Simone de Montmollin | |
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Member of the National Council | |
Assumed office 2 December 2019 | |
Member of the Grand Council of Geneva | |
In office November 2013 – November 2019 | |
Succeeded by | Jacques Apothéloz |
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Geneva | |
In office 19 October 2008 – 31 May 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Simone Götz 20 July 1968 Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland |
Political party | FDP.The Liberals |
Spouse | Alexandre de Montmollin |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | École d'ingénieurs de Changins |
Occupation | politician, oenologist |
Website | simonedemontmollin.ch |
Simone de Montmollin (née Götz; born 20 July 1968) is a Swiss politician, businesswoman, and oenologist. She began her career in the medical field, working for the European Society of Cardiology before founding her own medical communications company, Götz & Cie Cardio Diffusion, in 1991. De Montmollin left the medical field to become an oenologist, and served as the director of the Swiss Union of Oenologists, worked as a communications specialist at Agroscope, and served as chairwoman for the 42nd World Congress of Vine and Wine in Geneva. In 2008 she was elected, as an Independent, to the Geneva Constituent Assembly. She later joined FDP.The Liberals and was elected to the Grand Council of Geneva, serving from 2013 to 2018. In her last year on the council, she was the president of the Committee for Environment, Agriculture, and Management. In 2019, de Montmollin was elected to the National Council, where she is a member of the Committee for Science, Education and Culture and the Delegation for Relations with the French Parliament.