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Swiss politician (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fabian Molina (born 8 July 1990) is a Swiss politician who currently serves on the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party since 2018.[1] He succeeded Tim Guldimann and became the youngest member of the National Council (Switzerland) ever to be elected aged 28.[2] He previously served as President of the Young Socialists between 2014 and 2016 as well as on the Cantonal Council of Zürich from 2017 to 2018.[3] Since 2019, he is co-president of Swissaid.[4]
Fabian Molina | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of National Council (Switzerland) | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Tim Guldimann |
| Constituency | Canton of Zürich |
| President of Young Socialists Switzerland | |
| In office 16 March 2014 – 31 May 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fabian Molina 8 July 1990 Uster, Switzerland |
| Citizenship |
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| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Residence | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | University of Zürich (dropped out) |
| Website | Official website |
Molina was born 8 July 1990 in Uster, Switzerland to Jorge Molina, a print shop owner, who came to Switzerland from Chile in 1982 after being imprisoned thirteen times for socialist activisim and being a supporter of Salvador Allende.[5][6] He has two elder half-brothers and a younger brother and primarily was raised in Illnau-Effretikon. Molina completed his Matura in 2011, after failing one year prior and continued to study at University of Zürich where he majored in History and Philosophy (didn't graduate).[7]
Fabian Molina joined the SP in 2006. From 2007 to 2009, he was a board member of SP Illnau-Effretikon. At the same time, in 2008, he founded the social democratic youth wing (Juso) Illnau-Effretikon. In 2009, he was elected Co-President of the Juso Canton Zurich. In 2010, he was elected to the municipal council of Illnau-Effretikon, where he served until his resignation in 2016.[8] In 2015, he was a candidate for the Swiss National Council on the list of SP in the Canton of Zurich.[9] On national level, Fabian Molina presided the Juso Switzerland from March 2014 and announced his resignation as a president in June 2016 at Juso Switzerland's 2016 annual meeting and expressed a desire for a female successor.[10] In August 2017, he joined the Zurich Cantonal Council for the Pfäffikon constituency.[8] On 15 March 2018 he moved up as National Council after his predecessor Tim Guldimann's resignation.[11][12] In the 2019 parliamentary elections, Molina was able to defend its seat in the National Council with 81,905 votes.[13]
Molina was Youth Secretary at the Swiss national labour union Unia from 2011 to 2014. He is also a member of Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Group Switzerland without Army (GSoA), Public Eye, and Solidar Suisse. From early 2017 to 2018, Molina held a position as a research assistant at the Swiss non-governmental organisation Swissaid[8] and has been Co-President since 6 June 2019.[14]
A prominent figure in national media, he has raised regular attention both in national and international press. He called, for instance, to hoist the multi-coloured Peace Flag instead of the Swiss Flag on 1 August 2014 (Switzerland's national day) to commemorate 100 years of the general mobilization for World War I.[15] In 2015, in cooperation with other political groups, Molina and his Juso took the referendum against the new Intelligence Service Act (Nachrichtendienstgesetz).[16] Furthermore, he took a leading role in the vote on the popular initiative "Stop Speculation on Food Crops" ("Keine Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln!") that came to a popular vote on 2 February 2016, and was rejected.[17]
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