Angelo Barrile (born 22 August 1976) is a Swiss politician of the

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...

. He represents the

Canton of Zürich The canton of Zürich (german: Kanton Zürich ; rm, Chantun Turitg; french: Canton de Zurich; it, Canton Zurigo) is a Swiss canton in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton in the ...

in the Swiss National Council.

Private life

Angelo Barrile’s parents immigrated to Switzerland in the beginning of the 1970s as a working-class family from

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. Born in

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as the first of two boys, Angelo Barrile grew up in Pfungen, where he went to kindergarten and primary school from 1981 to 1989. After obtaining his degree from Kantonsschule Rychenberg (high school) in 1996, he graduated in Medicine from the University of Zürich in 2002. Angelo Barrile lives in the city of

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

and is in a civil union with his long-term life partner.

Professional career

In 2003, Angelo Barrile started working as assistant doctor in the chirurgical clinic of the Muri hospital ( Freiamt). From 2004 to 2005, he was assistant doctor in the medical clinic in the Bülach hospital. From 2006 to 2009, he was assistant doctor in the psychiatric hospital of the University of Zürich and from 2009 to 2012 assistant doctor in the psychiatric-psychological service of the city of Zurich. Since 2012, he is a doctor in a group practice for general internal medicine in Zurich.

Political career

A member of the Social Democratic party since 1998, Angelo Barrile served in the

Cantonal Council of Zürich The Cantonal Council of Zürich (german: Zürcher Kantonsrat) is the legislature of the canton of Zürich, in Switzerland. Zürich has a unicameral legislature. The Cantonal Council has 180 seats, with members elected every four years. Election ...

from 2010 to 2015. He represented the Social Democrats in the Committee for Economy and Levies and became a member of the Committee for Social Security and Health in 2011. In the federal election in 2015, he was elected to the Swiss National Council where he represents the Social Democrats in the Political Institutions Committee.

References

External links

Website of Angelo Barrile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrile, Angelo 1976 births Living people Members of the National Council (Switzerland) People from Winterthur Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians