Maya Graf

Swiss politician

Maya Graf


Member of the Council of States
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 December 2019
Preceded by	Claude Janiak
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office 5 June 2001 – 3 December 2019
Succeeded by	Florence Brenzikofer
President of the National Council
In office 26 November 2012 – 25 November 2013
Preceded by	Hansjörg Walter
Succeeded by	Ruedi Lustenberger

Personal details
Born	(1962-02-28) 28 February 1962 (age 62) Sissach, Switzerland
Political party	Green Party of Switzerland

Maya Graf (born 28 February 1962) is a Swiss politician. She is a member of the Council of States from the Canton of Basel-Landschaft. From 2001 to 2019, she was a member of the National Council of Switzerland. From 2012 to 2013, she was the president of the council, the first member of the Green Party to hold that seat.^[1]

Graf was first elected to the National Council in 2001 and has been re-elected ever since.^[2] She was elected President of the National Council in 2012 with 173 out of 189 delegates voting in her favour.^[3]

Personal life

Graf is married and has two children.^[4] She is the daughter of former SVP politician Fritz Graf.^[5] Graf was as a social worker before she started to run an organic farm together with her brother.^[3]

References

^ "Grüne erhalten Sitz für Nationalratspräsidium". Tages Anzeiger (in German). 17 November 2019.
^ "mayagraf.ch". mayagraf.ch.
^ ^a ^b "Neue Nationalratspräsidentin: Spitzenresultat für Maya Graf". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 26 November 2012.
^ "Graf Maya – Nationalrätin – Kanton Basel-Landschaft". parlament.ch. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ "Vater Fritz' Augen leuchten stolz". Basler Zeitung. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2017.