Valérie Piller Carrard

Valérie Piller Carrard (born, 9 September 1987, Billens, Fribourg) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and a current member of the National Council.[1]

Valerie Piller Carrard
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Assumed office
2011
ConstituencyCanton of Fribourg
Personal details
Born9 September 1987
Billens, Fribourg
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland

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

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 is in the National Council since December 2011 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] From 2008 to 2017 she was the president of the SP of Broye.[1]

Personal life

She is married and has 3 children.[1] Her places of origin are Rechthalten and Font in Estavayer-le-Lac.[1]

References
  1. "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  2. "Valérie Piller Carrard: «Je suis la mieux armée pour défendre le troisième siège de la gauche»". Le Temps (in French). 2018-01-29. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. Monnat, Lucie (24 May 2020). "Les mères aimeraient travailler plus" (PDF). Pro Familia Schweiz. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. "Les Verts fribourgeois ne soutiennent pas la socialiste Valérie Piller Carrard". rts.ch (in French). 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. "La droite triomphe à Fribourg". Le Temps (in French). 2018-03-25. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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