Sandrine Salerno (born in 1971 in

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

) is a Swiss politician and a member of the

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. She was/is the

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of the city of Geneva from 2010 to 2011, 2013 to 2014, and 2019 to 2020.

Background

Salerno's mother was French and her father was Italian. She holds more than one passport.Welcome speech to new residents
Canton of Geneva, retrieved 28 October 2010 She has two children. She holds a master's degree in

public administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit est ...

and a bachelor's degree in

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, both from the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

. She was elected to Geneva's town council in 1999 and became a member of the executive in 2007. Between 1995 and 1997, she was deputy chief of the European Third World Centre (CETIM) in the

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programme. She was co-ordinator in the Swiss Immigrants' Contact Centre from 1997 to 2001, a researcher at Geneva University from 2001 to 2006, and deputy head of the University Affairs unit in the

Canton of Geneva The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva (french: link=no, République et canton de Genève; frp, Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; german: Republik und Kanton Genf; it, Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra; rm, Republica e ...

's Department of Education.

Office

Ms Salerno is the fourth woman to hold office as Mayor of Geneva. Her appointment as mayor is for a fixed term. She has revamped the regulations concerning rents and property management in the city and introduced new working conditions for city staff. Salerno has been a longtime campaigner for maternity rights. In accordance with a legal decision on gender equality in June 2007 which resulted in an award of 120,000 Swiss francs to the City Council "for the promotion of equality", Salerno announced in February 2008 that she would be taking maternity leave from her then post in the Geneva Department of Finance and Housing in order to bear her second child.

Pierre Maudet Pierre Maudet (born 6 March 1978) is a Swiss and French politician. Maudet was a member of FDP.The Liberals. He was the mayor of Geneva from 1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012. Biography Pierre Maudet is the son of Henri Maudet (born 1948), a Frenchman ...

covered for her during her confinement.Les Quotidiennes
, 25 February 2008, retrieved 28 October 2010

References

External links

Sandrine Salerno as Mayor of the city of Geneva — ville-geneve.ch

Sandrine Salerno — ville-geneve.ch
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salerno, Sandrine 1971 births Living people Mayors of Geneva Women mayors of places in Switzerland University of Geneva alumni 21st-century Swiss women politicians 21st-century Swiss politicians Swiss people of French descent Swiss people of Italian descent