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Jacqueline Badran

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Jaqueline Badran
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 December 2011
ConstituencyCanton of Zurich
Vice president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
In office
1 April 2020
Personal details
Born
Jacqueline Badran

(1961-11-12) 12 November 1961 (age 63)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality
  • Switzerland
  • Australia
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Spouse
Victor Kemper
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(m. 1992)​
Alma materUniversity of Zurich (Diploma)
University of St. Gallen (Licentiate)
OccupationBusinesswoman, politician
WebsiteOfficial website
Parliament website

Jacqueline "Jackie" Badran[1][2] (German pronunciation: [ˈʒakliːn baˈdraːn]; born 12 November 1961) is a Swiss businesswoman and politician who currently serves on the National Council (Switzerland) since 2011.[3] Since 2020, she concurrently serves as vice president of the Social Democratic Party.[4]

She is primarily known for her efforts in regard to affordable housing, including a campaign to ban Airbnb.[5][6][7] She also holds Australian citizenship.[8] She is one of the survivors of the Crossair Flight 3597 crash.

Early life and education

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Badran was born 12 November 1961 in Sydney, Australia, one of two daughters, to Frederick George Badran, a Lebanese Australian businessman in the textile industry, and Swiss-born Helga Badran (née Horisberger;[9] later Countess Fabbricotti; born 1936). She has an older sister Karin Tamina Deilmann (née Badran).[10][11]

Her father was a Lebanese Christian from Beirut who came to Australia in the 1920s where he built up several businesses from scratch, including textile firm Badran's of Wollongong.[12][13] Later he was able to build a factory for menswear.[14] Her father was introduced to her Swiss-born mother while staying at the Baur au Lac in Zurich on a business trip.

Badran spent her early years living in Darling Point, Sydney, before relocating to Zurich in 1966.[15][16][17] She attended the local schools before spending two gap years traveling the world before studying biology at the University of Zurich.[18] Badran also obtained a licentiate in economics and political science from the University of St. Gallen.[18]

Professional career

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During her studies she worked as a ski instructor and at the counter of a cinema.[19] In 2000, together with two business partners, she founded a user-centered design agency, Zeix AG,[20] which she has been CEO of since 2004.[21][22]

Political career

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In 1991 she joined the Social Democratic Party (SP)[23] for which she was elected to the municipal council in of Zurich 2002 in which she stayed until 2011.[18] She was elected to the Swiss National Council in the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2011[24] and re-elected in the parliamentary elections in 2015 and 2019.[24] In January 2020, she announced her candidacy for the vice presidency of the SP, but under the condition that Mattea Meyer and Cedric Wermuth would become the copresidents.[25] 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.[26]

Political positions

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She became known nationally as a local politician in Zurich through her consistent and successful fight to preserve the Lex Koller (a law prohibiting non-residents from owning land in Switzerland).[22] On several occasions she has been strongly committed to working out counter-proposals to popular initiatives.[19]

Personal life

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In 1992, Badran married Victor Kemper, a Dutch bicycle messenger, who took his wife’s surname.[19] They have no children.

Badran holds Swiss and Australian dual citizenship.[27] Badran survived two serious disasters:[28] In 1993, she was buried by an avalanche in the Engadin.[29] On 24 November 2001, she survived the crash of Crossair Flight 3597 near Bassersdorf, which killed 24 people.[30]

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. ^ "Jacqueline Badran - SP Schweiz". www.sp-ps.ch (in German). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  5. ^ ""Business-Apartments stehlen Wohnraum" – 1.5 Zimmer für 5000 Franken". Watson (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Bis dem Immobilien-Investor die Worte fehlten – Badran teilt in der Wohnungsnot-Arena aus". Watson (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Wegen Wohnungskrise - SP-Badran will AirBnB verbieten". 20 Minuten (in German). 3 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Death notice NZZ 4 October 1970 (Gertrud Horisberger - maternal grandmother) https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19701004-01.2.28.7&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN-Badran%252DHorisberger-------0-----
  10. ^ p.5/32 https://bridge-stmoritz.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PDA200280_Tourist_Board_Bridge_Magazin_2022-1.pdf
  11. ^ "Zürcher Bridgeclub". zuercherbridgeclub.ch. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  12. ^ Geboren am - 12. November 1961 – Jacqueline Badran - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 6 May 2023
  13. ^ "Badran's: where Wollongong's fashionistas shopped - Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion". Dailymotion. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  14. ^ 12. November 1961 – Jacqueline Badran - Geboren am - Play SRF. Retrieved 21 February 2025 – via www.srf.ch.
  15. ^ p. 75 (Frederick George Badran) https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2579189720/view?sectionId=nla.obj-2629128357&searchTerm=Frederick+George+Badran&partId=nla.obj-2584481210#page/n0/mode/1up
  16. ^ SRF HEIMATLAND - "Vier zum Volk": Jacqueline Badran (Staffel 1, Folge 4) - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 6 May 2023
  17. ^ "Unbequem und unbeirrbar - Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich". www.tagblattzuerich.ch. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  18. ^ a b c "Jacqueline Badran". SP Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  19. ^ a b c "Jacqueline Badran mit Ehemann privat nach Politik SP USR". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Jacqueline Badran, CEO von Zeix, Zürich". Zeix (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  22. ^ a b "DOK - Die streitbare Linke". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 20 November 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  23. ^ "Mit Jacqueline Badran". www.radio24.ch. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  24. ^ a b "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  25. ^ "Nur unter Meyer/Wermuth: Jacqueline Badran will SP-Vizepräsidentin werden". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  26. ^ Pfaff, Isabel. "Jacqueline Badran kippte die Steuererleichterung für Schweizer Firmen". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  27. ^ Matt, Othmar von. "Doppelbürger: Die Doppelpass-Fraktion: Jeder zehnte Parlamentarier ist Doppelbürger". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  28. ^ "Ein Unglück kommt selten allein | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  29. ^ Baumann, Ruedi (6 February 2014). "Badran erleidet im Tanzkurs einen Schädelbruch". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  30. ^ Schweiz aktuell - Crossair-Absturz vor 10 Jahren bei Bassersdorf - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 2 February 2021
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