{{short description|Swiss politician (born 1987)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mattea Meyer | office = Member of the National Council | image = Mattea Meyer (2019).jpg | constituency = Canton of Zürich | term_start = 30 November 2015 | alma_mater = University of Zurich {{small|(BA, MA)}} | birth_name = Mattea Julia Meyer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|9 November 1987|df=yes}} | birth_place = Basel, Switzerland | website = {{URL|matteameyer.ch|Official website}}<br>{{URL|https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/mattea-meyer/4198|Parliament website}} | office2 = Co-Chair of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | term_start2 = 17 October 2020 | alongside2 = Cédric Wermuth | caption = Official portrait, 2019 | partner = Marco Kistler (2016–) | children = 2 }}
'''Mattea Julia Meyer''' ({{IPA|de-CH|maˈteːa ˈmaɪər}}; born 9 November 1987) is a Swiss politician who currently serves as member of the National Council for the Social Democratic Party since 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Ratsmitglied ansehen|url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/mattea-meyer/4198|access-date=2021-01-14|website=Federal Assembly}}</ref> Concurrently she co-chairs the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland together with Cédric Wermuth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-01 |title=Mattea Meyer - SP Schweiz |url=https://www.sp-ps.ch/person/mattea-meyer/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Previously, Meyer served on the Cantonal Council of Zürich from 2011 to 2015.
== Early life and education == Meyer was born 9 November 1987 in Basel, Switzerland to an agricultural engineer father and a kindergarten teacher mother. She was raised, together with her sister and brother, in Rothenfluh and Winterthur.
She studied history, geography and political science at the University of Zurich between 2007 and 2015.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Mattea Meyer, *1987, Politikerin, Nationalrätin, Co-Präsidentin SP Schweiz - Winterthur Glossar|url=https://www.winterthur-glossar.ch/app/default/pub/fw.action/wine.article?ce_id=388&ce_name=Person|access-date=2021-01-14|website=www.winterthur-glossar.ch|archive-date=2021-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920204001/https://www.winterthur-glossar.ch/app/default/pub/fw.action/wine.article?ce_id=388&ce_name=Person|url-status=dead}}</ref> She obtained a MSc in Human and Economic Geography from the University of Zurich in 2015.<ref name=":0" /> During her studies, she stayed for one semester at the University of Aix-Marseille where she experienced protests by the professors and students of the University.<ref name=":1" />
== Political career == From 2009 to 2013 she was Vice-President of the Young Socialists of Switzerland.<ref name=":0" /> From 2011 to 2015 she was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Zurich.<ref name=":0" /> In 2015 she was re-elected in her constituency with the best result of her party, but in April 2015, the cantonal party nominated her as a candidate for the 2015 National Council elections.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bernet|first=Walter|title=Das neue Supertalent heisst Mattea Meyer {{!}} NZZ|url=https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/das-neue-supertalent-heisst-mattea-meyer-1.18552178|access-date=2021-01-14|website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|language=de}}</ref> Since the 30 November 2015, she represents the SP in the National Council of Switzerland<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mattea Meyer|url=https://spkantonzh.ch/ueber-uns/personen/gruppe/person/mattea-meyer/|access-date=2021-01-14|website=SP Kanton Zürich|language=de-DE|archive-date=2021-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115230708/https://spkantonzh.ch/ueber-uns/personen/gruppe/person/mattea-meyer/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and resigned as a cantonal councilor. In her first legislature in the National Council she was a member of the Finance Commission and the Immunity Commission of the National Council.<ref name=":0" /> In the parliamentary elections in 2019, Meyer was re-elected as a national councilor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fritzsche|first=Daniel|date=20 October 2019|title=SVP-Kampftwitterer, grüne Klimademonstrantin und FDP-Posterboy: Das sind die Auf- und Absteiger der Zürcher Nationalratswahlen|url=https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/nationalratswahlen-in-zuerich-die-auf-und-absteiger-ld.1516658|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 January 2021|website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung}}</ref> In her second legislature she took a seat in the commission for health and social security (SGK) and remained in the immunity commission.<ref name=":0" /> In December 2019 Meyer announced that together with Cédric Wermuth, she would be a candidate for the presidency of the SP Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mattea Meyer und Cédric Wermuth kandidieren gemeinsam für SP-Spitze {{!}} NZZ|url=https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/mattea-meyer-und-cedric-wermuth-kandidieren-gemeinsam-fuer-sp-spitze-ld.1529534|access-date=2021-01-14|website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|language=de}}</ref> Succeeding Christian Levrat, they were elected on 17 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-17|title=Neues SP-Präsidium - SP wählt Mattea Meyer und Cédric Wermuth an die Parteispitze|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/neues-sp-praesidium-sp-waehlt-mattea-meyer-und-cedric-wermuth-an-die-parteispitze|access-date=2021-01-14|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)|language=de}}</ref>
=== Political positions === Meyer is part of the party's majority anti-capitalist and left wing, with the PS representing a more left-wing social democracy when compared to other European social-democratic sister parties.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Letzmann|first=Doerte|date=16 September 2021|title=Links in der Konkordanz|url=https://jungle.world/artikel/2021/37/links-der-konkordanz|access-date=2021-11-27|website=jungle.world|language=de}}</ref> She promotes a welcoming approach towards the asylum seekers which she sees as a normal answer for a country which exports weapons to war zones.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Republik|title="'Switzerland first' ist zum Teil auch ein Hilferuf"|url=https://www.republik.ch/2020/02/03/refugees-welcome-ist-fuer-mich-eine-antwort-auf-den-zynismus|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.republik.ch|language=de}}</ref> During the COVID-19 pandemic she demanded that the Federal and Cantonal (provincial) Governments announce their measures in a coordinated manner.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=24 November 2020|title=SP fordert koordinierte Corona-Strategie von Bund und Kantonen|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/sp-fordert-koordinierte-corona-strategie-von-bund-und-kantonen/46181474|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=26 January 2020|website=Swissinfo}}</ref> She defends the liberty of expression and assumed a godparenthood of the Belarusian political activist Anastasiya Mirontsava.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-04|title=Members of Parliament from Switzerland take over godparenthood for Ala Sharko, Anastasiya Mirontsava and Viktoryia Mirontsava|url=https://www.lphr.org/en/valerie-piller-carrard-national-council-sp-mattea-meyer-national-council-sp-and-cedric-wermuth-national-council-sp-have-taken-over-a-godparenthood-for-political-prisoners-in-belarus/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Libereco|language=de-DE}}</ref>
== Personal life == Mattea Meyer is the partner of fellow SP politician Marco Kistler. The couple have two children, a daughter born in 2017 and in 2021.
== References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{Portal|Switzerland}} {{Presidents of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Mattea}} Category:1987 births Category:21st-century Swiss women politicians Category:Living people Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2023–2027 Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2019–2023 Category:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians Category:University of Zurich alumni Category:Politicians from Basel-Stadt Category:Leaders of political parties in Switzerland