Samuel Bhend (1943 – 2 December 2021) was a Swiss politician.[1]
Samuel Bhend | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Executive Council of Bern | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 30 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Hermann Fehr |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Perrenoud |
| Member of the Grand Council of Bern | |
| In office 1990–1997 | |
| In office 1974–1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1943 Brienz, Switzerland |
| Died | 2 December 2021 (aged 77–78) |
| Political party | PS |
Biography
editBhend was born in Brienz in 1943 and grew up in Beatenberg. After graduating from secondary school, he became a teacher and subsequently a principal in Urtenen-Schönbühl.[2] He was married to Lotti Bhend-Reber.[3][4] Samuel Bhend died on 2 December 2021 at the age of 78.[5]
Political career
editBhend was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (PS) and was part of the ecological faction of the party.[6] He was a communal councilor in Urtenen-Schönbühl from 1976 to 1982.[2] He served in the Grand Council of Bern from 1974 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 1997. He was praised as an opposition figure by Le Temps[7] and Le Nouveau Quotidien.[6] He served as Vice-President of the inquiry on the issue of Jura separatism in the mid-1980s.[8] He chaired the PS in the Bernese Oberland from 1985 to 1992.[9] He ran for a seat in the Federal Assembly three times, without success.[6]
Bhend was elected to the Executive Council of Bern in 1997, taking over the seat of Hermann Fehr, who had resigned due to health complications.[7] He became head of the Public Health and Welfare Department on 1 May 1997.[2] He was re-elected in 1998[10] and 2002.[11] In 2005, he announced that he would not be running for a fourth term.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Décès de l'ancien conseiller d'État Samuel Bhend". RJB (in French). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Samuel Bhend". Canton de Berne (in French).
- ^ "Expo.01: della Valle gestorben Aus Armee 200X wird Armee XXI..." Bieler Tagblatt (in German). 2 December 1998. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Regez, Stefan (30 August 2004). "Oberland überzeugt durch kulturelles Angebot". Jungfrau Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Décès de l'ancien conseiller d'État Samuel Bhend". Canton of Bern (in French). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Salvadé, Christine (9 April 1997). "Samuel Bhend, conseiller d'État bernois annoncé". Le Nouveau Quotidien (in Swiss French). No. 1496. p. 10. Retrieved 15 December 2021 – via Le Temps Archives.
- ^ a b c Jubin, Serge (9 August 2005). "Samuel Bhend prend congé du Conseil d'Etat bernois". Le Temps (in French). Bern. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Jubin, Serge (16 November 2004). "La caisse de pension des enseignants sous l'œil des députés bernois". Le Temps (in French). Bern. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Bernischer alt Regierungsrat Samuel Bhend verstorben". Berner Zeitung (in German). Bern. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Kantonale Wahlen Bern 1982". Année politique suisse (in French).
- ^ Oberli, Patrick (15 April 2002). "Berne choisit la stabilité". Le Temps (in French). Berne. Retrieved 15 December 2021.