Brenda Tuosto | |
|---|---|
| Brenda Tuosto in 2023 | |
| Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1989 |
| Party | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
| Alma mater | University of Lausanne |
Brenda Tuosto (born 6 January 1989) is a Swiss politician from the Social Democratic Party and urban planner. She has been a member of the National Council since 2023.
Brenda Tuosto was born in January 1989. [1] She grew up in Les Tuileries-de-Grandson, a village near Grandson. [2]
Tuosto studied geography at the University of Lausanne and has a master's degree in urban planning. [3]
Until her election to the Municipality (Exekutive) of Yverdon-les-Bains in 2021, she worked for the city of Biel as co-responsible for the transport sector, having previously been involved with the Yverdon bypass project. [4] [2]
She was a member of the Young Greens before joining the Social Democratic Party. [2]
She served on the Grandson Municipal Council (legislative) from 2016 to 2021. [4]
In March 2021, she was elected to the Yverdon municipal council (executive) in the first round of voting with 52.3% of the vote, making her the third-strongest candidate. [4] [2] There, she is responsible for the building department and the environment and mobility department. [3]
In the 2023 Swiss federal election, she secured the first substitute position for her party. With the election of Pierre-Yves Maillard to the Council of States in the same elections, she immediately moved up to the National Council. [1]