Marina Carobbio Guscetti

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

Marina Carobbio Guscetti
Councillor of States
Assumed office
December 2, 2019
Preceded byFilippo Lombardi
Vice-chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Assumed office
March 1, 2008
President of the National Council
In office
November 26, 2018 – December 1, 2019
Preceded byDominique de Buman
Succeeded byIsabelle Moret
National Councillor
In office
June 4, 2007 – December 1, 2019
Preceded byFranco Cavalli
Succeeded byBruno Storni
Deputy to the Grand Council of Ticino
In office
April 1991 – Mars 2007
Personal details
Born
Marina Carobbio

(1966-06-12) 12 June 1966
Bellinzona, Ticino
NationalitySwiss
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland
OccupationPhysician

Life

She is originally from Campo Blenio, Ticino[1] and resides in Lumino, Ticino. She is the daughter of Werner Carobbio, who was a Socialist National Councillor for 24 years.[2] She is a physician and mother of two.[1]

After she graduated in medicine from the University of Basel in 1991, she specialised in palliative medicine.[3][4]

Marina Carobbio Guscetti has been chairing the Mieterverband since October 16, 2010.[5] Moreover, she has been the vice-chairwoman of the Alpen-Initiative since 2013.[6]

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 June 4, 2007.[1] 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.[1]

On October 26, 2011, she announced she was a candidate to the succession of Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey.[7] However, her candidacy was not accepted in the ticket chosen by the Socialist parliamentary group.[8]

On November 26, 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.[9]

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili meeting with Marina Carobbio Guscetti in her function as President of the Swiss National Council, in Tbilisi, 2019.

See also

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