The former Vaud national councilor Françoise Pitteloud died at the age of 71 in Valais, the canton from which she was born. Françoise Pitteloud, feminist, internationalist and associative activist, died in the early morning of Sunday August 7, indicates the death notice published Wednesday in The mail.
The feminist activist, member of the Socialist Party since 1974, entered the National Council in 1983. She was only the third Vaudoise to be elected there, following Gertrude Girard-Montet and Yvette Jaggi, recalls the daily 24 hours. A 32 years old, she is then the youngest.
Françoise Pitteloud, mother of three children, sat in Bern for 7 years before leaving the National Council in 1991 to devote herself to her family. However, she did not abandon her civic engagement and took part in several political campaigns.