Geneva’s former State Councillor Philippe Joye dies
Published: Thursday, Mar 28th 2024, 16:30
العودة إلى البث المباشر
توفي المستشار السابق في ولاية جنيف فيليب جويي (CVP) يوم الثلاثاء عن عمر يناهز 82 عامًا. كان المهندس المعماري، الذي كان يعاني من المرض منذ عدة سنوات، عضوًا في الحكومة لولاية تشريعية واحدة بين عامي 1993 و1997، وترأس إدارة الأشغال العامة.
Joye's political career began in the Grand Council in 1985. From 1988 to 1993, the Christian Democrat was once again a member of parliament before being elected to the State Council.
Four years later, private matters caught up with him and he was forced by his party to renounce his candidacy for a second term. Joye had admitted to having an "ambiguous relationship" with a minor and to defaulting on payments from his architectural firm.
Change of party to MCG
في عام 2013، انتقل جويي إلى حركة مواطني جنيف (MCG) وانتُخب عضوًا في المجلس الكبير. وبما أنه كان في حالة صحية سيئة، فقد كان عضواً في برلمان الكانتون لمدة عام واحد فقط. وفي أبريل 2015، تم انتخابه لعضوية المجلس البلدي في فيرنييه، لكنه استقال في نهاية المطاف.
"He was a remarkable visionary, but also a master builder who led many projects to success," said MCG President François Baertschi. And: "In particular, he managed to build the Plan-les-Ouates bypass very quickly, which relieved traffic in the city center".
"Philippe Joye had a high level of political and technical expertise," emphasized Baertschi. He was not always a prophet in his own country: his major project, a transport link across the port of Lake Geneva, was rejected in a referendum in 1996.
"He was a man full of friendliness and openness towards others. He had a collection of ties with the image of Babar on them, which earned him his nickname," Baertschi recalls.
Separated from twin
Joye experienced a tragic story in his childhood: when he was born in a Fribourg hospital, his twin brother was swapped with another baby. The mistake was only discovered six years later and the two children were returned to their biological parents.
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