Maya Graf

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Maya Graf
File:Maya Graf 2020.jpg
Member of the Council of States
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 64)
Sissach, Switzerland
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

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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

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