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Andreas Herczog

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Andreas Herczog
Herczog in 1986
Member of the Swiss National Council
In office
26 November 1979 – 5 December 1999
ConstituencyCanton of Zürich
Personal details
Born11 February 1947
Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic
Died12 September 2021(2021-09-12) (aged 74)
Liestal, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Political partySP
POCH

Andreas Herczog (11 February 1947 – 12 September 2021) was a Hungarian-born Swiss politician.[1]

Biography

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Herczog represented the Canton of Zürich in the National Council from 1979 to 1999,[2] first as a member of the Progressive Organizations of Switzerland and later the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland.[3] In 2010, he became President of the Commission d'arbitrage dans le domaine des chemins de fer.[4] Aside from politics, he founded the architectural firm "Herczog Hubeli" alongside Ernst Hubeli.[5]

Andreas Herczog died from COVID-19 on 12 September 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. He was 74.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Djurdjevic, Monira (16 September 2021). "Zürcher Alt-Nationalrat Herczog (SP) stirbt trotz Impfung an Corona". 20 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Andreas Herczog". Federal Assembly.
  3. ^ "Ab ins Freie – und zurück in den Stall". Freiburger Nachrichten (in German). 20 March 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Les membres de la commission". CACF (in French). Archived from the original on 1 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Herczog Hubeli Architekten GmbH". Herczog Hubeli (in German).
  6. ^ "Zürcher Alt Nationalrat Andreas Herczog (SP) stirbt an Covid". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 16 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.