Samira Marti

Samira Marti
Samira Marti in 2018.
National Councillor for Basel-Landschaft
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 December 2018
Preceded bySusanne Leutenegger Oberholzer (resigned)
Personal details
Born (1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 (age 32)
Liestal, Basel-Landschaft
PartySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland
EducationUniversity of Zurich

Samira Marti (born 23 January 1994) is a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. She became a National Councillor in December 2018.

Life and career

Marti grew up in the village of Ziefen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. She studied economics at the University of Zurich. Before she sat in Parliament, she worked part-time as a waitress.

In December 2018, she became a National Councillor for Basel-Landschaft after the resignation of Susanne Leutenegger Oberholzer. 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). She was the youngest member of the National Council until the 2019 federal election.

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."

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Busslinger, Boris (7 February 2019). "Samira Marti, étudiante parlementaire". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Jermann, Hans-Martin (1 December 2018). "Samira Marti: Sie ist bald die jüngste Nationalrätin der Schweiz". Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ Büchi, Jacqueline (27 March 2018). "Die Jüngste unter der Bundeshaus-Kuppel: So tickt Samira Marti (24)". Watson (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Susanne Leutenegger Oberholzer (PS/BL) se retire du Conseil national" (in French). RTS. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Perrin, Olivier (23 March 2018). "Susanne Leutenegger, les adieux d'une pasionaria à Berne". Le Temps. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Bossard, Tobias (21 October 2019). "Samira Marti nicht mehr die Jüngste" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. Retrieved 11 January 2020.