Emmanuel Amoos (born 31 July 1980) is a

Swiss Socialist Party 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 ...

politician and a member of the National Council from

Canton of Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the Sw ...

since 2021.

Early life and education

Emmanuel Amoos was born in 1980 in Sierra with roots to

Venthône Venthône is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Sierre (district), Sierre in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Miège, Venthône and Veyr ...

Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...

. He studied for a degree in Economics at

HEC Lausanne HEC Lausanne (standing for ''Faculté des Hautes études commerciales''), also called the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne, is the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne. Since 1911, HEC Lausanne h ...

Political career

He was elected municipal councilor for the former Venthône municipality for three legislative terms (2009 – 2020). In 2013, he was elected Deputy from the District of Sierre to the Valais Grand Council and served on the Finance Committee for the legislative term and was re-elected in 2017. He was appointed leader of the Left Alliance group in the council and served on the Economy and Energy committee until 2019 when he ran for a seat in the National Council but failed to secure the seat as he placed 2nd with 10,687 votes behind the winner Mathias Reynard. He was elected to the Valais Council of State in 2021 and was appointed to the committee on Science, Education and Culture.

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Living people 1980 births Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians People from Valais {{Switzerland-politician-stub