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
Bringolf sympathised with the Russian Revolution and attended the Second Congress of the Third International. 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)
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