Sophie Michaud Gigon | |
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Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
Assumed office December 2019 | |
Member of the Municipal Council of Lausanne | |
In office 2007–2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 January 1975 Lausanne |
Political party | Green Party of Switzerland |
Sophie Michaud Gigon (20 January 1975, Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician of the Green Party and a current member of the National Council.
She grew up in the Suisse Romande, the francophone part of Switzerland. [1] She studied German, French and political sciences at the universities of Lausanne, Tübingen and Zürich. [1] In Tübingen she attended the university through the Erasmus programme. [1]
In 2008 she assumed the secretariat of the francophone part of Switzerland for Pro Natura. [1] Since 2017 she is the general secretary of the consumer rights association Fédération romande des consommateurs . [1] [2]
She entered the municipal council of Lausanne in 2007. [3] As a municipal councilor for the greens, she emphasized that if infrastructural improvements are made, then they should also encompass some green zones in the immediate environment. [4] She was elected to the National Council in the Federal Elections in October 2019, [3] and assumed her post in December of the same year. [2] In the National Council, she is part of the commission on economy and taxes. [2]
She is married and has two children. [1]