Johannes Stössel
Swiss politician (1837-1919)
Johannes Stössel (8 May 1837 – 7 November 1919) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss National Council (1884/1885).
Early life and education
Stössel was born in 1837 in Bettswil as the son of a farmer. After finishing his training as a teacher in Küsnacht, he studied Legal science at the University of Zurich. After finishing his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1859, he then worked as a Privatdozent for National economy at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the ETH Zurich. In 1862, Stössel became the secretary of the Federal Statistics Bureau that was founded two years earlier. In 1864 he became the first editor of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics and president of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics.
Political career
As a Leader of the Democratic Movement of the Zürcher Oberland, Stössel was first a member of the Democratic Party until its dissolution. After which, he joined the Free Democratic Party and was later its third president in 1897.
Local
From 1869 to 1873, Stössel was Stadtholder of the Hinwil District. After which he was a prosecutor for two years.
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