Raphaël Comte | |
Office: | Member of the Council of States |
Term Start: | 1 March 2010 |
Term End: | 1 December 2019 |
Office2: | President of the Council of States |
Term Start2: | 30 November 2015 |
Term End2: | 28 November 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Claude Hêche |
Successor2: | Ivo Bischofberger |
Birth Date: | df=y 1979-09-28 |
Birth Place: | Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Occupation: | Lawyer, politician |
Party: | FDP.The Liberals |
Raphaël Comte (born 28 September 1979) is a Swiss lawyer and politician. He has served as a member of the Council of States from 1 March 2010 to 1 December 2019,[1] and was its president from 2015 to 2016.[2]
A member of the Swiss delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2012, Comte serves as member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media. In addition, he is currently the Assembly's rapporteur on human rights in Ukraine[3] as well as on the protection and preservation of Jewish heritage sites.[4]