Florence Brenzikofer
Florence Brenzikofer in 2019.
National Councillor for Basel-Landschaft
Assumed office
9 December 2019
Preceded byMaya Graf
Personal details
Born (1975-04-15) 15 April 1975
Binningen, Basel-Landschaft
NationalitySwiss
Political partyGreen Party of Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Fribourg
University of Bern

Florence Brenzikofer (born 15 April 1975 in Binningen, Basel-Landschaft) is a politician of the Green Party of Switzerland who has been a member of the National Council since 2019.[1]

Career

Brenzikofer enrolled at the University of Fribourg in 1996 studying art history and French literature and studied at Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis for a year in 1998.[2] She then trained to be a secondary school teacher at the University of Bern.[2][3]

From 2003 to 2005, she was a member of the Landrat of Basel-Landschaft and again from 2013 to 2019,[4] after the resignation of Sarah Martin.[3]

In 2019, Maya Graf was elected to both Basel-Landschaft's seat in the Council of States and one of its seats in the National Council. As Graf moved to sit in the Council of States, Brenzikofer took up the vacant seat in the National Council.[5][6] She entered office on 9 December 2019.[1]

Brenzikofer has supported local food initiatives,[7] more affordable public transport for young people,[8] and increased transparency in the Swiss banking sector.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Florence Brenzikofer". Federal Assembly of Switzerland. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Candidature à la vice-présidence des VERTS suisses" (PDF). Green Party of Switzerland. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Wechsel im Landrat: Die Grüne Sarah Martin tritt zurück". Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (in German). 30 May 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Mitglieder des Landrats ab 1832 - Landrat / Parlament". Landrat of Basel-Landschaft (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Maya Graf ist die neue Baselbieter Ständerätin". SRF (in German). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "«Dass wir die Grünsten sind, macht mich stolz»". Blick (in German). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Bundes-Kantinen sollen lokale Produkte kaufen". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tageskarte für 10 Franken: So will eine Grüne-Nationalrätin Junge in den ÖV bringen". watson.ch (in German). 17 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Scilla Alecci (3 October 2021). "Leak reveals how Swiss wealth consultants shield global cast of suspects". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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