Lisa Mazzone
PartijleiderPresident of the Green Party of Switzerland
Les VERT-E-S / Grüne Schweiz (Green Party of Switzerland) · Zwitserland
Profiel opgesteld in het Engels
Lisa Mazzone (born 25 January 1988 in Geneva) is a Swiss politician of the Green Party. She sat on the Grand Council of Geneva from 2013 to 2015, was a member of the National Council for Geneva from 2015 to 2019, where she was at the time the youngest member of the Swiss federal parliament, and then a member of the Council of States for Geneva from 2019 to 2023. She lost her Council of States seat in the second round of the October 2023 federal election, leaving the chamber at the end of 2023. In April 2024 she was elected president of the Green Party of Switzerland, succeeding Balthasar Glättli, becoming the only French-speaking politician then heading a Swiss national party.
Verkiezingsgeschiedenis
Member of the Council of States (Conseil des Etats)
Member of the Council of States (Conseil des Etats)2023-11-12
Defeated. In the second round of the October/November 2023 federal election she failed to win re-election, finishing behind Mauro Poggia (MCG) and Carlo Sommaruga (PS) and losing her seat. She announced her withdrawal from politics, leaving the Council of States at the end of 2023.
Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Member of the Council of States (Conseil des Etats)
Member of the Council of States (Conseil des Etats)2019-10-20
Elected. She won the Geneva Council of States seat left vacant by the retiring Robert Cramer, entering the upper house in December 2019.
Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Member of the National Council (Conseil national)
Member of the National Council (Conseil national)2015-10-18
Elected. She won a Geneva seat for the Greens and became, at 27, the youngest member of the Swiss federal parliament at the time.
Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Loopbaan
President
7 apr 2024 – hedenGreen Party of Switzerland (Les VERT-E-S / Grüne Schweiz)
Elected national president of the Green Party of Switzerland on 6 April 2024 in Renens, taking office on 7 April 2024 as the sole and unanimously elected candidate, succeeding Balthasar Glättli.
Member of the Council of States (Conseil des Etats)
2 dec 2019 – 3 dec 2023Swiss Federal Assembly, for the canton of Geneva
Represented Geneva in the upper house of the Swiss parliament, succeeding her party colleague Robert Cramer. She served on the Council and was vice-president of the chamber. She lost her seat in the October 2023 federal election and left the Council of States at the end of the 2019-2023 term.
Vice-President for Suisse Romande
16 apr 2016 – 2019Green Party of Switzerland (Les VERT-E-S)
Served as national vice-president of the Green Party representing French-speaking Switzerland, succeeding Robert Cramer.
Bron:en.wikipedia.orgMember of the National Council (Conseil national)
30 nov 2015 – 1 dec 2019Swiss Federal Assembly, for the canton of Geneva
Elected to the lower house of the Swiss parliament on 18 October 2015, becoming the youngest member of parliament at the time. She focused largely on environmental, transport, asylum and civil-liberties issues. She did not stand for re-election to the National Council in 2019, running instead for the Council of States.
President
mrt 2014 – mrt 2016Green Party of Geneva (Les Vert-e-s genevois-es)
President of the cantonal Green Party of Geneva.
Bron:en.wikipedia.orgMember of the Grand Council of Geneva (Grand Conseil)
6 okt 2013 – 12 nov 2015Cantonal parliament of Geneva
Elected to the cantonal parliament of Geneva in October 2013. She sat on the transport and energy commissions, chairing the energy commission from December 2014, and led the Green parliamentary group. She resigned in November 2015 upon her election to the National Council.
Municipal councillor (Conseil communal)
2011 – jun 2013Municipality of Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva
Served as a municipal councillor in Le Grand-Saconnex, a Geneva municipality that includes the airport and several United Nations facilities.
Bron:en.wikipedia.orgCoordinator and later Project Manager
2010 – 2014PRO VELO Geneva (cycling association)
Worked as coordinator for the Geneva cycling-advocacy association PRO VELO from 2010 to 2014, becoming a project manager in 2014. She has been a long-standing advocate for cycling.
Bron:en.wikipedia.orgCo-founder / committee member, youth parliaments
2006 – 2008Versoix Youth Parliament and Swiss Federation of Youth Parliaments (FSPJ)
Took part in the establishment of the Versoix youth parliament in 2006 (aged 18) and joined the national committee of the Swiss Federation of Youth Parliaments in 2007/08. She joined the Green Party in 2008.
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Opleiding
University of Geneva
2013Bachelor en Lettres (Bachelor of Arts in Humanities) · French literature and Latin
Bron:en.wikipedia.orgCollege Andre-Chavanne, Geneva
Matura (Swiss secondary-school leaving certificate)
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Belangrijke wetgeving
Geneva 'stop bunkers' campaign on housing of asylum seekers
Campaign / parliamentary motion (cantonal)2015
She was a leading figure in the 'stop bunkers' movement opposing the use of underground nuclear shelters to house asylum seekers in Geneva, supporting a motion from the left and the PDC asking the cantonal government not to lodge asylum seekers underground for more than three months.
Geneva cantonal popular initiative 'Pour un pilotage democratique de l'aeroport de Geneve'
Cantonal popular initiative2016
Cantonal popular initiative seeking democratic control over the development and operation of Geneva airport, with attention to its environmental and population impact. As president of the CARPE coalition she fronted the campaign, which submitted around 14,450 signatures in December 2016.
Parliamentary initiative on transparency of parliamentarians' secondary income
Parliamentary initiative2022
Initiative requiring members of the federal parliament to disclose income earned from their secondary (outside) activities and to indicate the general order of magnitude of each such income. Initially accepted in commission, it was rejected by the Council of States on 28 May 2024 by 22 votes to 18. Mazzone indicated she might pursue the goal via a popular initiative.