Maya Graf | |
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Member of the Council of States | |
Assumed office 4 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Claude Janiak |
Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
In office 5 June 2001 – 3 December 2019 | |
Succeeded by | Florence Brenzikofer |
President of the National Council | |
In office 26 November 2012 – 25 November 2013 | |
Preceded by | Hansjörg Walter |
Succeeded by | Ruedi Lustenberger |
Personal details | |
Born | Sissach, Switzerland | 28 February 1962
Political party | Green 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]