Guillaume Barazzone Explained

Guillaume Barazzone
Office1:Member of the Swiss National Council
Term Start1:9 December 2013
Predecessor1:Luc Barthassat
Office2:Administrative Councillor (vice-mayor) in Geneva
Term Start2:14 November 2012
Office4:Member of the Cantonal Parliament of Geneva
Term Start4:2005
Term End4:2012
Office5:City Councillor in Geneva
Term Start5:2003
Term End5:2006
Birth Date:1982 [1]
Birth Place:Geneva, Switzerland

Guillaume Barazzone (born 13 January 1982, in Geneva, Switzerland), is a politician and member of the Swiss Christian Democratic Party (CDP). He is elected to the Administrative Council for the City of Geneva in 2012 [2] and member of the Swiss National Council since December 2013.[3]

Biography

Guillaume Barazzone, an Italian-Swiss binational, was born and educated in Geneva. He studied at the University of Geneva where he obtained a law degree in 2005 with an exchange year at Zurich University.[4]

He holds a master's degree in law (L.L.M.) from Columbia Law School in New York City where he graduated in 2011. He has also studied at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Columbia University.[5]

In 2008, he was admitted to the Geneva bar and practised as a lawyer until 2012 at law firms Lenz & Staehlin (2008–2010) and Schellenberg Wittmer (2011–2012).[6]

In 2012, he was selected by Swiss economical magazine 'l'Hebdo' as one of the 100 personalities of the French part of Switzerland (for the 'Forum des 100').[7]

In 2015, he becomes Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum for Europe.[8]

Political career

City of Geneva

On 4 November 2012, Guillaume Barazzone was elected to the Government of the city of Geneva (vice-Mayor), ending 20 years of absence of the CDP.[9] He presides over the Department for Urban Environment and Security (DUES).[10]

The 2012–2015 report his legislature presented in January 2015 "created a buzz" in Geneva due to its excellent results and original presentation.[11]

In 2005, he was elected to the State Parliament of Geneva,[12] and was re-elected in 2009 for a total of seven years with the legislature.[13] As a member, he sat on a number of commissions including the following committees: "Fiscal", "Legislative" and "Management Control".[14]

He registered with the Christian Democratic Party (CDP) when he was 18 years old and was the President of the Young CDP of Geneva. He began his political career with the Geneva City Council on which he sat from 2003 to 2006.[15]

National Council

Guillaume Barazzone was elected to the Swiss National Council (Swiss Parliament) on 9 December 2013, where he is a member of the Legal Affairs Committee.[16] [17]

During his mandate with the National Council, Guillaume Barazzone initiated numerous actions and tabled a number of motions.[18] The motion for compensating asbestos victims was viewed positively at the national level.[19]

In December 2014, he was awarded the silver medal for Genevan Parliamentarians published by the newspaper Tribune de Genève.[20] He was also named the "revelation of the Geneva delegation" and considered in the most influential members of parliament 2015 rankings.[21]

Key dates

External links

Notes and References

  1. Guillaume barazzone Grand Conseil. www.geneve.ch. 2015. dead. https://archive.today/20150310165234/http://www.geneve.ch/grandconseil/fichedep/dc/barazzone_gu.asp. 10 March 2015. dmy-all.
  2. Guillaume Barazzone. www.onetwothree.ch. 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130811/http://www.onetwothree.ch/site/index.php/autorites/ville/guillaume-barazzone. 2 April 2015. dmy-all.
  3. Guillaume Barazzone at the Swiss National Council. pdc-ge.ch. 2015.
  4. http://www.barazzone.ch/profil/ Guillaume Barazzone Official website Official Biography
  5. http://web.law.columbia.edu/graduation/2011/graduates/degree-candidates Columbia.edu, 2011 graduates list
  6. http://www.ville-geneve.ch/conseil-administratif/membres-conseil-administratif/guillaume-barazzone/ Official Geneva State Website
  7. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-06-22 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130430140338/http://www.forumdes100.com/files/F100-12_Articles_Hebdo_31mai2012.pdf . 30 April 2013 . dmy-all . Swiss Forum des 100
  8. http://www.weforum.org/young-global-leaders/guillaume-barazzone/index.html World Economic Forum website, YGL page of Guillaume Barazone
  9. Web site: Swiss CDP website . 11 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150218094847/http://www.pdc.ch/medias/communiques/communique/article/le-nouveau-conseiller-national-guillaume-barazzone-a-prete-serment-lundi/ . 18 February 2015 . dead .
  10. Guillaume Barazzone elected. www.lacote.ch. 2014.
  11. http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/barazzone-buzz-bilan-video/story/30888849 TDG, Barazzone's results buzz
  12. Web site: Site Officiel du Canton de Genève, "Élections du 09 oct 2005" . 11 March 2015 . 17 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217202149/http://www.ge.ch/elections/20051009/res_candidat.asp?id=4&dsn=0&nocand=833 . dead .
  13. Web site: Official Geneva State Website, October elections . 11 March 2015 . 22 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222190914/http://www.ge.ch/elections/20091011/res_parti.asp?dsn=&noparti=37000102&nolocal=0000 . dead .
  14. http://pdcvilledegeneve.ch/spip.php?rubrique41 Official CDP website, biography
  15. Guillaume Barazzone gives hope to the city council. www.tdg.ch. 2012.
  16. http://www.parlament.ch/f/suche/pages/biografie.aspx?biografie_id=4138 Site du Parlement Suisse, Biographie
  17. Web site: Geneva state website, January 2011 elections . 11 March 2015 . 16 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116091221/http://www.ge.ch/elections/20111023/CN/commune/00/liste/70000206/ . dead .
  18. http://www.parlament.ch/f/suche/Pages/resultate.aspx?collection=CV&gvk_urh_key=PER_4138_ Site du Parlement Suisse, Liste des motions déposées
  19. http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/5548f758-8b47-11e3-8231-97f64d3890d5/Un_fonds_pour_les_victimes_de_lamiante Le Temps, Article sur la médiatisation de l'amiante
  20. http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/La-deputation-genevoise-manque-de-force-de-frappe/story/16992016 La députation genevoise manque de force de frappe
  21. Classement 2015 des parlementaires romands: qui sont les plus influents?. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228032004/https://www.hebdo.ch/hebdo/cadrages/detail/classement-2015-des-parlementaires-romands-qui-sont-les-plus-influents. dead. 28 February 2015. www.hebdo.ch. 26 February 2015.

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