Fabian Molina (born 8 July 1990 in

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) is a Swiss politician of the

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(SP) and a member of the National Council. Fabian Molina 2019

Political career

Fabian Molina joined the SP in 2006. From 2007 to 2009, he was a board member of SP

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. 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. In 2015, he was a candidate for the Swiss National Council on the list of SP in the

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. 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. 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

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's resignation. In the 2019 parliamentary elections, Molina was able to defend its seat in the National Council with 81,905 votes.

Political profile

Molina was Youth Secretary at the Swiss national labour union

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from 2011 to 2014. He is also a member of

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, Group Switzerland without Army (GSoA),

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, and

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. 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. 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

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. In 2015, in cooperation with other political groups, Molina and his Juso took the referendum against the new Intelligence Service Act (Nachrichtendienstgesetz). 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.

Other

Raised in Illnau-Effretikon, he attended the Kantonsschule Büelrain in

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from 2006 to 2010. After graduating from high school in 2011, he began his studies in history and philosophy at the

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. Molina's father was a left-wing activist in Chile in the 1970s and sought refuge in Switzerland after 13 prison stays under General

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’s authoritarian rule. Fabian Molina has referred to his father's political persecution as a driving force in his political convictions and activism.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Molina, Fabian Living people Politicians from Zürich Academic staff of the University of Zurich 1990 births Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians 21st-century Swiss politicians