Carlo Sommaruga

Carlo Sommaruga (born July 8, 1959 in Zurich ; resident in Lugano ) is a Swiss politician ( SP ) and a member of the Council of States .

biography

Carlo Sommaruga studied law at the University of Geneva and was admitted to the bar in 1989.

Sommaruga gained his first political experience from 1991 to 2001 as a member of the legislature of the Thônex municipality . In 2001 he was elected to the Grand Conseil of the Canton of Geneva , of which he was a member until his election to the National Council in the 2003 elections . He belonged to the Foreign Affairs Committee , the Legal Committee , the Drafting Committee , the Judicial Committee and the Delegation for relations with France at. He was also president of the « Parliamentary Group for Relations with the Kurdish People».

In 2007 Sommaruga tried unsuccessfully to have the Agassizhorn in the Bernese Oberland renamed through an interpellation because he wanted to "get Louis Agassiz off the pedestal". The Federal Council condemned the namesake's racist views, but saw no reason for renaming. The basis for the experiment was Hans Fässler's book Reise in Schwarz-Weiss (2005).

In 2016 he was elected President of the Swiss Tenants' Association .

In the 2019 elections , he was elected to the Council of States in the second ballot .

Carlo Sommaruga works as a lawyer for the Geneva Tenants' Association and is the father of four children. The former Swiss diplomat Cornelio Sommaruga is his father, the SP Federal Councilor Simonetta Sommaruga is a distant cousin.

Web links

Carlo Sommaruga on the website of the Federal Assembly ( proposals submitted )

Carlo Sommaruga's website

Affiliations of interests of Carlo Sommaruga on lobbywatch.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Swiss Federal Assembly : GROUPS OF THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY (ART. 63 PARLG) ( Memento of the original of October 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 189 kB). May 11, 2010, accessed May 31, 2010 @1@ 2

^ Reply of the Federal Council to the Agassizhorn case

^ Hans Fässler: Journey in Black and White. Swiss on-site appointments in matters of slavery. Rotpunktverlag: Zurich 2005; see. the article in the Tages-Anzeiger Zurich , June 30, 2007 (PDF; 479 kB)

^ Tenants' Association - Carlo Sommaruga elected as the new President of the Association. In: www.mieterverband.ch. Retrieved December 13, 2016 .

↑ Sommaruga: portrait d'une famille engagée. In: www.hebdo.ch. October 6, 2010, accessed December 12, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sommaruga, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss politician (SP)
DATE OF BIRTH	July 8, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich

[1] Swiss Federal Assembly : GROUPS OF THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY (ART. 63 PARLG) ( Memento of the original of October 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 189 kB). May 11, 2010, accessed May 31, 2010 @1@ 2

[2] Reply of the Federal Council to the Agassizhorn case

[3] Hans Fässler: Journey in Black and White. Swiss on-site appointments in matters of slavery. Rotpunktverlag: Zurich 2005; see. the article in the Tages-Anzeiger Zurich , June 30, 2007 (PDF; 479 kB)

[4] Tenants' Association - Carlo Sommaruga elected as the new President of the Association. In: www.mieterverband.ch. Retrieved December 13, 2016 .

[5] Sommaruga: portrait d'une famille engagée. In: www.hebdo.ch. October 6, 2010, accessed December 12, 2016 .