Kathrin Martelli

Kathrin Martelli (born October 21, 1952 in Zurich , citizen of Zurich and Kaltbrunn ) is a former Swiss politician ( FDP ). From 1994 to the end of March 2010 she was a city ​​councilor in Zurich; Until 2002 she was the head of the civil engineering and waste disposal department, and from 2002 to 2010 she was the head of the building construction department.

CV and family

Kathrin Martelli was born in 1952 as the daughter of a private gardener and a secretary in Zurich's Seefeld district . There she also attended primary and secondary school between 1959 and 1968 . From 1968 to 1971 she completed a commercial apprenticeship.

After her training, Kathrin Martelli worked as a secretary, first for an employers' association , then for a patent attorney ; she married and became a housewife in 1975 as the mother of a daughter and a son. She still lives with her husband in Zurich's Seefeld today.

Political career

Career in the FDP

In 1977 Kathrin Martelli joined the FDP and in 1978 was elected to the board of the FDP in Zurich 8 , from 1982 to 1988 she was its president. Kathrin Martelli has been a member of the board of the FDP City of Zurich since 1982.

From 1984 to 1994 Kathrin Martelli was also a member of the board of directors of the Association of Freedom of Democratic Women in the City of Zurich, and from 1990 to 1994 she was president.

City Councilor of the City of Zurich

In 1987 Kathrin Martelli became a member of the local council . In 1988/89, Kathrin Martelli was a member of the Civil Rights Commission, from 1989 to 1992 a member of the municipal council office, 1991/92 president of the municipal council, 1993/94 member of the business audit commission, from 1992 to 1994 member of the municipal commission for foreigner issues and from 1992 to 1994 member the Advisory Commission of the Office for Equality between Men and Women .

City Councilor of Zurich

In 1994 Kathrin Martelli was elected to the city ​​council of Zurich . On February 8, 2009 she ran for the office of Mayor of Zurich. Since there was no absolute majority for a candidate, Martelli and Corine Mauch from the SP ran for the runoff election. On March 29, 2009 Martelli lost the second ballot with a good 11,000 votes behind Corine Mauch. In April 2009 Martelli announced that she would no longer run for the 2010 elections.

Head of Civil Engineering and Waste Management Department

From 1994 to 2002 Kathrin Martelli was the head of the Civil Engineering and Disposal Department (TED), which at that time included the Civil Engineering Department, Waste Management + Recycling Zurich, the surveying department, the horticultural and agricultural department and the forest department.

Under Kathrin Martelli various parks were Zurich North built as well as the finances of the exhaust system and the area district heating renovation. During her tenure, the proportion of women in her department increased from 9 to 13 percent, and in 2000 it was awarded the Prix ​​Egalité for its equal opportunities work.

Head of the Building Department

After her re-election in 2002, Kathrin Martelli moved to the building construction department. She was responsible for the Office for Urban Development with Urban Planning, Monument Preservation & Archeology, the Office for Building Permits, the Office for Buildings and Real Estate Management of the City of Zurich.

During this time, the new construction of the Letzigrund football stadium was built, which became a venue for the EURO 2008 .

Other political activities

From 2000 to 2003 Kathrin Martelli was a member of the board of the Swiss Conference. Construction, planning and environmental protection directors; since 2001 she has been a member of the federal Commission for women's issues, since June 2002 president of the RZU (regional planning Zurich and the surrounding area), since June 2003 member of the board of directors of the Aktiengesellschaft für Kernenergiebebeiligungen Lucerne and from March 2005 until the liquidation in 2008 she was the chairman of the board of directors of ZürichForum AG, who carried out the project for a new congress center should develop.

Web links

• Kathrin Martelli's website