Emanuel Hurwitz | |
Birth Date: | 1935 2, df=y |
Nationality: | Swiss |
Occupation: | Psychoanalyst |
Party: | SP |
Office: | Member of the Cantonal Council of Zürich |
Term Start: | 1979 |
Term End: | 1984 |
Emanuel Hurwitz (21 February 1935 – 5 February 2022) was a Swiss psychoanalyst and politician.
A member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, he served in the Cantonal Council of Zürich from 1979 to 1984.[1] On May 1, 1984, Hurwitz resigned from the Zürich parliament and the Social Democratic Party in protest against perceived antisemitism and anti-Zionism within the SDP.[2] He died on 5 February 2022, at the age of 86.[3]