Valérie Piller Carrard

Swiss politician
Valerie Piller Carrard
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Incumbent
Assumed office
2011
ConstituencyCanton of Fribourg
Personal details
Born9 September 1987
Billens, Fribourg
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland

Valérie Piller Carrard (born, 9 September 1987, Billens, Fribourg) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and a current member of the National Council.[1]

Professional career

For a while she was an accountant at a real estate broker.[2] Today, she is the president of Pro Familia Switzerland, an NGO focused on the welfare of the families.[3]

Political career

Her interest towards politics grew in March 1993, as the National Council refused to elect Christiane Brunner to the Federal Council.[2] She became a member of the Grand Council of Fribourg at the age of twenty-three[2] in 2001, a seat she held until 2011. She was also in the executive council of Gletterens between 2004 and 2009.[1] She was elected into the National Council by a tight margin of twenty-three votes in the Federal Elections in 2011[2] and was re-elected in 2015 and 2019.[1] In the elections to the Council of State of Fribourg in 2018, she was a candidate, but was not supported by the Green Party,[4] and lost to Didier Castella of the FDP.The Liberals (FDP) in March 2018.[5] In April 2021 she was announced as the candidate for the SP for Cantonal Elections to the Swiss Council of States in November 2021.[6][7] From 2008 to 2017 she served as the president for the SP in Broye.[1]

Political positions

She supports a more representative participation of women in politics[2] and in defense of the press freedom she has taken up a Godfatherhood for the imprisoned Belarusian journalist Ala Sharko in April 2021.[8] Concerned about the surging sugar consume of the youth, she advocates for a better guidance through regulations from the state.[9]

Personal life

She is married and has 3 children.[1] Her places of origin are Rechthalten and Font in Estavayer-le-Lac.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  2. ^ a b c d e Pauchard, Yan (2018-01-29). "Valérie Piller Carrard: "Je suis la mieux armée pour défendre le troisième siège de la gauche"". Le Temps (in French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. ^ Monnat, Lucie (24 May 2020). "Les mères aimeraient travailler plus" (PDF). Pro Familia Schweiz. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Les Verts fribourgeois ne soutiennent pas la socialiste Valérie Piller Carrard". rts.ch (in French). 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. ^ "La droite triomphe à Fribourg". Le Temps (in French). 2018-03-25. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  6. ^ "La socialiste Valérie Piller Carrard candidate au Conseil d'Etat fribourgeois". rts.ch (in French). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  7. ^ "Starke Linke bei Freiburger Staatsratswahl - Noch niemand gewählt". ArgoviaToday (in Swiss High German). 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  8. ^ "Members of Parliament from Switzerland take over godparenthood for Ala Sharko, Anastasiya Mirontsava and Viktoryia Mirontsava". Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights (in German). 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  9. ^ Blumer, Claudia (28 September 2017). "Gib dem Kind keinen Zucker!". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
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