Gottfried Reimann

Gottfried Reimann (5 October 1862 – 23 February 1909) was a Swiss politician and trade union leader.

He then spent time working in Geneva, Strasbourg and Vevey, becoming bilingual in French and German.

In 1886, he founded the newspaper L'Ouvrier horloger in Biel, and became active in the Swiss Typographers' Union.

[1] In 1892, the International Printers' Secretariat was established in Bern, and the following year, Reimann was elected as its first general secretary.

In 1901, Grütli Union joined the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, and from 1902 to 1908 he served as its president.