Oswald Sigg

Oswald Sigg (born 1944 in Zürich) is a Swiss journalist. In August 2005, he was elected Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland and Spokesman of the government of Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Council.[1] He served as Spokesman until his retirement on 31 March 2009.

Oswald Sigg, a Swiss journalist

Sigg studied sociology and economics in St. Gallen, Paris and Berne. After graduating, he served as deputy spokesperson for the Federal Chancellery between 1975 and 1980, then as a spokesperson for the Federal Department of Finance (1975-1980), the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (1998-2004) and the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (2004-2005), under five different Federal Councillors. He also worked as editor-in-chief for the Swiss Telegraphic Agency (1988-1990) and spokesman for the management of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation between 1991 and 1997.[2]

He was one of the figureheads behind the popular initiative for an unconditional basic income submitted to popular vote in 2016.[3]

After beginning his political career with the BGB (the future Swiss People's Party), he is a member of the Social Democratic Party since 1973.[3]

Works

Political Switzerland (translated from Die politische Schweiz), 1997, ISBN 3-908102-55-3

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References

"Les nouveaux visages de la Chancellerie". Swissinfo.ch (in French). Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
"Ein Rundgang durch die Geschichte der Bundeskanzlei". www.admin.ch (in German). Bern: Swiss Federal Chancellery.
Müller, Patrick, ed. (12 April 2012). Written at Switzerland. "Oswald Sigg: Der befreite Menschenfreund". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Aarau: AZ Zeitungen AG (published 2012). Retrieved 2017-03-27.

Political offices
Preceded by Achille Casanova	Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland 2005–2009	Succeeded by André Simonazzi

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[swissinfo-1] "Les nouveaux visages de la Chancellerie". Swissinfo.ch (in French). Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 2017-03-27.

[bk-2] "Ein Rundgang durch die Geschichte der Bundeskanzlei". www.admin.ch (in German). Bern: Swiss Federal Chancellery.

[az1-3] Müller, Patrick, ed. (12 April 2012). Written at Switzerland. "Oswald Sigg: Der befreite Menschenfreund". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Aarau: AZ Zeitungen AG (published 2012). Retrieved 2017-03-27.