Isabelle Chassot

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Isabelle Chassot, 2012.

Isabelle Chassot (born March 18, 1965 in Morges ; resident in Siviriez , Glanebezirk ) is a Swiss politician ( CVP ), director of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK) since November 1, 2013 and former State Councilor of the Canton of Friborg .

Life

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Her parents are Hubert Chassot, head of personnel at the Saint-Prex glassworks (VD), and Maria geb. Bichler, hairdresser, of Austrian origin. She is the youngest of three children and is unmarried.

Growing up bilingual thanks to her parents, Isabelle Chassot attended the Holy Cross College in Freiburg after primary school in Granges-Paccot , where she passed a Latin-Greek Matura ( type A ) in 1984 . She completed her legal studies at the University of Freiburg in 1988 with a bilingual licentiate.

In 1989/1990 she completed an internship in the law firm of lawyer Monferini in Freiburg . After working for two years at the law faculty as an assistant at the chair of Professor Nicolas Michel, she was admitted to the bar in 1992 and worked in the law firm of Piller. Until 1995 she worked as a lawyer and made pleadings in French and German.

In 1991 she was at the Grand Council elections elected with 26 years in the cantonal parliament, which it belongs to the 2,001th She intervened in several areas: family policy, institutional and legal questions (Presidium of the Commission for the Revision of the Judicial Act), drafting of laws on political rights and on the status of foreigners. From 1990 to 1994 she chaired the cantonal commission for women's issues. She was also a member of the Commission for the Evaluation of the Functions of the State Council and sat on the University Senate. In the social area, she presided over the PassePartout Foundation, which offers a transport service for people with limited mobility at modest prices.

In 1995 the 30-year-old lawyer turned to a new area of ​​activity: She entered the public service, first as a research assistant at the Federal Department of Justice and Police, then as a personal assistant to the Christian Democratic Federal Councilor Arnold Koller and his successor, Federal Councilor Ruth Metzler-Arnold .

In 2001, Isabelle Chassot was nominated by her party as a candidate for the State Council elections. On November 11th, she came fourth out of eleven candidates. As one candidate was elected in the first ballot and four candidates are withdrawing, the remaining seats were filled in a silent vote on November 20.

Isabelle Chassot took over the education, culture and sports management. One of their successes was the vote on May 18, 2003. With 76% of the votes, the people of Friborg approved the commitment loan for the construction of the intercantonal high school of Broye (GYB) in Payerne (VD), a joint project of the cantons of Vaud and Friborg.

During her first term of office, Isabelle Chassot was involved on several fronts: Measures in favor of pupils with poor behavior, development of a concept for the evaluation of pupil work, search for a solution for the free public schools, renewal of the law on school and career guidance, new definition of the principles for Contributions to school buildings, subsidies for performance halls in the regions and the city of Freiburg (Equilibre), sports halls and the St. Leonhard sports facilities in Freiburg, renovation and expansion of the conservatory or establishment of cultural and creative partnerships.

In the State Council elections on November 5, 2006, Isabelle Chassot was at the top and was elected in the first round. From 2006 to 2013, the Friborg woman presided over the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Education Directors (EDK). In 2007 she was President of the State Council.

In her second term in office, the State Councilor recorded three new successes in referendums. On June 1, 2008, 79% of the voters approved the renovation and expansion of the Gambach College in Freiburg . On February 8, 2009, 72% of the people approved the decree providing financial support for the introduction of the second year of kindergarten, and on March 7, 2010, the voters approved Freiburg's accession to the intercantonal agreement on the harmonization of compulsory schooling (HarmoS Concordat ) against which the referendum was called.

During her second legislature, Isabelle Chassot successfully defended more than 20 bills and decrees before the Grand Council . In particular, they concerned the introduction of a second year of kindergarten, the introduction of the third year of study in human medicine, the canton's accession to the French-speaking Switzerland School Convention and the Special Education Concordat, the Sports Act, the training fees and the acquisition of the Garcia Clinic, which will be the future location for the Adolphe- Merkle Institute for Nanosciences is planned. The Foundation for Research and Development of Multilingualism of the State of Freiburg, supporting the Institute for Multilingualism, was recognized by the federal government as a national competence center in 2010.

In the 2011 State Council elections, Isabelle Chassot was comfortably re-elected and finished first in both ballots.

In May 2013 she was appointed by the Federal Council as the new director of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK) on November 1, 2013 , succeeding Jean-Frédéric Jauslin . At the end of October 2013 she therefore resigned from the State Council of the Canton of Friborg.

Chassot lives in Granges-Paccot.

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  1. ↑ Marcel Amrein: Unexpected choice for the cultural office. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from May 8, 2013
  2. ↑ Isabelle Chassot resigns. In: Freiburger Nachrichten of May 8, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Chassot, Isabelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (CVP)
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Morges