Politics · Switzerland · 9 hrs ago
Yvan Pahud rules out bid to succeed Guy Parmelin
Swiss lawmaker Yvan Pahud will not run to replace Guy Parmelin in the Federal Council, Switzerland’s seven-member executive.
The 46-year-old People’s Party politician said he was interested in the role but that the timing was not right.
He wants to focus on his municipality, canton and family instead.
Pahud is mayor of Sainte-Croix in the canton of Vaud and has two teenage children.
He had offered to stand if Céline Amaudruz did not run, to ensure the party had a candidate from French-speaking Switzerland.
Amaudruz has announced that she will run, meeting that condition.
The party expects a difficult fight to keep its French-speaking seat as it chooses a successor to Parmelin.
Yvan Pahud has ruled out running to succeed Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin.
The 46-year-old politician said he was interested in the office but that this was not the right time.
He said he wanted to focus on his municipality, canton and family.
Pahud had made himself available to his party to ensure a candidate from French-speaking Switzerland if Céline Amaudruz did not run.
He expects the Swiss People’s Party to face an extremely difficult fight to defend its seat from the French-speaking region.
- Who
- Yvan Pahud, a Swiss People’s Party national councillor and mayor of Sainte-Croix.
- What
- He ruled out running to succeed Guy Parmelin on the Federal Council.
- When
- Friday evening; the article was published on October 16, 2026.
- Where
- He announced his decision on RTS, the French-language Swiss public broadcaster.
- Why
- He said he wanted to focus on his municipality, canton and family, and that this was not the right time.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Pahud made himself available to his party to ensure a candidate from French-speaking Switzerland if Céline Amaudruz did not run.
Pahud said the condition for his availability had been fulfilled.
Pahud announced that he would not run to succeed Guy Parmelin.
- Age
- 46
- Municipality
- Sainte-Croix
- Family
- Father of two teenagers
- Party
- Swiss People’s Party (SVP)
What people are saying
It was a difficult decision, because I am interested in the office.
This is not the right time.
an extremely difficult fight