{"id":944,"date":"2025-12-01T22:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geneva24.com\/?p=944"},"modified":"2025-12-06T02:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T01:23:31","slug":"002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geneva24.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/002\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan-Born Farah Rumy Elected 2nd Vice President of Swiss National Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSri Lankan-Born Leader in Swiss Parliament\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n

In Switzerland, history was made today at the opening of the Federal Assembly\u2019s 2025 winter session. Sri Lankan-born Swiss parliamentarian Farah Rumy has been officially elected Second Vice-President of the National Council, becoming the first Swiss federal parliament leader of Sri Lankan heritage. The vote took place this Monday, December 1st, as the National Council elected its new presidium for the 2025\/26 term.
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\nThe new Presiding College of the National Council has now been confirmed: Pierre-Andr\u00e9 Page, of the Swiss People\u2019s Party (UDC\/SVP), becomes President of the National Council for 2025\/26. Katja Christ, from the Green Liberal Party, has been elected First Vice-President. And Farah Rumy, of the Social Democratic Party, will serve as Second Vice-President of the chamber. These positions are among the highest in Switzerland\u2019s political system. Each year, the National Council and Council of States elect new leaders who preside over debates, steer parliamentary agendas, and represent Switzerland in international parliamentary diplomacy.<\/p>\n

WHO IS FARAH RUMY?<\/b>
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\nFarah Rumy was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Switzerland as a child. A trained nurse and medical specialist, she entered politics through her work during the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 an experience that pushed her to join the Social Democratic Party in 2020. She was first elected to the Solothurn Cantonal Council in 2021, where she focused on social policy and public health. After the 2023 federal elections, she moved up to the National Council as the first alternate when MP Franziska Roth vacated her seat. Rumy is now a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and an alternate member of the Immunity Committee. In parliament, she has championed healthcare reforms, social equality, foreign policy, peace initiatives, and human rights. She also serves as co-president of her regional nursing union and remains active in local politics in the city of Grenchen. Rumy is the first Swiss federal parliamentarian of Sri Lankan descent, and now becomes the first to hold a leadership position within the National Council\u2019s presidium.<\/p>\n

On the same day, the upper chamber \u2014 the Council of States \u2014 elected Stefan Engler as its new President for the 2025\/26 term. For Farah Rumy, today\u2019s election marks a major milestone in Swiss political history \u2014 one that reflects the country\u2019s evolving diversity and the growing influence of younger leaders in national decision-making.<\/p>\n

By: SARIFUDEEN M Zahran (Journalist)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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