# Leandra Columberg

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{{Short description|Swiss politician (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office      = Member of the [Cantonal Council of Zürich](/source/Cantonal_Council_of_Z%C3%BCrich) for [Uster](/source/Uster_District)
| term_start  = 6 May 2019
| term_end    =
| office1     = Member of the<br>[Dübendorf](/source/D%C3%BCbendorf) Municipal Council
| term_start1 = 1 March 2022
| term_end1   = 
| party       = [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland)
| other_party = [Young Socialists Switzerland](/source/Young_Socialists_Switzerland)
| birth_date  = {{Birth date text|1999}} (age {{Age as of date|19|2019|6|19}})
| alma_mater  = [University of Zürich](/source/University_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (attending) 
}}
'''Leandra Columberg''' (born 1999) is a Swiss politician who has served in the [Cantonal Council of Zürich](/source/Cantonal_Council_of_Z%C3%BCrich) since 2019 as a member of the [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland). First elected at age 19, she is the youngest cantonal councillor ever elected in Zürich and one of the youngest in all of [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland).

== Biography ==
Leandra Columberg was born in 1999.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Leandra Columberg |url=https://www.kantonsrat.zh.ch/mitglieder/mitglied/?id=cbedf66a0148422eafa8508211669e10 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=[Cantonal Council of Zürich](/source/Cantonal_Council_of_Z%C3%BCrich) |language=de}}</ref> She was raised in the town of [Dübendorf](/source/D%C3%BCbendorf) in the [Canton of Zürich](/source/Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich), and attended high school in the neighboring town of [Uster](/source/Uster). Columberg was apolitical until age 16 when she studied for a year in the United States, where she was "shocked by [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump)'s aggressive [election campaign](/source/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign)" and became opposed to [right-wing populism](/source/right-wing_populism).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Probst |first=Joel |date=19 June 2019 |title=Leandra Columberg (Juso) ist mit 19 schon Kantonsrätin |trans-title=Leandra Columberg (Juso) is Already a Cantonal Councilor at 19 |url=https://www.blick.ch/politik/leandra-columberg-juso-ist-mit-19-schon-kantonsraetin-ploetzlich-merkte-ich-dass-ich-links-bin-id15379758.html |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=[Blick](/source/Blick) |language=de}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Riklin |first=Adrian |date=13 March 2019 |title=Mit der S-Bahn ins Parlament |trans-title=With the S-Bahn to Parliament |url=https://www.woz.ch/!JQPGS5MQA8FA |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=[WOZ Die Wochenzeitung](/source/WOZ_Die_Wochenzeitung) |language=de}}</ref> In 2016, she joined the [Young Socialists](/source/Young_Socialists_Switzerland) (JUSO) and the [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland) (SP).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leandra Columberg |url=https://duebendorf.spkantonzh.ch/wahlen/wahl/kandidaten/leandra-columberg/ |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=SP Dübendorf |language=de-DE}}</ref> A law student at the [University of Zürich](/source/University_of_Z%C3%BCrich),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mariani |first=Carlo |date=12 December 2022 |title=Das Zürcher Stipendiendebakel |trans-title=The Zurich Scholarship Debacle |url=https://www.zsonline.ch/2022/12/12/das-zuercher-stipendiendebakel |access-date=8 May 2024 |website={{Ill|Zürcher Studierendenzeitung|de}} |language=de-CH}}</ref> Columberg works as a political campaigner for the Zürich SP and is on the board of the national JUSO organization and the SP branch in Dübendorf.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2021 |title=Juso Schweiz beschliessen «kritisches Ja» zum CO2-Gesetz |trans-title=Juso Switzerland Decide on a "Critical Yes" to the CO2 Law |url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/news-service/inland-schweiz/parolenfassung-juso-schweiz-beschliessen-kritisches-ja-zum-co2-gesetz-ld.2104858 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=[Aargauer Zeitung](/source/Aargauer_Zeitung) |language=de}}</ref> Since 2018, she has also been the president of the JUSO branch in the [Zürcher Oberland](/source/Z%C3%BCrcher_Oberland).<ref name=":0" />

Columberg was elected to the [Cantonal Council of Zürich](/source/Cantonal_Council_of_Z%C3%BCrich) in the [2019 elections](/source/2019_Z%C3%BCrich_cantonal_elections), placing fourth on the SP party list in the [Uster constituency](/source/Uster_District).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Elected at age 19, she is the youngest person ever elected to the cantonal council, and one of the youngest elected in all of Switzerland.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 January 2022 |title=JUSO-Wahlkampf auf dem Bachtelturm |trans-title=JUSO Election Campaign on the Bachtelturm |url=https://zuerioberland24.ch/articles/109894-juso-wahlkampf-auf-dem-bachtelturm |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=zuerioberland24.ch |language=de}}</ref> During her tenure, Columberg has advocated for more protections for LGBT people and for high school preparation courses. She has also pushed for providing free [menstrual hygiene products](/source/menstrual_hygiene_products) in schools and for masks to be distributed to the people of the canton.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Döbeli |first=Nicole |date=31 October 2022 |title=An vielen Schulen gibt es bereits gratis Tampons und Binden |trans-title=Many Schools Already Provide Free Tampons and Pads |url=https://www.landbote.ch/an-vielen-schulen-gibt-es-bereits-gratis-tampons-und-binden-911178706402 |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=[Der Landbote](/source/Der_Landbote) |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hudec |first=Jan |date=17 August 2020 |title=SP und AL wollen gratis Masken an die Zürcher Bevölkerung abgeben |trans-title=SP and AL Want to Give Out Free Masks to the People of Zurich |url=https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/gratis-masken-zuercher-kantonsrat-gegen-eine-abgabe-ld.1571758 |access-date=8 May 2024 |work=[Neue Zürcher Zeitung](/source/Neue_Z%C3%BCrcher_Zeitung) |language=de-CH |issn=0376-6829}}</ref> As a member of the [Swiss Union of Public Service Personnel](/source/Swiss_Union_of_Public_Service_Personnel), Columberg sits with the Trade Union Group in the Cantonal Council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gewerkschaftliche Gruppe im Kantonsrat |trans-title=Trade Union Group in the Cantonal Council |url=https://www.gbkz.ch/vorstand/im-kantonsrat |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=Trade Union Confederation of the Canton of Zurich |language=de}}</ref> In 2022, she was elected with a [dual mandate](/source/dual_mandate) to the Dübendorf Municipal Council.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Leandra Columberg |url=https://www.duebendorf.ch/behoerdenmitglieder/303878 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=[City of Dübendorf](/source/D%C3%BCbendorf) |language=de-CH}}</ref>

Columberg was re-elected in the [2023 elections](/source/2023_Z%C3%BCrich_cantonal_elections), placing second in her constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2023 |title=Kantonsratswahlen: SP Uster hält drei Sitze, Patricia Bernet neu gewählt - SP Uster |trans-title=Cantonal Council Elections: SP Uster Holds Three Seats, Patricia Bernet Newly Elected |url=https://sp-uster.ch/termine-details/kantonsratswahlen-sp-uster-haelt-drei-sitze-patricia-bernet-neu-gewaehlt.html |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=SP Uster |language=de}}</ref> She was a member of the Audit Commission in her first term and is a member of the Justice and Public Safety Commission in her second term.<ref name=":0" /> In 2024, Columberg strongly opposed an "anti-chaotic initiative" pushed by the ruling [Swiss People's Party](/source/Swiss_People's_Party) in the cantonal council. The bill "demands that demonstrators and organizers have to foot the bill for police operations and damage caused", which Columberg argues could serve as a [chilling effect](/source/chilling_effect) to deter protests and would be "[collective punishment](/source/collective_punishment)".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blatter |first=Lara |date=15 February 2024 |title=«Anti-Chaoten-Initiative»: SVP und SP im Streitgespräch |trans-title=The 'Anti-Chaotic Initiative' Forces the Police to Undertake Expensive Operations |url=https://tsri.ch/a/clskdb4d7023a7x2tom2bps3k/anti-chaoten-initiative-svp-gegen-sp-nina-fehr-duesel-leandra-columberg |access-date=8 May 2024 |website={{Ill|Tsüri|de}} |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ehrsam |first=Thierry |date=15 February 2024 |title=Columberg (SP): Anti-Chaoten-Initiative gefährdet Grundrechte |trans-title=Columberg (SP): Anti-Chaotic Initiative Endangers Fundamental Rights |url=https://www.nau.ch/politik/regional/columberg-sp-anti-chaoten-initiative-gefahrdet-grundrechte-66698965 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=Nau |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2024 |title=«Anti-Chaoten-Initiative» will Chaoten zur Kasse bitten |trans-title="Anti-Chaotic Initiative" Wants to Make Chaotic People Pay |url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/abstimmungen-3-maerz-2024/abstimmung-kanton-zuerich-anti-chaoten-initiative-will-chaoten-zur-kasse-bitten |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=[Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen](/source/Schweizer_Radio_und_Fernsehen) |language=de}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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*{{cite web |last1=Columberg |first1=Leandra |title=100% Erbschaftssteuer! |url=https://juso.org/aktuelles/blog/100-erbschaftssteuer/ |website=[Young Socialists Switzerland](/source/Young_Socialists_Switzerland) |access-date=8 May 2024 |language=de |trans-title=100% Inheritance Tax! |date=February 27, 2018}}
*{{cite web |title=22-Jährige erzählt von mehrfacher Belästigung auf dem Nachhauseweg |url=https://www.zueritoday.ch/zuerich/22-jaehrige-erzaehlt-von-mehrfacher-belaestigung-auf-dem-nachhauseweg-147731371 |website=[TeleZüri](/source/TeleZ%C3%BCri) |access-date=8 May 2024 |language=de-ch |date=29 August 2022 |trans-title=22-Year-Old Talks About Being Harassed Several Times on the Way Home }}
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