Simonetta Sommaruga

Overview

Simonetta Sommaruga born Zug, Switzerland May 14, 1960. Pianist, Socialist member of Swiss parliament 1999; on foreign affairs committee and head of delegation of European parliament; Federal Council Justice Minister 2019; president of private development organization Swissaid 2003.

Quotations

On her visit to Niger: "Hunger is a scandal." (Feb. 14, 2007)

"We pay the price for the failures of the missed integration policy of the last years today." (IBNLive, Sept. 29, 2011; photo Wikipedia)