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Adèle Thorens Goumaz (born on 15 December 1971 in
Solothurn Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the Capital (political), capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the n ...
) is a
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politician. She has been a member of the Council of States since December 2019. Previously, she served in the
National Council of Switzerland The National Council (german: Nationalrat; french: Conseil national; it, Consiglio nazionale; rm, Cussegl naziunal) is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, the upper house being the Council of States. With 200 seats, the ...
from the
Canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...
from 2007 to 2019. She was elected as the co-president of the
Green Party of Switzerland The Green Party of Switzerland (german: GRÜNE Schweiz; french: Les VERT-E-S suisses; it, VERDI svizzeri; rm, VERDA svizra) is the fourth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the largest party that is not represented on th ...
with
Regula Rytz Regula Rytz (born 2 March 1962) is a Swiss historian and politician of the Green Party of Switzerland. She was a member of the National Council from 2011 to 2022. From 2012 to 2016, she was the co-president of the Green Party of Switzerland. Sh ...
in 2012 and announced that she would not run for re-election in 2016, leaving the post solely in Rytz's hands.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorens Goumaz, Adele 1971 births Living people People from Solothurn University of Lausanne alumni Members of the Council of States (Switzerland) Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Green Party of Switzerland politicians Women members of the National Council (Switzerland) 21st-century Swiss women politicians 21st-century Swiss politicians