Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin
Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin | |
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Member of the Neuchâtel Town Council | |
Assumed office 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Auvernier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Political party | FDP.The Liberals |
Occupation | Accountant, estate manager |
Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin is a Swiss politician, accountant, and estate manager. She served as the president of the Canton of Neuchâtel's branch of FDP.The Liberals from 2009 to 2011. Since 2016, Blétry-de Montmollin has served on the Neuchâtel Town Council and held the offices of Vice President and President.
Biography
Blétry-de Montmollin was born in Auvernier, Neuchâtel into a family of Swiss nobility, and grew up on her family's vineyard there.[1] She is the daughter of Pierre de Montmollin, a winemaker and politician who served as the president of the Grand Council of Neuchâtel.[1]
She was active in commune life while a student, and served as a class delegate at her school.[1] She graduated with a degree in economics and became a liberal politician at the age of 25.[1] She left the family business of wine making, and worked in finance as a fiduciary and later as an accountant.[1] She left Neuchâtel and moved to New York City with her husband, who is from Jura, and lived there for a year.[1] They returned to Switzerland in 2005, where she gave birth to two children.[1]
She co-managed her family's estate and winery in Auvernier for six years.
In 2010 she was appointed as the secretary general of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in Neuchâtel.[3] Within her new position as a civil servant, she stepped down as president of the party in Neuchâtel.[1][3] She later served on the town council and was a member of the Department of Territorial Development, Economy, Tourism and Built Heritage.[4] In 2016 she was elected to the town council,[5] and later served as the Vice President of the town council.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin, la fille du terroir qui fait campagne en ville". October 20, 2016 – via www.letemps.ch.
- ^ Werlé, Christine (April 21, 2011). "Epilogue de l'"affaire Hainard" à Neuchâtel". SWI swissinfo.ch.
- ^ a b "Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin nouvelle secrétaire générale du DECS". SAEN.
- ^ "PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux Commune de Neuchâtel - Conseil communal". PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux Commune de Neuchâtel.
- ^ "Neuchâtel : Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin entre au Conseil communal". www.rtn.ch. 2016-11-27.
- ^ "Brillante conférence de Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin". www.lionsclubs.ch.
- ^ "L'invitée: Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin et la fusion - Canal Alpha". canalalpha.ch. December 11, 2019.
- ^ "Neuchâtel: "La fusion s'est faite en douceur"". Neuchâtel: «La fusion s’est faite en douceur».