Maya Graf Explained

Maya Graf
Office:Member of the Council of States
Term Start:4 December 2019
Predecessor:Claude Janiak
Office2:Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Term Start2:5 June 2001
Term End2:3 December 2019
Successor2:Florence Brenzikofer
Office3:President of the National Council
Term Start3:26 November 2012
Term End3:25 November 2013
Predecessor3:Hansjörg Walter
Successor3:Ruedi Lustenberger
Birth Date:28 February 1962
Birth Place:Sissach, Switzerland
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]

Personal life

Graf is married and has two children.[4] She is the daughter of former SVP politician Fritz Graf.[5] Graf was as a social worker before she started to run an organic farm together with her brother.

Notes and References

  1. News: Grüne erhalten Sitz für Nationalratspräsidium . German . Tages Anzeiger . 17 November 2019.
  2. Web site: mayagraf.ch. mayagraf.ch.
  3. Web site: Neue Nationalratspräsidentin: Spitzenresultat für Maya Graf. 26 November 2012. Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  4. Web site: Graf Maya – Nationalrätin – Kanton Basel-Landschaft. parlament.ch. 26 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Vater Fritz' Augen leuchten stolz. Basler Zeitung. 26 November 2012. 26 September 2017.