Grand Council GR Two women at the head of the Graubünden parliament

Silvia Hoffmann, cultural mediator and gender equality expert from Chur, was elected President of the Grisons Parliament on Thursday. The soon-to-be 70-year-old SP politician will chair the meetings of the 120-member Grand Council for a year and represent the parliament to the outside world as the highest-ranking woman in Graubünden in terms of protocol.

Hoffmann received 106 out of 110 valid votes. The Social Democrat, who has been a member of the Grand Council since 2018, replaces Chur confectioner and pastry chef Franz Sepp Caluori in this honorary political office.

Parliament elected Valérie Favre Accola, a member of the Davos SVP regional council, as Vice-President. The 51-year-old Head of Regional Development Prättigau/Davos received 113 out of 114 valid votes. She has also been a member of the cantonal parliament since 2018.