Maya Graf (born 28 February 1962) is a Swiss politician. She is a member of the Council of States from the

Canton of Basel-Landschaft Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...

. From 2001 to 2019, she was a member of the National Council of Switzerland. From 2012 to 2013, she was the president of the council, the first member of the

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to hold that seat. Graf was first elected to the National Council in 2001 and has been re-elected ever since. She was elected President of the National Council in 2012 with 173 out of 189 delegates voting in her favour.

Personal life

Graf is married and has two children. She is the daughter of former SVP politician Fritz Graf. Graf was as a

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er before she started to run an

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together with her brother.

References

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