Marcel Blanc
Member of the Council of State of Vaud
In office
10 April 1978 – 30 November 1991
Preceded byMarc-Henri Ravussin
Succeeded byPierre-François Veillon
Personal details
Born(1935-03-12)12 March 1935
Brenles, Switzerland
Died24 March 2023(2023-03-24) (aged 88)
Political partyUDC
OccupationFarmer

Marcel Blanc (12 March 1935 – 24 March 2023) was a Swiss farmer and politician of the Democratic Union of the Centre (UDC).[1] He served on the Council of State of Vaud from 1978 to 1991 as head of the Department of Public Works.[2]

Biography

Blanc was born in Brenles on 12 March 1935 to a Huguenot family who took refuge in Switzerland after the Edict of Fontainebleau. After training to become a farmer, he took over a field in his hometown.[3]

In 1957, Blanc was elected to the municipal council of Brenles as a member of the UDC. In 1970, he was elected to the Grand Council of Vaud and became president of the UDC in the Canton of Vaud. He then became vice-president of the UDC nation-wide.[4]

Blanc was elected to the Council of State of Vaud in 1978, succeeding his fellow party member Marc-Henri Ravussin.[5] On 7 March 1982, he was re-elected to a second term, finishing second on the ballot behind Radical Democratic Party member Jean-Pascal Delamuraz.[6] He was again re-elected in 1986 in the second round of elections.[7] He was re-elected for a third time in 1990.[8] In 1991, he resigned from his position, leaving office on 30 November.[4]

During his mandate, Blanc was head of the Department of Public Works.[9] He twice chaired the cantonal government, in 1982 and 1988.[4] In 1991, the socialist Daniel Schmutz succeeded him as head of the public works department, while Pierre-François Veillon was elected to succeed him from the UDC and headed the Department of Finances.[10]

Marcel Blanc died on 24 March 2023, at the age of 88.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Blanc, Marcel". Élites suisses (in French).
  2. ↑ Caspary, Laurent (8 May 2008). ""Les agrariens restent un courant fort"". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Debétaz, Bernard (11 February 1978). ""Optez pour le bon sens... votez Blanc!"". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Dupertuis, Pierre-André (22 August 1991). "Départ de l'homme Blanc". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Camponovo, Federico (14 February 1982). "Marcel Blanc: un seul langage". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Trépey, Pierre (8 March 1982). "L'Entente dans cinq fauteuils". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Exécutif vaudois: c'est fait!". L'Express (in French). 6 March 1986. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Rüf, Jean (5 March 1990). "acques Martin, chef de cordée". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Les droites vaudoises à l'aune de l'intégration européenne (1986-1992) : une passion suisse ?" (PDF). University of Geneva (in French). August 2011.
  10. ↑ Miéville, D. S. (17 December 1991). "Les socialistes changent d'air et le nouveau hérite des finances". Journal de Genève (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "L'ancien conseiller d'Etat vaudois UDC Marcel Blanc est décédé à 88 ans". Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 25 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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