Pierre-Yves Maillard

Pierre-Yves Maillard (born 16 March 1968) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was successively a deputy for the canton of Vaud on the National Council (from the end of 1999 to the end of 2004), a member of the Council of State of Vaud at the head of the department of health and social action (from the end of 2004 to May 2019), again national advisor (from the end of 2019 to the end of 2023) and advisor to the states since the end of 2023.

Life

Born in Lausanne, he studied literature at the University of Lausanne and was president of the Swiss Students' Association. He taught French, history and geography in the secondary schools of Préverenges and Lausanne, and was also from 2000 to 2004 the regional secretary of the trade union FTMH Vaud Fribourg.

Since 1 December 2004, he is a member of the Council of State of Vaud and head of the Department of Health and Social Services. On 25 November 2011, the parliamentary group of his party chose him, together with Alain Berset, as one of the party's candidates for the election of 14 December 2011.

According to him, some of the great challenges for the future are ageing of the population, delay in investment in infrastructures and transition to other sources of energy.