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Jacqueline Badran

Jacqueline "Jackie" Badran[1][2] (/bɑːdrɑːn/; Bad-rahn born 12 November 1961) is a Swiss and Australian businesswoman and politician. She currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland since 2011.[3] She is primarily known for being one of the survivors from Crossair Flight 3597 and her campaigns for additional affordable housing and banning Airbnb.[4][5][6] She also holds Australian citizenship.[7]

Jaqueline Badran
Jacqueline Badran in 2019
Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 December 2011
Personal details
Born (1961-11-12) 12 November 1961 (age 63)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality
  • Switzerland
  • Australia
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland
SpouseVictor Kemper
Alma materUniversity of Zürich (Diploma)
University of St. Gallen (Licentiate)
OccupationBusinesswoman, politician
WebsiteOfficial website
NicknameJackie Badran

Early life and education

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Badran was born 12 November 1961 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to Helga and Frederick Badran.[8] Her father was born in Lebanon and has emigrated to Australia in the 1920s. Her mother was Swiss and met him at Baur au Lac in Zürich, while he was on a business trip. She followed him to Australia where two daughters were born.[9] Frederick Badran was a textile manufacturer who owned Badran's of Wollongong.[10] In 1966, the family relocated to Zürich, where they resided in District 7.[11] After her parents divorced, her father moved back to Lebanon and her mother married Count Gian Franco Fabbricotti, nobility that originated in Livorno, Italy.[12]

Badran attended the local schools in Zürich and then spent two gap years traveling and exercising. She then studied Biology at the University of Zürich.[13] She then completed a licentiate in Economics and Political Sciences at the University of St. Gallen.[13] At the University of St.Gallen she was also involved in the environmental student initiative OIKOS.[14]

Career

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During her studies she taught others how to ski or was employed at the counter of a cinema.[15] In 2000 she founded Zeix AG with two partners[16] and since 2004 she is the CEO[17] of the software company.[18]

Political career

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In 1991 she joined the Social Democratic Party (SP)[19] for which she was elected to the municipal council in of Zurich 2002 in which she stayed until 2011.[13] She was elected to the Swiss National Council in the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2011[20] and re-elected in the parliamentary elections in 2015 and 2019.[20] In January 2020, she announced her candidacy for the vice presidency of the SP, but under the pre-condition that Mattea Meyer and Cedric Wermuth would become the Co-Presidents.[21] Since December 2020, she is the vice-president of the SP. Following an exhaustive, but successful campaign against the abolishment of the Issuance Tax, she announced a pause from politics for a few months.[22]

Political positions

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She became known nationally as a local politician in Zurich through her consistent and successful fight against the abolition of the Lex Koller, which permitted non-residents of Switzerland, to own land in Switzerland.[18] On several occasions she has been strongly committed to working out counter-proposals to popular initiatives.[15]

Personal life

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She is married to Victor Badran (né Kemper), a Dutch bicycle-messenger who adopted the surname of his wife.[15] She is a dual Australian-Swiss citizen.[23] Badran survived serious disasters twice.[24] In 1993, she was buried by an avalanche in the Engadin.[25] On November 24, 2001, she survived an airplane crash near Bassersdorf, which killed 24 people.[26] She has no children.

References

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  1. ^ "Jacqueline Badran in Zürich - Reports". Moneyhouse. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ Club - Reichtum und Armut: Das Budget-Menü - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 16 August 2023
  3. ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ ""Business-Apartments stehlen Wohnraum" – 1.5 Zimmer für 5000 Franken". Watson (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Bis dem Immobilien-Investor die Worte fehlten – Badran teilt in der Wohnungsnot-Arena aus". Watson (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Wegen Wohnungskrise - SP-Badran will AirBnB verbieten". 20 Minuten (in German). 3 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. ^ "SP-Nationalrätin Jacqueline Badran beklagt sich darüber, dass die SVP die SP aus den Medien verdrängt habe – das sagt sie, die beim Schweizer Fernsehen ein Dauergastrecht geniesst". Die Weltwoche (in German). 13 June 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  8. ^ Zuerich, ETH-Bibliothek. "Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt = Feuille officielle suisse du commerce = Foglio ufficiale svizzero di commercio". E-Periodica (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  9. ^ Geboren am - 12. November 1961 – Jacqueline Badran - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 6 May 2023
  10. ^ "Badran's: where Wollongong's fashionistas shopped - Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion". Dailymotion. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  11. ^ SRF HEIMATLAND - "Vier zum Volk": Jacqueline Badran (Staffel 1, Folge 4) - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 6 May 2023
  12. ^ "Unbequem und unbeirrbar - Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich". www.tagblattzuerich.ch. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  13. ^ a b c "Jacqueline Badran". SP Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Achtung vor der Überbewertung von Smartvote - Achtung vor der Überbewertung von Smartvote" (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  15. ^ a b c "Jacqueline Badran mit Ehemann privat nach Politik SP USR". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  16. ^ Matt, Othmar von. "Interview: "Man macht uns lächerlich, um die Debatte zu verhindern": SP-Vordenkerin Jacqueline Badran im grossen Interview". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Jacqueline Badran, CEO von Zeix, Zürich". Zeix (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  18. ^ a b "DOK - Die streitbare Linke". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 20 November 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Mit Jacqueline Badran". www.radio24.ch. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  21. ^ "Nur unter Meyer/Wermuth: Jacqueline Badran will SP-Vizepräsidentin werden". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  22. ^ Pfaff, Isabel. "Jacqueline Badran kippte die Steuererleichterung für Schweizer Firmen". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  23. ^ Matt, Othmar von. "Doppelbürger: Die Doppelpass-Fraktion: Jeder zehnte Parlamentarier ist Doppelbürger". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Ein Unglück kommt selten allein | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  25. ^ Baumann, Ruedi (6 February 2014). "Badran erleidet im Tanzkurs einen Schädelbruch". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  26. ^ Schweiz aktuell - Crossair-Absturz vor 10 Jahren bei Bassersdorf - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 2 February 2021
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