Valentine Python

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Valentine Python
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Valentine Python
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Assumed office
December 2019
ConstituencyCanton de Vaud
Personal details
Born (1975-06-18) 18 June 1975 (age 46)
Neuchâtel
Political partyGreen Party of Switzerland
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
OccupationClimatologist

Valentine Python (born 18 Juni 1975 in Neuchâtel) is a Swiss climatologist and a member in the National Council of Switzerland of the Green Party of Switzerland (GPS)

Education and early life[]

Valentine Python was born on 18 June 1975 in Neuchâtel. She studied history and geography at the University of Neuchâtel and graduated in 2006 with a master's degree. In 2010 she completed her doctorate at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)[1]

Professional career[]

While still preparing her Doctorate at the EPFL, she was employed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 2007 onwards. She defends the view that the human being has a responsibility in the global warming effect.[1] In March 2020, she was elected into the advisory council of the  [de], an organization focused on the higher education in Switzerland together with Élisabeth Baume-Schneider.[2]

She is an expert in the fields of climatology and environmental science.

Political career[]

Valentine Python only joined the Green Party in 2018 and was directly elected to the municipal council of La Tour-de-Peilz.[1] In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2019 Python ran for the National Council and became the first candidate to succeed.[3] After Adèle Thorens Goumaz was elected into the Council of States on 10 November 2019, Phyton slipped into the National Council as her successor.[4] She was sworn in as a national councilor on 2 December 2019.[5] In parliament, she took a seat in the science, education and culture as well as the environmental commission.[1] She also introduced a bill on a feasibility study to evaluate an eventual introduction of a tax on financial transfers.[1]

Personal life[]

Her place of origin is Bôle in Neuchâtel.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Valentine Python combat pour faire sortir le climat de la politique-fiction". Le Temps (in French). 2020-02-18. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  2. ^ News, https://www fhnews ch FH (2020-03-20). "Das lief bildungspolitisch in der Frühlingssession 2020". FH News (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  3. ^ Krummenacher, Jörg (21 October 2019). "Die «Klimawahl» ist auch ein Sieg der Wissenschaft". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Olivier Français et Adèle Thorens élus à Berne, Ada Marra reste sur le carreau". rts.ch (in French). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
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