Pierre-Yves Maillard (born 16 March 1968) is a Swiss politician of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

. He is a member of the

Council of State of Vaud The Council of State of the Canton of Vaud (french: Conseil d'État du Canton de Vaud) is the executive organ of the Canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. Vaud has a seven-member '' Conseil d'État''. The responsibilities of the Council of State is t ...

since 2004.

Life

Born in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

, he studied literature at the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzer ...

and was president of the Swiss Students' Association. He taught French, history and geography in the secondary schools of

Préverenges Préverenges () is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. It is a Suburb of the city of Lausanne. History Préverenges is first mentioned in 1224 as ''Preverenges''. Geography Préverenges has an area, ...

and Lausanne, and was also from 2000 to 2004 the regional secretary of the trade union FTMH Vaud Fribourg.

Politics

In politics, he served in the municipal parliament of Lausanne from 1990 to 1998, in the

Grand Council of Vaud The Grand Council of Vaud (french: Grand Conseil de Vaud) is the legislature of the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. Vaud has a unicameral legislature. The Great Council has 150 seats, with members elected every five years. The last electio ...

from 1998 to 2000 and in the National Council from 1999 to 2004. There, he was a member of the committees responsible for the environment, for land use planning and energy, and for finance. Since 1 December 2004, he is a member of the

and head of the Department of Health and Social Services. In March 2011, he became the first Socialist politician in the history of the canton of Vaud to be elected in the first round of a popular election, with 54% of votes cast. From March 2004 to 2008, he was also vice president 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 ...

. On 26 October 2011, he announced his candidacy to succeed

Federal Councillor The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl federal) is the executive body of the federal government of the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective head of state ...

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. On 25 November 2011, the parliamentary group of his party chose him, together with

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, as one of the party's candidates for the election of 14 December 2011. According to him, some of the great challenges for the future are ageing of the population, delay in investment in infrastructures and transition to other sources of energy. Yelmarc Roulet and Skjellaug Aïna
"« J’invite le parti de l’économie à travailler avec la gauche »"
''

Le Temps ''Le Temps'' (literally "The Time") is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. It is the sole nationwide French-language non-specialised daily newspaper of Switzerland. Since 2021, it has b ...

'', Friday 4 December 2015 (page visited on 4 December 2015).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maillard, Pierre-Yves Living people Members of the National Council (Switzerland) People from Lausanne 1968 births