American-born Swiss politician
Corine Mauch (born 28 May 1960) is an American-born Swiss politician who currently serves as Mayor of Zurich since 2009. She previously served on the city council of Zürich between 1999 and 2008 for the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (of which she was a member since 1990). Mauch is the first female and first openly lesbian person to be elected mayor of the city.[1]
Early life and education
Mauch was born 28 May 1960 in Iowa City, Iowa to Samuel Mauch, an engineer and Ursula Mauch (née Widmer), an educator who later would serve on the National Council (Switzerland).[2] She had two younger brothers and spent her first years growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, where her father completed a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3] Later the family moved back to Switzerland settling in Oberlunkhofen. Mauch graduated from ETH Zurich with a diploma in agricultural economics and also completed studies in sinology at the University of Zurich. She also holds a Master of Public Administration of University of Lausanne.[4]
Political career
Mauch was elected mayor in March 2009, after ten years on the city council. In the first round of balloting, she finished in second place, barely 1,300 votes behind Kathrin Martelli, the candidate of the Free Democratic Party. In the second round, she received 41,745 votes, beating Martelli by 58 percent to 42.[5][6] In the March 2018 elections, Mauch received 63,139 votes, and she was re-elected as mayor of Zürich until her terms ends in 2022.[7]
Personal life
Since 2014, Mauch is legally married to her long-time partner Juliana Maria Müller.[8] Mauch began the procedure to renounce her United States citizenship in 2012; her office confirmed media reports of the renunciation in April 2013.[9][10][11]
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