Tamara Funiciello

Tamara Funiciello (born 20 March 1990, Bern) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP).

Tamara Funiciello
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Assumed office
2019
ConstituencyBern
Personal details
Born20 March 1990
Bern
CitizenshipSwiss
NationalitySwiss, Italian
OccupationPolitician, University student

Early life and education

Tamara Funiciellos was born into a working class family, her mother being a retail worker and her father a factory worker. She was born in Bern, but grew up in Sardinia, Italy. She attended primary school in Bosa, Sardinia.[1] At the turn of the millennium, the family moved to Bern again. She attended high school in Neuenegg, Bern.[1] After graduating from high school, she began studying international relations at the University of Geneva, later she mov to the University of Bern to study history and social sciences. She worked in several areas[1] before becoming as a secretary of the workers union at Unia in 2013.[2] She decided to get engaged for the workers rights after her father was dismissed as a factory worker in 2011.[3]

Political career

Funiciello started her political career as a member of the board of directors of the non-presiding city of Bern Juso, later she was president of the Juso Canton of Bern. She also served as a member of the management of the SP Canton Bern. She became the President of the Young Socialists of Switzerland (Juso) in 2016,[4] a post she held until 2019.[5] In the municipal elections of the 25 March 2018, she was elected to represent the SP in the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern.[6] After three years, she resigned her position as President of the Juso at the end of August 2019.[4] Her successor is Ronja Jansen.[4] In the parliamentary elections on the 20 October 2019, Funiciello was elected to the Swiss National Council, where she became a member of the Legal Commission.[7] On 29 February 2020, Funiciello was elected as co-president of the womens branch of the SP.[8]

Political positions

She identifies as a Marxist and prefers to defend the policies of the SP instead of making compromises.[9] Her motto is "To say what is, remains the most revolutionary act".[10] Also after having been elected as member of the Swiss National Council in 2019, she identified primarily a workers union activist and only in a secondary role as a politician.[3] She is a prominent women's rights activist and was a leading figure during the second nation wide women's strike in 2019 after the first of one in 1991.[11][12] She is also a member of the board of directors of the Swiss branch of European NGO for social justice Solidar.[13]

Personal life

in June 2019, Funiciello first publicly commented on her sexuality and came out as bisexual.[14] Her place of origin in Switzerland is Gurbrü.[7] Funiciello played field hockey for the BSC Young Boys and also in the Swiss national team, with which she won gold at the European Championship in the C-Division.[15]

References
  1. "Lebenslauf" (PDF). Genderi. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. "Tamara Funiciello". SP Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  3. Emch), (Übertragung aus dem Französischen: Rita. "Tamara Funiciello, Provokation im Dienst der Gleichstellung". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  4. Krebs, Jürg. "Die neue Juso-Präsidentin heisst Ronja Jansen". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  5. "Ex-Juso-Chefin Funiciello wird neue Co-Präsidentin der SP-Frauen". Telebasel (in German). 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  6. "Tamara Funiciello in den Grossen Rat gewählt". jusobern.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  7. "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  8. "Tamara Funiciello neue Co-Präsidentin der SP Frauen* Schweiz". SP Frauen* Schweiz (in German). 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  9. "«Utopien sind immer gefährlich»". webspecial.tagesanzeiger.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  10. "Streitbare Juso-Präsidentin - Tamara Funiciello – radikal, aber diskussionsbereit". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  11. "Nach dem Frauenstreik - «Wir kämpfen weiter, solange es nicht besser wird»". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  12. "Tamara Funiciello zum Frauenstreik 2020: Wir sind gekommen, um zu bleiben! Venceremos!". YouTube. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  13. "Vorstand | Solidar Suisse". www.solidar.ch. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  14. "Tamara Funiciello liebt eine Frau". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  15. "Über mich". Tamara Funiciello (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
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