The chairman of Swiss International Air Lines, Rolf Jetzer, has died at the age of 59 after suffering heart failure on Sunday while walking in the mountains.
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Jetzer joined the board of Swiss in 2004 before the airline was taken over by Germany’s Lufthansa. He was elected chairman in 2005.
A Swiss statement on Monday said that during his time he had “devoted unstinting energy and commitment to the airline’s positive development”.
The vice-chairman, Walter Bosch, will provisionally take over as chairman.
A senior partner in Zurich law firm Niederer Kraft & Frey, Jetzer is survived by his wife and son.
He had been a board member of several companies, including Bank Julius Bär and the mobile technology firm, Myriad.
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