Flavia Wasserfallen
Member of the Grand Council of Bern
In office
2012–2018
Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
Assumed office
June 2018
Personal details
Born7 February 1979
Bern

Flavia Wasserfallen (born 7 February 1979, Bern) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP) and a member of the Swiss National Council.

Education

She was raised in Hinterkappelen and following her graduation from the Gymnasium in 1998, she first became a Snowboardteacher in 1999. In 2000 she enrolled into University of Bern studying political sciences. She absolved an exchange semester at the University of Bologna within the Erasmus Programme and completed her studies with a Master's degree in 2007.[1]

Professional career

She was a Snowboard teacher between 1999 and 2005 and between 2006 and 2012 she was employed in the Ministry of Energy.[1] In 2010 she established a local service who distributes organic vegetables to the city of Bern. She credits this with keeping her in contact with working people.[2][3]

Political career

Between 2012 and 2018 she was a member of the Grand Council of Bern and the co-secretary of the SP.[4] She succeeded Evi Alleman (who was elected into the executive council of Bern) in the National Council in June 2018.[4] After Simonetta Sommaruga announced her resignation from the Federal Council in November 2022, she was considered a potential candidate, but she declined, alleging her envisioned candidacy to the Council of States. [5]

Political views

She advocates for equal pay and affordable health care.[4] She advocates for better working conditions in relation to the patients[6] and she is the president of the Mother and Father Counseling Association.[7] In September 2020, she was a co-founder of FC Helvetia, the female football team of the Swiss Parliament.[8] In November 2022, Wasserfallen cut her hair in solidarity with the women in Iran, who where protesting against the Government in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini.[9]

Personal life

She is married and has three children[4] and has her municipal citizenship in Langnau im Emmental and Ferenbalm.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Flavia Wasserfallen". SP Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. ↑ "Flavia Wasserfallen: "Was für ein Klischee!"". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Bioabi" (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Flavia Wasserfallen neu im Nationalrat". www.spbe.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  5. ↑ "Sommaruga-Nachfolge im Bundesrat – Flavia Wasserfallen verzichtet auf Kandidatur". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  6. ↑ "Medienmitteilung: Flavia Wasserfallen ist neue Präsidentin des Dachverbands | Patientenstelle Zürich". zh.patientenstelle.ch. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  7. ↑ "Schweizerischer Fachverband Mütter- und Väterberatung Jahresbericht 2020" (PDF).
  8. ↑ Kobel, Philipp. "Gründung FC Helvetia: Nun kicken auch die Frauen im Parlament". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  9. ↑ "Iran-Demo in Bern: Flavia Wasserfallen schneidet sich Haare ab". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  10. ↑ "Kurzbiografien und Porträts". epaper.vsdruck.ch. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
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