Pierre Maudet

Pierre Maudet   (politician)
Born	6 March 1978 Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Alma mater	University of Fribourg
Member of	WEF/Young Global Leaders/2013
Party	FDP.The Liberals
Swiss WEF/YGL "prodigy" politician who wanted "interoperable" army with EU and NATO. Attended the 2015 Bilderberg  Mayor of Geneva In office 1 June 2011 - 31 May 2012

Pierre Maudet is a Swiss and French politician. A former member of FDP.The Liberals, he was the mayor of Geneva from 2011 to 2012, and one of the 7 members of the Council of State of Geneva. He attended the 2015 Bilderberg meeting.

Education

Maudet was born on 6 March 1978 in Geneva and attended the University of Fribourg.

Career

On 17 June 2012, he was elected to the Council of State of Geneva, the 7 member executive council of the Canton of Geneva.

"Interoperability" with EU and NATO

In 2011, Maudet "broke solid taboos" on Swiss neutrality. According to him, Switzerland is "isolated", having refused alliances (EU, NATO) after the Cold War where its neutrality had allowed it to play a specific role. But today, it "is no longer considered neutral," said Pierre Maudet. Potential conflicts are no longer of the classic type (between countries or blocs): the threat has become "multipolar". And Switzerland cannot be neutral in the face of "terrorism", and must develop "effective intelligence services", for the Federal Council, the army, the police. He also wanted to change the army to small, mobile, fast, qualified and "interoperable" structures with NATO and EU forces, where a "volunteer militia army" should be enough.

Long described as "prodigy" of Swiss politics, Maudet became embroiled in a series of legal battles after a controversial undeclared all-expense trip to Abu Dhabi. Maudet ended up being expelled from the Geneva branch of the FDP and resigned from his position. Running again with his own party Liberté et Justice sociale ("Freedom and Social Justice"), Maudet was re-elected to the Geneva Council of State in April 2023.

Abu Dhabi junket

In November 2015, Pierre Maudet and his family, his former chief of staff Patrick Baud-Lavigne and Antoine Daher, a friend active in real estate in Geneva, made a luxury trip to Abu Dhabi^{[This type of corruption is normal. Why was Maudet singled out?]}. Pierre Maudet initially claimed until May 2018 that the trip, including business class flights, accommodation at the Emirates Palace and access to the Formula One race was a private trip, paid for by his friend and it was by chance that he met Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. Following this meeting, he held talks with senior officials on political issues.

A police report on the trip was submitted to the courts in August 2017, and proceedings were opened against an unknown person, Pierre Maudet and his chief of staff.

In August 2018, the public prosecutor claims Pierre Maudet accepted flights and accommodation for an amount estimated at several tens of thousands of Swiss francs.

While denying a conflict of interest, Pierre Maudet then admitted "having hidden part of the truth".

The Geneva Police Court sentenced him to probation in February 2021 for accepting benefits at 300 daily rates à 400 francs. Maudet appealed against this. He was acquitted in the second instance, the prosecutor's office appealed against it, and the Federal Court instructed the lower instance to establish a sentence.

In July 2020, Swiss FDP committee voted for expulsion of M. Pierre Maudet from Swiss FDP party for ethics violation. On 29 October 2020 he announced his resignation from his government position, adding that he would run again in the subsequent March 2021 election. He was found guilty of accepting illegal advantages on 22 February 2021 and given a suspended 300 day-fine sentence. Maudet then lost his bid for re-election to the Geneva Cantonal government in a run-off to Green candidate Fabienne Fischer. He nevertheless indicated his intention to remain politically active.

Later career

In May 2021, he became Chief Digital Transformation Officer at WISeKey, a listed Swiss information security company.

In January 2023, Pierre Maudet launched a re-election bid under the banner of the Liberté et Justice sociale ("Freedom and Social Justice") party that he created. He finishes sixth, thus securing a seat at the Geneva Council of State.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2015	11 June 2015	14 June 2015	Austria Telfs-Buchen	The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.

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