Andreas Herczog | |
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Member of the Swiss National Council | |
In office 26 November 1979 – 5 December 1999 | |
Constituency | Canton of Zürich |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 February 1947 Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic |
Died | 12 September 2021 Liestal, Switzerland | (aged 74)
Nationality | Swiss |
Political party | SP POCH |
Andreas Herczog (11 February 1947 – 12 September 2021) was a Hungarian-born Swiss politician.[1]
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]