Martine Brunschwig Graf (born 16 March 1950 in
Fribourg) is a
Swiss
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politician and member of the
Swiss National Council for the
Canton of Geneva; since 2003. Her political party is
FDP.The Liberals.
Brunschwig Graf was a member of the parliament of the
Canton of Geneva from 1989 to 1993; as a member of
Liberal Party of Switzerland. On 14 November 1993, she was elected to the
Cantonal Government and later re-elected twice in 1997 and 2001. Initially, she headed
Geneva's education department: 1993–2001; and thereafter, the finance department: 2003–2005. Brunschwig Graf presided over Geneva cantonal government in 1998/1999 and 2004/2005.
From June 2006 she was President of the Association for the Prevention of Torture and the co-president of the Association for the Promotion of a Swiss Human Rights Institution.
[
In 2012 she became the President of the Federal Commission against Racism.]
References
External links
*http://www.brunschwiggraf.ch
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1950 births
Living people
People from Fribourg
Swiss Jews
Liberal Party of Switzerland politicians
FDP.The Liberals politicians
Women members of the National Council (Switzerland)
Members of the National Council (Switzerland)
Canton of Geneva politicians
20th-century Swiss women politicians
20th-century Swiss politicians
21st-century Swiss women politicians
21st-century Swiss politicians
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