Pierre-Yves Maillard

Pierre-Yves Maillard (born 16 March 1968)[1] is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party.

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.

There, he was a member of the committees responsible for the environment, for land use planning and energy, and for finance.

[1][2] 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.

[4] 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.