Luc Recordon (born 20 September 1955 in Pully

Pully

Pully is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux.-Prehistory:In 1826 a...

) is a Swiss politician, member of the Green Party of Switzerland

Green Party of Switzerland

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, representing Vaud

Vaud

Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...

 in the Swiss Council of States

Swiss Council of States

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Recordon was educated as an engineer at the EPFL

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...

 and holds a doctorate in jurisprudence. Recordon was elected to the local council of Jouxtens-Mézery

Jouxtens-Mézery

Jouxtens-Mézery is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne.-History:Jouxtens is first mentioned in 1185 as Jotens. Mézery is first mentioned in 929 as Masiriaco....

 in 1975, to the local government in 1989, and in 1990 to the cantonal government of Vaud. He was also cantonal co-president of the Greens 1997 to 2001. From 2003 to 2007, he was a member of the National Council of Switzerland

National Council of Switzerland

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. In the 2007 elections

Swiss federal election, 2007

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, he won one of the first two seats of the Green Party in the Council of States

Swiss Council of States

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, the other belonging to Robert Cramer

Robert Cramer (Swiss politician)

Robert Christian Cramer is a Swiss politician and member of the Green Party of Switzerland. He was educated as a lawyer at the University of Geneva....

 of Geneva.

Recordon is the official Green candidate for the Swiss Federal Council

Swiss Federal Council

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 in the December 2007 elections, claiming the seat of Christoph Blocher

Christoph Blocher

Christoph Blocher is a Swiss politician, industrialist, and former member of the Swiss Federal Council heading the Federal Department of Justice and Police . Currently he is serving as Vice President of the Swiss People's Party...

. This candidacy was purely tactical, aiming to demonstrate opposition to the Swiss People's Party

Swiss People's Party

The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...

's right-wing populism

Right-wing populism

Right-wing populism is a political ideology that rejects existing political consensus and combines laissez-faire liberalism and anti-elitism. It is considered "right-wing" because of its rejection of social equality and government programs to achieve it, its opposition to social integration, and...

 and to encourage other counter-candidates. Recordon played no role in the election itself, and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss lawyer, politician, and member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2008. She is currently the head of the Federal Department of Finance ....

 was elected to replace Blocher. Recordon is also the official Green candidate in the Swiss Federal Council election, 2008

Swiss Federal Council election, 2008

On 10 December 2008, the Swiss Federal Assembly elected Ueli Maurer as successor to Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid. Schmid resigned on 12 November 2008 after a number of controversies, officially citing health and personal reasons...

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