Sandra Locher Benguerel

She was born in Solothurn in 1975 and was raised in Lüterkofen.[2] In 1991, she enrolled in the vocational school in Solothurn from which she graduated in 1996.[3] Following was a teacher for four years in Bettlach.[2] In 2001 she settled in the Canton of Grisons where she learned the Romansh language.[2] In Grison she was the educator primary school in Maladers[3] and since 2005 she teaches a german romansh bilingual class.[4][3] In 2015 she assumed the presidency of the LEGR, the teachers association of Grison[4] a position she held until 2020.[1] Aside she is a member of the board of the Vocational School of Grison.[5]

Her interest for politics arose when at the age of eighteen years, she held a speech on occasion of the Swiss National Day the 1 August.[2] In 2010 she was elected into the Grand Council of Grison in which she presided over its Commission of Education and Culture between 2010 and 2014.[1]

In the Federal Elections of 2019, she was elected into the National Council representing the SP for Grison.[2] In the National Council she is defending the politics of the mountainous cantons of Switzerland.[2]

She is married and is a trained French and English teacher.[3] After having taught for four years, she took a year off a traveled the world with an around the world ticket flight ticket.[6] Despite she resides in Chur,[1] she still has a strong bond to her place or origin in Solothurn.[2] During the parliamentary sessions she lives with her parents in Solothurn and commutes to Bern.[2]