Fabian Molina
{{Short description|Swiss politician (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox Politician
| name = Fabian Molina
| image = Fabian Molina (2023).jpg
| office = Member of National Council
| citizenship = {{unbulleted list|Switzerland|Chile (automatically)}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|07|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = Uster, Switzerland
| term_start = 15 March 2018
| predecessor = Tim Guldimann
| constituency = Canton of Zürich
| office2 = President of Young Socialists Switzerland
| termstart2 = 16 March 2014
| termend2 = 31 May 2016
| website = {{URL|fabianmolina.ch|Official website}}
| residence = Zürich, Switzerland
| party = Social Democratic Party
| alma_mater = University of Zürich (dropped out)
}}
Fabian Molina (born 8 July 1990) is a Swiss politician who currently serves on the National Council for the Social Democratic Party since 2018.{{Cite web |title=Ratsmitglied ansehen |url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/fabian-molina/4223 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Federal Assembly}} He succeeded Tim Guldimann and became the youngest member of the National Council (Switzerland) ever to be elected aged 28.{{Cite web |title=Fabian Molina: Zu Besuch in der WG des neuen SP-Nationalrats |url=https://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/schweiz/fabian-molina-ist-bereit-fuer-den-nationalrat-sp-von-der-wg-ins-bundeshaus |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Schweizer Illustrierte |language=de-CH}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2014-03-15 |title=Zürcher Fabian Molina zum neuen JUSO-Präsidenten gewählt |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/alle-news-in-kuerze/zuercher-fabian-molina-zum-neuen-juso-praesidenten-gewaehlt/38170286 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=de}} Since 2019, he is co-president of Swissaid.{{Cite web |last=AG |first=Station |title="Without agriculture we cannot live" |url=https://www.swissaid.ch/en/articles/fabian-molina/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Swissaid |language=en}}
Early life and education
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.{{Cite web |title=Fabian Molina Juso-Präsident: Herkunft Eltern Familie privat |url=https://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/schweiz/fabian-molina-herkunft-eltern-wurzeln-juso-jungsozialisten-praesident |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Schweizer Illustrierte |language=de-CH}}{{Cite web |last=Bild) |first=Michael Rüegg (Text und |date=2012-10-21 |title=Zürich - Fabian Molina: Der brave Revoluzzer der Jungsozialisten |url=https://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/limmattal/zuerich/fabian-molina-der-brave-revoluzzer-der-jungsozialisten-ld.1944119 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Limmattaler Zeitung |language=de}} 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).{{Cite web |last=Vuille |first=Christof |date=2017-02-01 |title=Jetzt droht SP-Youngster mit Polit-Comeback: Juso-Molina bricht Studium in Spanien ab |url=https://www.blick.ch/politik/jetzt-droht-sp-youngster-mit-polit-comeback-juso-molina-bricht-studium-in-spanien-ab-id6146659.html |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Blick |language=de-CH}}
Political career
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.{{cite web |title=Fabian Molina |url=https://www.sp-ps.ch/de/person/fabian-molina |accessdate=October 24, 2018 |website=SP Schweiz |language=de}} In 2015, he was a candidate for the Swiss National Council on the list of SP in the Canton of Zurich.{{Cite news |last1=Hotz |first1=Stefan |title=SP erobert überraschend zwei zusätzliche Sitze {{!}} NZZ |url=https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/sp-erobert-ueberraschend-zwei-zusaetzliche-sitze-1.18631833 |newspaper=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |accessdate=October 24, 2018 |language=de-CH |date=October 19, 2015}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Marti |first1=Simon |title=Fabian Molina (25) konzentriert sich aufs Studieren: Juso-Präsident tritt zurück |url=https://www.blick.ch/news/politik/fabian-molina-25-konzentriert-sich-aufs-studieren-juso-praesident-tritt-zurueck-id4793790.html |website=Blick |date=12 March 2016 |accessdate=October 24, 2018 |language=de}} In August 2017, he joined the Zurich Cantonal Council for the Pfäffikon constituency.
On 15 March 2018 he moved up as National Council after his predecessor Tim Guldimann's resignation.{{cite web |title=Ratsmitglied ansehen |url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/fabian-molina/4223 |website=Federal Assembly |language=de}}{{cite web |title=Zweieinhalb Jahre im Amt – SP-Nationalrat Tim Guldimann hat genug |url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/zweieinhalb-jahre-im-amt-sp-nationalrat-tim-guldimann-hat-genug |website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |accessdate=October 24, 2018 |language=de |date=February 18, 2018}} In the 2019 parliamentary elections, Molina was able to defend its seat in the National Council with 81,905 votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/wahlen-2019/wahlen-2019-kantone/wahlen-2019-zuerich/zuercher-nationalratssitze-sechs-zusaetzliche-sitze-fuer-das-klima|title=Zürcher Nationalratssitze – Sechs zusätzliche Sitze für das Klima|date=October 19, 2019|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)|language=de|access-date=October 28, 2019}}
Political profile
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 and has been Co-President since 6 June 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissaid.ch/de/neues-co-praesidium|title=SWISSAID: Neues Co-Präsidium mit Bastienne Joerchel und Fabian Molina|date=June 6, 2019|website=SWISSAID|access-date=October 28, 2019|archive-date=July 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704180720/https://www.swissaid.ch/de/neues-co-praesidium|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web |last1=Lenz |first1=Von Christoph |title=Angst vor Nationalismus: Juso-Chef will keine Schweizer Fahnen am 1. August |url=https://www.blick.ch/news/politik/angst-vor-nationalismus-juso-chef-will-keine-schweizer-fahnen-am-1-august-id3018877.html |website=Blick |date=29 July 2014 |accessdate=October 24, 2018 |language=de}} In 2015, in cooperation with other political groups, Molina and his Juso took the referendum against the new Intelligence Service Act (Nachrichtendienstgesetz).{{cite web |title=Nachrichtendienst-Gesetz – Referendum gegen das Nachrichtendienstgesetz steht |url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/abstimmungen/abstimmungen/nachrichtendienst-gesetz/referendum-gegen-das-nachrichtendienstgesetz-steht |website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |accessdate=October 24, 2018 |language=de |date=February 4, 2016}}
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.{{cite web |last1=Bundeskanzlei |first1=BK |title=Politische Rechte, Volksinitiativen |url=https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/vi/vis437.html |accessdate=October 24, 2018 |language=de}}
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.fabianmolina.ch}} {{in lang|de}}
- {{parliament.ch|4223|language=German}}
{{Members of the Swiss National Council/Zürich}}
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