Isabelle Chappuis (born 17 March 1971; resident of Jorat-Mézières) is a Swiss politician ( Die Mitte) and economist. She has been a member of the National Council since 2023.

Life

Isabelle Chappuis grew up in

Morges Morges (; , Plurale tantum, plural, probably Ablative (Latin), ablative, else dative; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud and the seat of the Morges District, distri ...

and

Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...

. She studied economics at the University of St. Gallen. After a period in the financial sector in

Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

, including at

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, she returned to the canton of

Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...

. She works for the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...

, where she is responsible for the EMBA diplomas and the continuing education department. She also heads the ''Future Lab'' of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and was elected to the Forum des 100 in 2020. Her preferred topics are the future of work and education. She is married, has three children and lives in

Tolochenaz Tolochenaz () is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Geography Tolochenaz lies on the northern shore of Lake Geneva west of Lausanne. Tolochenaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.6% is used for ...

Political career

Isabelle Chappuis served in the (

legislature A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial power ...

) of the municipality of

for eight years. She did not run for re-election when her husband was elected president. persuaded her to join der Mitte in 2022. Chappuis then became president of the Center Women Vaud and joined the board of the Center Women Switzerland. She ran in the

2023 Swiss federal election Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 22 October 2023 to elect all members of the National Council (Switzerland), National Council and Council of States (Switzerland), Council of States. The elections were followed by 2023 Swiss Federal ...

, where all her posters were stolen during the campaign in her region. She was elected to the National Council despite having, according to the press "very little experience in politics".

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on the website of the Grand Council of the

Canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolou ...

Life

Political career

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