| Marcel Blanc | |
| Birth Date: | 1935 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Brenles, Switzerland |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Party: | UDC |
| Office: | Member of the Council of State of Vaud |
| Term Start: | 10 April 1978 |
| Term End: | 30 November 1991 |
Marcel Blanc (12 March 1935 – 24 March 2023) was a Swiss farmer and politician of the Democratic Union of the Centre (UDC).[1] He served on the Council of State of Vaud from 1978 to 1991 as head of the Department of Public Works.[2]
Blanc was born in Brenles on 12 March 1935 to a Huguenot family who took refuge in Switzerland after the Edict of Fontainebleau. After training to become a farmer, he took over a field in his hometown.[3]
In 1957, Blanc was elected to the municipal council of Brenles as a member of the UDC. In 1970, he was elected to the Grand Council of Vaud and became president of the UDC in the Canton of Vaud. He then became vice-president of the UDC nation-wide.[4]
Blanc was elected to the Council of State of Vaud in 1978, succeeding his fellow party member .[5] On 7 March 1982, he was re-elected to a second term, finishing second on the ballot behind Radical Democratic Party member Jean-Pascal Delamuraz.[6] He was again re-elected in 1986 in the second round of elections.[7] He was re-elected for a third time in 1990.[8] In 1991, he resigned from his position, leaving office on 30 November.[4]
During his mandate, Blanc was head of the Department of Public Works.[9] He twice chaired the cantonal government, in 1982 and 1988.[4] In 1991, the socialist Daniel Schmutz succeeded him as head of the public works department, while was elected to succeed him from the UDC and headed the Department of Finances.[10]
Marcel Blanc died on 24 March 2023, at the age of 88.[11]