Andreas Herczog

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

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

Biography

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
  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". The Swiss Parliament.
  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.
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