| Samira Marti | |
| Office1: | National Councillor for Basel-Landschaft |
| Term Start1: | December 10, 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Susanne Leutenegger Oberholzer (resigned) |
| Birth Date: | 23 January 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Liestal, Basel-Landschaft |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Party: | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
| Alma Mater: | University of Zurich |
Samira Marti (born 23 January 1994 in Liestal, Basel-Landschaft) is a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. She became a National Councillor in December 2018.[1]
Marti grew up in the village of Ziefen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.[2] [3] She studied economics at the University of Zurich.[1] Before she sat in Parliament, she worked part-time as a waitress.[1]
In December 2018, she became a National Councillor for Basel-Landschaft after the resignation of Susanne Leutenegger Oberholzer.[4] At the age of 24, she was the second youngest ever member to take office in the National Council after Pascale Bruderer (who was two months younger than her).[1] [5] She was the youngest member of the National Council until the 2019 federal election.[6]
After her first days in Parliament, she stated: "I knew the right-wing was the majority, but seeing with my own eyes these fifty-something people peacefully destroy our future by pushing a button was an exceptionally intense experience."[1]