Marina Carobbio Guscetti


Marina Carobbio Guscetti is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland of which she has been the vice-chairwoman since March 1st, 2008. She was the president of the National Council in 2018–2019 and became a Councillor of States in December 2019.

Life

She is originally from Campo Blenio, Ticino and resides in Lumino, Ticino. She is the daughter of Werner Carobbio, who was a Socialist National Councillor for 24 years. She is a physician and mother of two.
After she graduated in medicine from the University of Basel in 1991, she specialised in palliative medicine.
Marina Carobbio Guscetti has been chairing the Mieterverband since October 16th, 2010. Moreover, she has been the vice-chairwoman of the Alpen-Initiative since 2013.

Political career

She was a deputy to the Grand Council of Ticino from April 1991 to March 2007, before she became a National Councillor on June 4th, 2007. She sat in the Science, Education and Culture Committees of the 47th Parliament, then in the Finance Committee and the Drafting Committee of the 48th Parliament.
On October 26, 2011, she announced she was a candidate to the succession of Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey. However, her candidacy was not accepted in the ticket chosen by the Socialist parliamentary group.
On November 26, 2018, Marina Carrobio Guscetti became the president of the National Council.
In the 2019 federal election, she was elected to the Council of States alongside Marco Chiesa. She became the first woman to ever represent the canton of Ticino in the Council of States.