Françoise Saudan (born 9 November 1939 in Lyon, Martigny) is a Swiss politician from the

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. Saudan studied law and received her doctorate. After that she worked as a manager. In 1985 she was elected to the

Grand Council of Geneva The Grand Council of Geneva (french: Grand Conseil de Genève) is the legislature of the canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. Geneva, styled as a 'Republic and Canton', has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council was established in its pres ...

and nominated in the same year as President of the FDP Geneva. She held the presidency until 1995, when she was elected to the Senate on December 4. In 2000-01 she was president of the Council of States. Saudan is married and has two children. She lives in

Chêne-Bougeries Chêne-Bougeries is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Chêne-Bougeries is first mentioned in 1270 as ''Quercus''. In 1801 it was mentioned as ''Chêne-les-Bougeries''. Chêne-Bougeries was inhabited for most of its his ...

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