Brenda Tuosto

Brenda Tuosto
Brenda Tuosto in 2023
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Incumbent
Assumed office
2023
Personal details
Born (1989-01-06) 6 January 1989 (age 37)
PartySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland
EducationUniversity 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.

Early life

Brenda Tuosto was born in January 1989. She grew up in Les Tuileries-de-Grandson, a village near Grandson.

Tuosto studied geography at the University of Lausanne and has a master's degree in urban planning.

Until her election to the Municipality [de] (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.

Political career

She was a member of the Young Greens [de] before joining the Social Democratic Party.

She served on the Grandson Municipal Council (legislative) from 2016 to 2021.

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. There, she is responsible for the building department and the environment and mobility department.

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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 David Genillard (23 October 2023). "Success story politique. Brenda Tuosto: «Je ne crois pas au parcours traditionnel»". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Erwan Le Bec (22 November 2020). "Politique yverdonnoise. «Elle n'est pas parachutée parce qu'elle a grandi à cinq minutes d'ici»". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Municipalité d'Yverdon-les-Bains" (in French). Website der Gemeinde Yverdon-les-Bains. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Erwan Le Bec (9 March 2021). "Élections communales. «Les Yverdonnois n'en pouvaient plus de l'agressivité ambiante»". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2023.