title: Georgie Lamon
text: # Georgie Lamon
  
  Georgie Lamon (11 November 1934 – 16 January 2016) was a Swiss politician killed in the 2016 Ouagadougou attacks in Burkina Faso.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Lamon's political career began as being chair for the Social Democratic Party (PS). Following, he served in the Grand Council of Valais, with the PS. Lamon served as a National Councillor for Valais as a member of the PS.
  
  ## Charity work and death
  
  Lamon founded the charity Yelen with the objective of building canteens for schools. While in Ouagadougou on a trip to dedicate a canteen built by Yelen, Lamon was killed at a restaurant during the 2016 Ouagadougou attacks along his with former colleague Jean-Noël Rey.
  
  