Sophie Michaud Gigon
Sophie Michaud Gigon (born January 20, 1975 in Lausanne ; resident in Les Bayards and Saint-Prex ) is a Swiss politician ( Greens ).
Life
Sophie Michaud Gigon studied German , Romance studies and political science at the Universities of Lausanne , Tübingen and Zurich and wrote her thesis on Swiss literature from the interwar period . After an internship at the Federal Office for the Environment , she worked for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 in Johannesburg and then for the Swiss Association of youth associations and the Secretariat of Pro Natura Switzerland for French-speaking Switzerland . She has been Secretary General of the French-speaking Swiss consumer association since 2017 . Michaud Gigon is married and has two children. She lives in Lausanne .
politics
Sophie Michaud Gigon was a founding member and then President of the Young Greens in 2003 and has been a member of the Lausanne City Council (legislature) since 2007.
In the national parliamentary elections on October 20, 2019 , Michaud Gigon was elected to the National Council for the Greens .
She is a member of the board of trustees of the sanu durabilitas foundation .
Web links
- Sophie Michaud Gigon on the website of the Federal Assembly
- Entry on the website of the Green Canton of Vaud (French)
- Vested interests of Sophie Michaud Gigon on lobbywatch.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Members: Sophie Michaud Gigon. Retrieved October 26, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Ces "atypiques" candidates aux fédérales . In: illustre.ch . September 30, 2019 (French, illustre.ch [accessed October 26, 2019]).
- ↑ La vague verte bouleverse les equilibres au national . In: tdg.ch . October 20, 2019 (French, tdg.ch [accessed October 26, 2019]).
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SURNAME | Michaud Gigon, Sophie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (GPS) |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th January 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |