Valérie Piller Carrard

Valerie Piller Carrard
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Incumbent
Assumed office 2011
Constituency	Canton of Fribourg
Personal details
Born	9 September 1978 Billens, Fribourg
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

Valérie Piller Carrard (born, 9 September 1978, Billens, Fribourg) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and a current member of the National Council.^[1]

Professional career

For a while she was an accountant at a real estate broker.^[2] Today, she is the president of Pro Familia Switzerland, an NGO focused on the welfare of the families.^[3]

Political career

Her interest towards politics grew in March 1993, as the National Council refused to elect Christiane Brunner to the Federal Council.^[2] She became a member of the Grand Council of Fribourg at the age of twenty-three^[2] in 2001, a seat she held until 2011. She was also in the executive council of Gletterens between 2004 and 2009.^[1] She was elected into the National Council by a tight margin of twenty-three votes in the Federal Elections in 2011^[2] and was re-elected in 2015 and 2019.^[1] In the elections to the Council of State of Fribourg in 2018, she was a candidate, but was not supported by the Green Party,^[4] and lost to Didier Castella of the FDP.The Liberals (FDP) in March 2018.^[5] In April 2021 she was announced as the candidate for the SP for Cantonal Elections to the Swiss Council of States in November 2021.^[6][7] From 2008 to 2017 she served as the president for the SP in Broye.^[1]

Political positions

She supports a more representative participation of women in politics^[2] and in defense of the press freedom she has taken up a Godfatherhood for the imprisoned Belarusian journalist Ala Sharko in April 2021.^[8] Concerned about the surging sugar consume of the youth, she advocates for a better guidance through regulations from the state.^[9]

Personal life

She is married and has 3 children.^[1] Her places of origin are Rechthalten and Font in Estavayer-le-Lac.^[1]

References

1. "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
2. Pauchard, Yan (2018-01-29). "Valérie Piller Carrard: "Je suis la mieux armée pour défendre le troisième siège de la gauche"". Le Temps (in French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
3. Monnat, Lucie (24 May 2020). "Les mères aimeraient travailler plus" (PDF). Pro Familia Schweiz. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
4. "Les Verts fribourgeois ne soutiennent pas la socialiste Valérie Piller Carrard". rts.ch (in French). 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
5. "La droite triomphe à Fribourg". Le Temps (in French). 2018-03-25. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
6. "La socialiste Valérie Piller Carrard candidate au Conseil d'Etat fribourgeois". rts.ch (in French). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
7. "Starke Linke bei Freiburger Staatsratswahl - Noch niemand gewählt". ArgoviaToday (in Swiss High German). 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
8. "Members of Parliament from Switzerland take over godparenthood for Ala Sharko, Anastasiya Mirontsava and Viktoryia Mirontsava". Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights (in German). 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
9. Blumer, Claudia (28 September 2017). "Gib dem Kind keinen Zucker!". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 2021-11-12.