Adèle Thorens Goumaz

Adèle Thorens Goumaz (born on 15 December 1971 in Solothurn) is a Swiss politician. She has been a member of the Council of States since December 2019. Previously, she served in the National Council of Switzerland from the Canton of Vaud from 2007 to 2019. She was elected as the co-president of the Green Party of Switzerland with Regula Rytz in 2012 and announced that she would not run for re-election in 2016, leaving the post solely in Rytz's hands.^[1]^[2]

Adèle Thorens-Goumaz


Member of the Council of States
Preceded by	Géraldine Savary
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 December 2019
Constituency	Vaud
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office 3 December 2007 – 1 December 2019
Succeeded by	Valentine Python
Constituency	Vaud
Co-leader of the Green Party of Switzerland (with Regula Rytz)
In office 12 April 2012 – 16 April 2016
Preceded by	Ueli Leuenberger
Succeeded by	Regula Rytz

Personal details
Born	(1971-12-15)15 December 1971 Solothurn, Switzerland
Political party	Green Party of Switzerland
Alma mater	University of Lausanne
Occupation	Politician

References Edit

^ "La Vaudoise Adèle Thorens a été élue co-présidente des Verts" (in French). RTS. 21 April 2012.
^ "Adèle Thorens tritt als Co-Präsidentin der Grünen zurück". Tages Anzeiger (in German). 13 December 2015.

(in French) Biography of Adèle Thorens Goumaz on the website of the Swiss Parliament.
(in French) Official website