Mathilde Crevoisier Crelier

Mathilde Crevoisier Crelier (born 5 January 1980, Delémont, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician (SP) and member of the Council of States from the canton of Jura.

Mathilde Crevoisier Crelier worked as a translator in the General Secretariat of the Federal Department of Home Affairs. She gave up her employment at the FDHA on 31 January 2023 due to the legal incompatibility rule (Art. 14 Bst. c ParlG).

She is married and the mother of four children. She lives in Porrentruy in the Jura.

Political career

Mathilde Crevoisier Crelier was a member of the General Council (Legislative) of the city of Porrentruy from 2012 to 2022, which she presided in 2017. On 23 October 2022, Crevoisier Crelier was elected to the City Council (Executive) of the city of Porrentruy. As Crevoisier Crelier was able to move up to the Council of States in December 2022, she renounced the City Council mandate.

Crevoisier Crelier ran for the Council of States in 2019 together with Elisabeth Baume-Schneider on the list of the Social Democratic Party of the Canton of Jura. Elisabeth Baume-Schneider was elected to the Council of States, Crevoisier Crelier was not. As Elisabeth Baume-Schneider was elected to the Federal Council on 7 December 2022, Crevoisier Crelier succeeded her in the Council of States on 15 December 2022. The Jura members of the Council of States are elected according to proportional representation, which means that if an existing member of the Council of States resigns, there is usually no election of a replacement.