Andreas Herczog | |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1947 |
Birth Place: | Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic |
Death Place: | Liestal, Switzerland |
Nationality: | Swiss |
Party: | SP POCH |
Office: | Member of the Swiss National Council |
Term Start: | 26 November 1979 |
Term End: | 5 December 1999 |
Constituency: | Canton of Zürich |
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]