Olivier Français
Appearance
Olivier Français | |
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Constituency | Vaud |
Member of the Council of States of Switzerland | |
Assumed office 11 November 2015 | |
Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
In office 3 December 2007 – 29 November 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Metz, France | 10 January 1955
Political party | The Liberals |
Olivier Français is a Swiss politician who is a member of the Council of States of Switzerland.
Biography
[edit]Français was born into a French family in Metz, France to a mother from Grenoble and a father from Alsace-Lorraine. Due to his fathers work, he travelled to Geneva often in childhood. He moved to Lausanne and became a Swiss citizen in 1988 to participate in politics.[1] He was elected to the National Council in 2007 and 2015, and elected to the Council of States in 2019.[2]