What is Benoît Genecand?
[[File:Benoît Genecand (2015, cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Benoît Genecand''' (28 January 1964 – 11 August 2021) was a Swiss politician. He was a member of [[FDP.The Liberals]] (PLR). He was on the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council of Switzerland]] from 2015 to 2019 and the [[Grand Council of Geneva]] from 2013 to 2015. Genecand was born in [[Geneva]]. Genecand was diagnosed with stage-4 [[cancer]] in June 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=9 June 2019|title=Le conseiller national Benoît Genecand (PLR/GE) souffre d'un cancer|trans-title= |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/le-conseiller-national-beno%C3%AEt-genecand--plr-ge--souffre-d-un-cancer/45019402|language=French|work=[[Swissinfo]]|location= |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> He died of the disease on 11 August 2021 at the age of 57.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=12 August 2021|title=Benoît Genecand est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/benoit-genecand-decede|language=French|work=Le Temps|location= |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=12 August 2021|title=L’ancien conseiller national Benoît Genecand est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.lematin.ch/story/lancien-conseiller-national-benoit-genecand-est-decede-631162780786|language=French|work=Le Matin|location=Geneva|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Genecand, Benoit}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Switzerland]] [[Category:Swiss politicians]] [[Category:People from Geneva]] {{bio-stub}}