Stéphane Rossini (born 9 August 1963 in Sion, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician and the former vice President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (2008–2012).
[3] In 2011, Rossini announced his candidacy to replace Micheline Calmy-Rey in the Swiss Federal Council, but was ultimately not nominated by his party.
[6] In 2016, Rossini considered running for the Conseil d'État of the canton of Valais but ultimately decided against it.
[7] Rossini studied political science at the University of Lausanne and obtained a doctor's degree in 1995.
[8] He is a professor at the Universities of Geneva and Neuchâtel and was elected to succeed Christine Beerli as president of the agency council of Swissmedic in 2017.