of Aargau's canton parliament (the Grand Council), 1965–1968. Bruno Hunziker was head of the canton's construction department in 1968 and then, from 1969–1976, the health department. During his tenure in the health department, the Swiss Hospital Institute was founded in Aarau and Bruno Hunziker became its first president. He was twicepresident
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of the Aargau canton government (1 April 1970 – 31 March 1971, 1 February 1976 – 31 March 1976).
Federal Politics
Bruno was a member of both houses of Swiss parliament, the National Council (1977–1987) and the Council of States (1987–1991). In 1984,Rudolf Friedrich
Rudolf Friedrich (4 July 1923 – 15 October 2013) was a Swiss politician, lawyer and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1982–1984). He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 8 December 1982 and, for health reason, resigned his of ...
resigned from the Federal Council. The Free Democratic Party then nominated Elisabeth Kopp
Elisabeth Kopp (born 16 December 1936, in Zürich) is a Swiss politician and the first woman elected to the Swiss Federal Council (1984–1989).
Biography
Elisabeth Kopp grew up in Bern. After finishing her law studies in 1960, she married H ...
and Bruno Hunziker. Although Hunziker was expected to handily win, on 2 Oct 1894 with 124 of 244 votes, Kopp became the first woman elected to the Federal Council. The FDP may have wished to appease the Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
which preferred the stringent emissions standards of Zurich, Kopp's base. Bruno Hunziker was president of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland from 1984 to 1989.
Notes
Similar pages in other languages: (de) 1930 births 2000 deaths People from Winterthur People from Aarau Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians Aargau politicians Members of the Council of States (Switzerland) Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 20th-century Swiss lawyers {{Switzerland-politician-stub