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Valérie Piller Carrard
Swiss politician (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Valérie Piller Carrard (born, 9 September 1978, Billens, Fribourg) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and a current member of the National Council.[1]
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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
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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]
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Personal life
She is married and has 3 children.[1] Her places of origin are Rechthalten and Font in Estavayer-le-Lac.[1]
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