Samuel Bhend

Samuel Bhend (1943 – 2 December 2021) was a Swiss politician.

Biography Bhend was born in Brienz in 1943 and grew up in Beatenberg. After graduating from secondary school, he became a teacher and subsequently a principal in Urtenen-Schönbühl. He was married to Lotti Bhend-Reber. Samuel Bhend died on 2 December 2021 at the age of 78.

Political career Bhend was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (PS) and was part of the ecological faction of the party. He was a communal councilor in Urtenen-Schönbühl from 1976 to 1982. and Le Nouveau Quotidien. He chaired the PS in the Bernese Oberland from 1985 to 1992. He ran for a seat in the Federal Assembly three times, without success. and 2002. In 2005, he announced that he would not be running for a fourth term.