Maya Graf | |
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| Member of the Council of States | |
| 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 | 28 February 1962 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]
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]