Pierre Maudet is State Councillor and Head of the Department of Health and Mobility for the Republic and Canton of Geneva. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (2004) and a Master’s degree in Law (2006) from the Université de Fribourg.

Active in politics since 1998, he has held a range of leadership positions at the municipal, cantonal and federal levels. He served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the City of Geneva from 1999 to 2007, before joining the Executive Council of the City of Geneva from 2007 to 2012, including a term as Mayor in 2011–2012. From 2005 to 2015, he chaired Switzerland’s Federal Commission for Childhood and Youth, while also leading the Radical Party in Geneva from 2005 to 2007.

In June 2012, he was elected to the Executive Council of the State of Geneva, where he has overseen key portfolios including security, the economy, health and mobility. Alongside his political career, he worked as an independent communications and event management adviser and served as a Captain in Switzerland’s natural disaster troops, contributing to the senior leadership structure of the Swiss Army.