Gaël Bourgeois

Gaël Bourgeois (born 17 June 1983) is a Swiss politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (PS), he is a member of the Grand Council of Valais. He is also vice-mayor of Bovernier and also served as president of the Francophone branch PS Valais romand from 2012 until 2015. Outside of politics, he worked in human resources for Securitas AG. Biography Gaël Bourgeois was born on 17 June 1983 and was educated at the during his youth. In 2002, he became president of Les Jeunesses Socialistes du Valais Romand, remaining there until 2005. In 2018, he was elected to the ; due to a party ban on dual mandates, he subsequently resigned from the Grand Council and was replaced by Barbara Lanthemann, who was below him on the Alliance de gauche – Entremont Autrement party list at the 2017 Valais cantonal elections.

Bourgeois is gay, having came out in 2015 and spoken to L'Illustré about his experiences as a victim of social media harassment and homophobia.