Jean-René Fournier (; born 18 December 1957) is a Swiss politician. Notably, he was a member of the
Council of States from 2007 to 2019, serving as the President of the Council from 2018 to 2019. Previously, he was a member of the
Grand Council of Valais
The Grand Council of Valais ( ; ) is the legislature of the canton of Valais, in Switzerland. Valais has a unicameral legislature.
Electoral system
Members of the Grand Council of Valais are elected every four years. The Grand Council has 13 ...
from 1985 to 1997 and a Councillor of State of Valais from 1997 to 2009.
He was president of the cantonal executive from 2000 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005.
Fournier was elected as the President of the Council of States for the 2018–2019 term with 44 out of 45 votes. He was the fourth Valais representative to be elected to the post.
Fournier did not run for re-election in
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
. He was succeeded by
Marianne Maret.
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians
Members of the Council of States (Switzerland)
Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland)
People from Martigny District