Daniel Brélaz
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Daniel Brélaz is a Swiss
politician and member of the Green Party of Switzerland
.
in 1975, and afterwards taught mathematics. He is responsible for a well-known approximation algorithm for graph coloring
.
In 1975 he joined the Group for the Protection of the Environment in Lausanne. In 1978 he was one of the first environmentalists elected to parliament, in the Grand Council of Vaud
, and re-elected in 1982-83.
From 1979 to 1989, Brélaz was the first environmentalist elected to sit in a national parliament, in the National Council of Switzerland
.
In 1989 he was elected to the City Council of Lausanne where he was responsible for industrial services. On November 25, 2001, he became the trustee responsible for finance, and was re-elected in the first round of Vaud elections on 12 March 2006.
In 2007, he was elected again to the National Council. He resigned his seat on the Grand Council of Vaud but remained a trustee in Lausanne, and was criticized for maintaining this dual mandate.
On March 13, 2011, he was re-elected in the first round of the Lausanne municipal elections with 11,503 votes in his favour.
Daniel Brélaz is vice-president of the Administrative Council for Public Transportation in the Region of Lausanne.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
politician and member of the Green Party of Switzerland
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
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Biography
Brélaz received a degree in mathematics from EPFLÉcole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...
in 1975, and afterwards taught mathematics. He is responsible for a well-known approximation algorithm for graph coloring
Graph coloring
In graph theory, graph coloring is a special case of graph labeling; it is an assignment of labels traditionally called "colors" to elements of a graph subject to certain constraints. In its simplest form, it is a way of coloring the vertices of a graph such that no two adjacent vertices share the...
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In 1975 he joined the Group for the Protection of the Environment in Lausanne. In 1978 he was one of the first environmentalists elected to parliament, in the Grand Council of Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
, and re-elected in 1982-83.
From 1979 to 1989, Brélaz was the first environmentalist elected to sit in a national parliament, in the National Council of Switzerland
National Council of Switzerland
The National Council of Switzerland is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. With 200 seats, it is the larger of the two houses....
.
In 1989 he was elected to the City Council of Lausanne where he was responsible for industrial services. On November 25, 2001, he became the trustee responsible for finance, and was re-elected in the first round of Vaud elections on 12 March 2006.
In 2007, he was elected again to the National Council. He resigned his seat on the Grand Council of Vaud but remained a trustee in Lausanne, and was criticized for maintaining this dual mandate.
On March 13, 2011, he was re-elected in the first round of the Lausanne municipal elections with 11,503 votes in his favour.
Daniel Brélaz is vice-president of the Administrative Council for Public Transportation in the Region of Lausanne.