Valérie Piller Carrard

Her interest towards politics grew in March 1993, as the National Council refused to elect Christiane Brunner to the Federal Council.^[2] She became a member of the Grand Council of Fribourg at the age of twenty-three^[2] in 2001, a seat she held until 2011. She was also in the executive council of Gletterens between 2004 and 2009.^[1] She was elected into the National Council by a tight margin of twenty-three votes in the Federal Elections in 2011^[2] and was re-elected in 2015 and 2019.^[1] In the elections to the Council of State of Fribourg in 2018, she was a candidate, but was not supported by the Green Party,^[4] and lost to Didier Castella of the FDP.The Liberals (FDP) in March 2018.^[5] In April 2021 she was announced as the candidate for the SP for Cantonal Elections to the Swiss Council of States in November 2021.^[6][7] From 2008 to 2017 she served as the president for the SP in Broye.^[1]

She supports a more representative participation of women in politics^[2] and in defense of the press freedom she has taken up a Godfatherhood for the imprisoned Belarusian journalist Ala Sharko in April 2021.^[8] Concerned about the surging sugar consume of the youth, she advocates for a better guidance through regulations from the state.^[9]

She is married and has 3 children.^[1] Her places of origin are Rechthalten and Font in Estavayer-le-Lac.^[1]