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\"\"The Youth Parliament of the Swiss Abroad (YPSA) is a community of young Swiss, aged 15 to 35, living in various countries around the world. The parliament is made up of 11 committee members who meet monthly and work towards various goals aimed at connecting young Swiss living abroad. It is completely managed by young people. YPSA is legally independent and works in close partnership with SwissCommunity (OSA).\u00a0YPSA was founded in 2015 and has continued to grow and improve since then.<\/p>\n

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Executive Committee 2026\u20132028<\/strong>
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\nPresident<\/em> \u2013 Sof\u00eda Garcia-Reyes Meyer \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nVice President<\/em> \u2013 Manfredo Schoch \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nSecretary<\/em> \u2013 Carlos Andr\u00e9s Mart\u00ednez Saas \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded<\/p>\n

Committee Members<\/strong>
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\nB\u00e1rbara Kehr \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nEugenio Pedraza Gonz\u00e1lez \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nSof\u00eda Ojeda Graber \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nAnna Armitage \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nMathis Steinmann \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nCaterina Ines Fusi \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nSebastien Salamin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded
\nThomas Adler \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded<\/p>\n

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