{{Short description|Swiss politician (1944–2024)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hubert Lauper | image = Hubert Lauper (cropped).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1944|02|28}} | birth_place = Belfaux, Switzerland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|06|17|1944|02|28}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Lawyer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | education = University of Fribourg | party = PDC | office = Member of the Swiss National Council | term_start = 4 December 1995 | term_end = 30 November 2003 | office2 = Prefect of Sarine District | term_start2 = 1976 | term_end2 = 1996 | predecessor2 = {{ill|Laurent Butty|fr}} | successor2 = Nicolas Deiss }}
'''Hubert Lauper''' (28 February 1944 – 17 June 2024) was a Swiss politician of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).<ref>{{cite news |last=Schroeter|first=Stéphanie|date=18 June 2024|title=Autafond: Hubert Lauper est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.laliberte.ch/info-regionale/autafond-hubert-lauper-est-decede-734312|language=French|work=La Liberté|location=Autafond|access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref>
==Biography== Born in Belfaux on 28 February 1944, Lauper's family was originally from Giffers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.ch/en/biografie/hubert-lauper/338|title=Hubert Lauper|work=Federal Assembly}}</ref> He earned a degree in law and practice as a lawyer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schaller|first=Christophe|date=9 November 1991|title=Un jovial minutieux|trans-title= |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19911109-01.2.166&srpos=1&e=-------de-20--1--img-txIN-Un+jovial+minutieux-------0-----|language=French|work=La Liberté|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> As a member of the PDC, he served on the communal council of Belfaux from 1966 to 1976, where he served as trustee in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.unil.ch/elitessuisses/personne.php?id=54847|title=Lauper, Hubert|work=Élites suisses|language=French}}</ref> On 14 November 1976, he was elected Prefect of Sarine District, succeeding {{ill|Laurent Butty|fr}}. Supported by the PDC and the remnants of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents, he received 59% of the vote against his opponent, Socialist Party member {{ill|Félicien Morel|fr}}'s 41%.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gremaud|first=Michel|date=15 November 1976|title=Préfecture de la Sarine: M. Hubert Lauper arrive en tête dans 57 communes des 59 communes|trans-title= |url=http://www.lexpressarchives.ch/Olive/APA/SwissSNP_Fr/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EXP/1976/11/15&id=Ar02302&sk=19785997&viewMode=image|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214165144/http://www.lexpressarchives.ch/Olive/APA/SwissSNP_Fr/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EXP/1976/11/15&id=Ar02302&sk=19785997&viewMode=image|archivedate=14 February 2022|language=French|work=L'Express|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> He was re-elected in 1981 and 1986 without opposition.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas|first=Pierre|date=16 November 1981|title=Préfectures : des ballottages incertains|trans-title= |url=http://www.lexpressarchives.ch/Olive/APA/SwissSNP_Fr/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EXP/1981/11/16&id=Ar02301&sk=57CABF1F&viewMode=image|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214170047/http://www.lexpressarchives.ch/Olive/APA/SwissSNP_Fr/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EXP/1981/11/16&id=Ar02301&sk=57CABF1F&viewMode=image|archivedate=14 February 2022|language=French|work=L'Express|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Geinoz|first=Antoine|date=17 November 1986|title=Sept façons d'être réélu|trans-title= |url=http://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19861117-01.2.216 |language=French|work=La Liberté|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> In 1991, he was re-elected again with 80% of the vote against the Green Party's {{ill|Gérard Bourgarel|fr}}.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schaller|first=Christophe|date=18 November 1991|title=Le VertEs Gérard Bourgarel k.-o.|trans-title= |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19911118-01.2.255&srpos=1&e=-------de-20--1--img-txIN-Le+Vertes+G%C3%A9rard+Bourgarel-------0-----|language=French|work=La Liberté|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> He did not seek re-election in 1996 and was succeeded by Nicolas Deiss.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=18 November 1996|title=La course à la préfecture donne nettement la victoire à Nicolas Deiss|trans-title= |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19961118-01.2.84&srpos=1&e=-------de-20--1--img-txIN-La+course+%C3%A0+la+pr%C3%A9fecture+donne+nettement+la+victoire+%C3%A0+Nicolas+Deiss-------0-----|language=French|work=La Liberté|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref>
In 1986, Lauper ran in the {{ill|Council of State of Fribourg|fr|Conseil d'État du canton de Fribourg}} election, but withdrew after the first round following a poor result.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grossenbacher|first=Béat|date=22 November 1986|title=Raphaël Rimaz: "Présent!"|trans-title= |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19861122-01.2.73&srpos=4&e=-------de-20--1--img-txIN-Rapha%C3%ABl+Rimaz%3A+%22Pr%C3%A9sent%21%22-------0-----|language=French|work=La Liberté|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> This was due to the fact that he was simultaneously running in the prefectural election, for which the results were incompatible.<ref>{{cite news |last=Willemin|first=Jean-Brice|date=17 November 1986|title=Un tiers de votes blancs|trans-title= |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19861117-01.2.227&srpos=1&e=-------de-20--1--img-txIN-Un+tiers+de+votes+blancs-------0-----|language=French|work=La Liberté|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> In 1995, he was elected to the National Council. His campaign was highly publicized due to the creation of its own website during a time in which only approximately one thousand internet users lived in the Canton of Fribourg.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=29 August 1995|title=Le Fribourgeois Hubert Lauper part en campagne sur Internet|trans-title= |url=https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1995_08_29/24/|language=French|work=Journal de Genève|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rime|first=Michel|date=3 October 1995|title=De la désalpe politique à Internet, tous les moyens sont fribourgeois|trans-title= |url=https://scriptorium.ch/zoom/49833/view?page=12|language=French|work=24 heures|location= |access-date=19 June 2024|via=Scriptorium}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=24 October 1995|title=Hubert Lauper: "Internet m'a fait un coup de pub monstre!"|trans-title= |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19951024-01.2.69&srpos=1&e=-------de-20--1--img-txIN-Hubert+Lauper----1995---0-----|language=French|work=La Liberté|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> He did not run for re-election in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=20 October 2003|title=Stabilité avec l'UDC en prime|trans-title= |url=https://scriptorium.ch/s/zFT7aF1bVs|language=French|work=24 heures |location= |access-date=19 June 2024|via=Scriptorium}}</ref>
Lauper died on 17 June 2024, at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gugler|first=Anne|date=19 June 2024|title=Ehemaliger Freiburger Nationalrat ist verstorben|trans-title= |url=https://www.freiburger-nachrichten.ch/ehemaliger-freiburger-nationalrat-ist-verstorben/|language=German|work=Freiburger Nachrichten|location= |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lauper, Hubert}} Category:1944 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Swiss lawyers Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Category:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians Category:University of Fribourg alumni Category:People from Sarine District