Maya Graf

Maya Graf
Member of the Council of States
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 December 2019
Preceded byClaude Janiak
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
5 June 2001 – 3 December 2019
Succeeded byFlorence Brenzikofer
President of the National Council
In office
26 November 2012 – 25 November 2013
Preceded byHansjörg Walter
Succeeded byRuedi Lustenberger
Personal details
Born (1962-02-28) 28 February 1962 (age 62)
Sissach, Switzerland
Political partyGreen Party of Switzerland

Maya Graf (born 28 February 1962) is a Swiss politician. She is a member of the Council of States from the Canton of Basel-Landschaft. From 2001 to 2019, she was a member of the National Council of Switzerland. From 2012 to 2013, she was the president of the council, the first member of the Green Party to hold that seat.[1]

Graf was first elected to the National Council in 2001 and has been re-elected ever since.[2] She was elected President of the National Council in 2012 with 173 out of 189 delegates voting in her favour.[3]

Personal life

Graf is married and has two children.[4] She is the daughter of former SVP politician Fritz Graf.[5] Graf was as a social worker before she started to run an organic farm together with her brother.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Grüne erhalten Sitz für Nationalratspräsidium". Tages Anzeiger (in German). 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ "mayagraf.ch". mayagraf.ch.
  3. ^ a b "Neue Nationalratspräsidentin: Spitzenresultat für Maya Graf". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 26 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Graf Maya – Nationalrätin – Kanton Basel-Landschaft". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Vater Fritz' Augen leuchten stolz". Basler Zeitung. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
Preceded by President of the National Council
2012–2013 		Succeeded by