Dr. Hugo Bütler
born in 1944 in Hünenberg
- 1963 Matura (university-entrance diploma), Zug
- Studies in History, Philosophy, Sovietology and German Language and Literature
- 1968 “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”, national office with focus on domestic and foreign affairs of Switzerland, media policy and social policy
- in charge of political literature department
- from 1985 to 2006 editor-in-chief of “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”
- since 2006 head of journalism, “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”
publications:
"Gaetano Salvemini und die italienische Politik vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg“ (Gaetano Salvemini and Italian Politics before the First World War), Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen, 1978
„Die neuen Verweigerer. Unruhe in Zürich und anderen Städten“ (The new Deniers. Unrest in Zurich and Other Cities), with Thomas Häberling, 1981
„Liberalismus – nach wie vor“ (Liberalism still), with Professor Willy Linder and Hanno Helbling, 1980
essays in festschrift on the occasion of the bicentenary of the NZZ
other appointments:
member of federal council of Switzerland commission on Swiss policy of neutrality
chairman of Swiss Foreign Policy Association
since 1992 member of the board and from 2000-2002
President of International Press Institute (IPI)
since 1988 chairman of council of Landis & Gyr Cultural Foundation in Zug
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