Marina Carobbio Guscetti Explained

Marina Carobbio Guscetti
Office1:Councillor of States
Term Start1:2 December 2019
Predecessor1:Filippo Lombardi
Office2:Vice-chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Term Start2:1 March 2008
Office3:President of the National Council
Term Start3:26 November 2018
Term End3:1 December 2019
Predecessor3:Dominique de Buman
Successor3:Isabelle Moret
Office4:National Councillor
Term Start4:4 June 2007
Term End4:1 December 2019
Predecessor4:Franco Cavalli
Successor4:Bruno Storni
Office5:Deputy to the Grand Council of Ticino
Term Start5:April 1991
Term End5:March 2007
Birth Date:12 June 1966
Birth Place:Bellinzona, Ticino
Birth Name:Marina Carobbio
Nationality:Swiss
Party:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Occupation:Physician

Marina Carobbio Guscetti (born 12 June 1966 in Bellinzona, Ticino) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP/PS) of which she has been the vice-chairwoman since 1 March 2008. She was the president of the National Council in 2018–2019 and became a Councillor of States in December 2019.

Life

She is originally from Campo Blenio, Ticino and resides in Lumino, Ticino. She is the daughter of Werner Carobbio, who was a Socialist National Councillor for 24 years.[1] She is a physician and mother of two.

After she graduated in medicine from the University of Basel in 1991, she specialised in palliative medicine.[2] [3]

Marina Carobbio Guscetti has been chairing the Mieterverband since 16 October 2010.[4] Moreover, she has been the vice-chairwoman of the Alpen-Initiative since 2013.[5]

Political career

She was a deputy to the Grand Council of Ticino from April 1991 to March 2007, before she became a National Councillor on 4 June 2007. She sat in the Science, Education and Culture Committees of the 47th Parliament, then in the Finance Committee and the Drafting Committee of the 48th Parliament.

On 26 October 2011 she announced she was a candidate to the succession of Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey.[6] However, her candidacy was not accepted in the ticket chosen by the Socialist parliamentary group.[7]

On 26 November 2018 Marina Carrobio Guscetti became the president of the Swiss National Council.

In the 2019 federal election, she was elected to the Council of States alongside Marco Chiesa. She became the first woman to ever represent the canton of Ticino in the Council of States.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: fr. Marina Carobbio, la Tessinoise qui monte à Berne. Valérie . de Graffenried. Le Temps. October 15, 2010.
  2. News: de . Lob . Gerhard . Tessinerin Marina Carobbio wird Nationalratspräsidentin . St.Galler Tagblatt . August 29, 2019 .
  3. Web site: de . Marina Carobbio . . August 29, 2019.
  4. Web site: fr. Marina Carobbio nouvelle présidente – adoption d'une résolution pour des mesures d'accompagnement et une réelle protection des locataires . Mieterverband/ASLOCA. October 16, 2010.
  5. Web site: fr . Mes engagements . Marina Carobbio Guscetti . marinacarobbio.ch . November 17, 2019.
  6. News: fr. Pierre-Yves Maillard se lance dans la course au Conseil fédéral alors que Jean Studer renonce. tsrinfo.ch. October 26, 2011. December 14, 2019.
  7. News: fr. Alain Berset et Pierre-Yves Maillard choisis par le PS . tsrinfo.ch. November 25, 2011. December 14, 2019.
  8. News: fr . Andrée-Marie . Dussault . Le Tessin élit sa première sénatrice . . November 17, 2019. November 17, 2019.