Hans Schatzmann

Hans Schatzmann (24 January 1848 – 12 July 1923) was a Swiss politician who served as the fifth Chancellor of Switzerland.

Hans Schatzmann
5th Chancellor of Switzerland
In office 1909–1918
President	Robert Comtesse Marc-Émile Ruchet Ludwig Forrer Eduard Müller Arthur Hoffmann Giuseppe Motta Camille Decoppet Edmund Schulthess Felix Calonder
Preceded by	Gottlieb Ringier
Succeeded by	Adolf von Steiger
Personal details
Born	24 January 1848 Windisch, Switzerland
Died	12 July 1923(1923-07-12) (aged 75) Bern, Switzerland
Party	Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP)
Alma mater	University of Zurich Heidelberg University Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin

Early life and education

Schatzmann was born 24 January 1848 in Windisch, Switzerland

He studied at Aarau, then pursued legal studies at the University of Zurich, Heidelberg University, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, where he passed his bar exam in 1871.

He worked in Brugg and Lenzburg before being named tribunal president in Aarau. In 1879, he was named Secretary and bureau chief of the Federal Chancellery. He became Vice-Chancellor in 1881, where he would frequently serve as acting Chancellor as the holder of that title Gottlieb Ringier was ill. He was elected as Chancellor in 1909.

As a specialist in federal administration, he participated in the redaction of the law on federal administration in 1914 and was the founder of the publication Federal Paper in Italian. He retired in 1918.

Death

Schatzmann died of apoplexy on 12 July 1923 in Bern.

Further reading

• Simone Althaus-Iten: "Hans Schatzmann" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Historische Gesellschaft des Kantons Aargau, ed. (1958), "Biographisches Lexikon des Kantons Aargau 1803–1957", Argovia (in German), vol. Band 68/69, Aarau: Verlag Sauerländer, p. 658