Marionna Schlatter
Member of the Cantonal Council of Zurich
In office
March 2019 – October 2019
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Assumed office
November 2019
Personal details
Political partyGreen Party of Switzerland
OccupationPolitician

Marionna Schlatter (14 November 1980) is a Swiss politician of the Green Party of Switzerland, and a former member of the Cantonal Council of Zurich and current member of the National Council.

Early life and education

She was born to a Swiss father and Hungarian mother[1] and attended primary school in Bäretswil and secondary school in Wetzikon.[1] Following she enrolled into the University of Zurich studying History of Art and Architecture, Sociology and French, graduating with a MSc in 2007.[1]

Political career

She was the campaigner for the Youth wing of the Green Party between 2008 and 2010 and the President of the Green Party of the Canton Zurich from 2011 until 2020.[1] She was elected in the Cantonal Council of Zurich in March 2019[2] and in the National Council in October 2019.[3] In 2019, she was also a candidate to the Council of States, but was not elected.[4] Following her election to the National Council, she resigned from the Cantonal Council of Zurich.[5] She is currently a member of the board of directors of the Zurich branch of the Green Party.[6]

Personal life

She became a mushroom expert at the age of fourteen and today she is teaching others how to classify mushrooms.[7] She is married and has 2 children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Über mich". marionnaschlatter.ch. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. ↑ "Kantonsratswahlen Wetzikon aktuell, Grüne Partei Wetzikon, Für ein besseres Klima!". Grüne Partei Wetzikon (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. ↑ Ledebur, Fabian Baumgartner, Daniel Fritzsche, Adi Kälin, André Müller, Johanna Wedl; Mitarbeit: Reto Flury, Rebekka Haefeli, Lena Schenkel, Michael von. "Wahlen 2019: Zürich wählt Ständerat und Nationalrat". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Kanton Zürich - Ruedi Noser bleibt weitere vier Jahre Zürcher Ständerat". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  5. ↑ "Diese Personen ersetzen Schlatter und Schneider im Kantonsrat". zueriost.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Parteileitung | Kanton Zürich". gruene-zh.ch. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  7. ↑ "Ständeratskandidatin, Marionna Schlatter: "Die doppelte Männervertretung ist unhaltbar geworden"". Limmattaler Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
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