Chantal Galladé (born 17 December 1972 in

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

) is a

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, represented the

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in the Swiss National Council as member of the

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...

(SP) from December 2003 until December 2018.

Early life and education

Born and raised in the

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of Winterthur, Galladé is citizen of the municipality of Isérables in the canton of Valais. She attended an apprenticeship as merchant (''KV'') from 1989 to 1992, studied avocationally on higher education entrance qualification (''

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schule für Erwachsene'') by 1996, and graduated on pedagogy and political science at the University of Zürich in 2008. Besides, Galladé was engaged as commissioner for apprenticeships, professor at the cantonal college, and member of the parliament (''Kantonsrat'') of the Canton of Zürich.

Political career

In 1990, Chantal Galladé became a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP). She co-initiated the youth parliament (''Jugendparlament''), the youth lobby (''Jugendlobby'') and the cultural center (''Kulturzentrum'') in Winterthur in 1994. Three years later, Galladé was elected as member of the SP party in the parliament of the

by 2003. Since December 2003, she's member of the Swiss National Council, among others focussing on the fields of youth, sustainability and national security policy. At the beginning of June 2018, the eligible voters elected Galladé school president of the district school administration (''Kreisschulpflege'') in Winterthur Stadt-Töss. Due to the full-time office, she will step down from the National Council at the end of November 2018. In February 2019, she decided to change to the

Green Liberal Party The Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (german: Grünliberale Partei der Schweiz, glp; french: Parti vert'libéral, pvl), abbreviated to glp, is a centrist green-liberal political party in Switzerland. Founded in 2007, the party holds sixteen ...

(GLP) as she didn't agree with the SP, who opposition a further cooperation between the

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and Switzerland due to Workers' Unions concerns.

Personal life

Chantal Galladé is mother of a daughter born in 2005. She was in a relationship with

Daniel Jositsch Daniel Jositsch (born 25 March 1965 in Zürich) is a Swiss politician, member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP), representing the canton of Zürich in the Swiss Council of States since 2015. Biography Born in the municipality ...

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