Mattea Meyer

Mattea Julia Meyer (born 9 November 1987 in Basel; resident in Villmergen and Opfikon) is a Swiss politician and co-president of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.[1]

Mattea Meyer
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
30 November 2015 – November 2019
Assumed office
November 2019
Co-President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Assumed office
October 2020
Serving with Cédric Wermuth
Personal details
Born9 November 1987
Basel
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Websitehttps://matteameyer.ch

Early life and education

Mattea Meyer was born in Basel, but her family moved to Winthertur in Canton Zurich. She studied history, geography and political science at the University of Zurich between 2007 and 2015.[2] She obtained a MSc in Human and Economic Geography from the University of Zurich in 2015.[1] During her studies, she stayed for one semester at the University of Aix-Marseille where she experienced protests by the professors and students of the University.[2]

Political career

From 2009 to 2013 she was Vice-President of the Young Socialists of Switzerland.[1] From 2011 to 2015 she was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Zurich.[1] In 2015 she was re-elected in her constituency with the best result of her party, but in April 2015, the cantonal party nominated her as a candidate for the 2015 National Council elections.[3] Since the 30 November 2015, she represents the SP in the National Council of Switzerland[4] and resigned as a cantonal councilor. In her first legislature in the National Council she was a member of the Finance Commission and the Immunity Commission of the National Council.[1] In the parliamentary elections in 2019, Meyer was re-elected as a national councilor.[5] In her second legislature she took a seat in the commission for health and social security (SGK) and remained in the immunity commission.[1] In December 2019 Meyer announced that together with Cédric Wermuth, she would be a candidate for the presidency of the SP Switzerland.[6] Succeeding Christian Levrat, they were elected on 17 October 2020[7]

Political positions

She is a left wing politician. She promotes a welcoming approach towards the asylum seekers which she sees as a normal answer for a country which exports weapons to war zones.[8] During the COVID-19 pandemic she demanded that the Federal and Cantonal (provincial) Governments announce their measures in a coordinated manner.[9]

Personal life

Mattea Meyer is the partner of fellow SP politician Patrick Kistler. The couple has a daughter.[10]

References
  1. "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  2. "Mattea Meyer, *1987, Politikerin, Nationalrätin, Co-Präsidentin SP Schweiz - Winterthur Glossar". www.winterthur-glossar.ch. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  3. Bernet, Walter. "Das neue Supertalent heisst Mattea Meyer | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  4. "Mattea Meyer". SP Kanton Zürich (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  5. Fritzsche, Daniel (20 October 2019). "SVP-Kampftwitterer, grüne Klimademonstrantin und FDP-Posterboy: Das sind die Auf- und Absteiger der Zürcher Nationalratswahlen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. "Mattea Meyer und Cédric Wermuth kandidieren gemeinsam für SP-Spitze | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  7. "Neues SP-Präsidium - SP wählt Mattea Meyer und Cédric Wermuth an die Parteispitze". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  8. Republik. "«‹Switzerland first› ist zum Teil auch ein Hilferuf»". www.republik.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  9. "SP fordert koordinierte Corona-Strategie von Bund und Kantonen". Swissinfo. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  10. "Mattea Meyer (SP Winterthur) Nationalrätin Mutter Baby schwanger". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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