Céline Marie-Claire Amaudruz (; born 15 March 1979) is a Swiss banker, attorney and politician who currently serves on the

National Council (Switzerland) The National Council (; ; ; ) is a house of the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly of Switzerland, representing the people. The other house, Council of States (Switzerland), Council of States, represents the states, preventing mor ...

for the

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since 2011. Amaudruz previously served as president of the

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between 2010 and 2016. She is among the richest Swiss politicians in the legislative estimated by Handelszeitung.

Early life and education

Amaudruz was born 15 March 1979 in

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. She is the youngest daughter of attorney Michel Max Amaudruz (1939-2022) and his wife Dominique (

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Guiramand). Her family is an industrial/law family. She has one sister. Her father was an attorney, member of the

for the

and controlling majority owner of Groupe Minoteries, a flour mill concern, which is based in Valbroye, Switzerland. He has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubell. She studied law at the

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( Licentiate) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from IMD Business School.

Career

Initially, she spent six years for her parents Law firm, both practicing lawyers. She worked for the law firm Poncet Turrettini Amaudruz Neyroud & Associes in Geneva during her studies, in which her father was a partner. Later she engaged in wealth management at

UBS UBS Group AG (stylized simply as UBS) is a multinational investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland, with headquarters in both Zurich and Basel. It holds a strong foothold in all major financial centres as the ...

and

Julius Bär Julius Baer Group Ltd. (German: ''Julius Bär Gruppe AG'') is a Swiss multinational private banking and financial services firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Specializing in wealth management, Investment advisory, investment advisory serv ...

. Amaudruz currently works as a relationship manager in wealth management for REYL & Cie, a private bank in Geneva. Amaudruz currently serves on the board of directors of Steiner Mühle in

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, TP Publicité SA, Groupe Minoteries SA and Transport public genevois (TPG) in Lancy. She is on the board of trustees of Fondation de prévoyance en faveur du personel tpg and Fondation de prévoyange en faveur du personel du groupe Minoteries SA (both private pension funds).

Politics

Amaudruz began her political career while serving in the

between October 2009 and October 2011. She was ultimately elected into the

for the

during the

2011 Swiss federal election Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011. All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States. Voter turnout was 49.1%, compared to 48.9% in 2 ...

and subsequently re-elected in the

2015 Swiss federal election Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 18 October 2015 for the National Council and the first round of elections to the Council of States, with runoff elections to the Council of States being held in various cantons until 22 November. R ...

. Between 2011 and 2015, she simultaneously served on the municipal council of Puplinge, Switzerland. She was also cantonal president of the Swiss People's Party in Geneva from 2010 to 2016. Since 2016 she is vice president of the

. She is the richest politician in the Swiss legislative from

French-speaking Switzerland Romandy ( or ; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Romandia'')Before World War I, the term French Switzerland () waalso used ( or , , ) is the Swiss French, French-speaking historical and cultural region of Switzerland. In 2020, about 2 million pe ...

Personal life

In 2021, Amaudruz married Michael Andersen (b. c. 1991), in Geneva. They reside in Vandoevres, where Andersen serves on the municipal council for the

References

1979 births Living people 21st-century Swiss women politicians 21st-century Swiss politicians {{Switzerland-politician-stub