Frédérique Perler

Frédérique Perler (born August 21, 1960, in Basel) is a Geneva politician and member of the Green Party. She is an administrative councillor (executive) of the city of Geneva since June 1, 2020, at the head of the department of planning, construction and mobility. She is also Mayor of Geneva since June 1, 2021.

Biography Frédérique Perler was born on August 21, 1960 in Basel, to a father from Vaud and a French mother.

She moved to Geneva in 1967, following her parents' divorce. Her mother worked in the computer field, in the Fiat car factory. She obtained a diploma in social work at the Institute of Social Studies in Geneva in the early 1980s, where she wrote her thesis with Ueli Leuenberger.

She worked from 1985 to 2020 at the Centre social Protestant, as a social worker and then as a trainer.

On April 5, 2020, she was elected in the second round to the Administrative Council of the City of Geneva. She takes the head of the Department of Planning, Construction and Mobility.

She was elected mayor of the city of Geneva on June 1, 2021.