Angelo Barrile (born 22 August 1976) is a Swiss politician of the

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council (Switzerl ...

. He represents the

Canton of Zürich The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (Swiss canton, canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton of Switzerland. Zurich is the ''de facto'' Capi ...

in the

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Private life

Angelo Barrile’s parents immigrated to Switzerland in the beginning of the 1970s as a working-class family from

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

. Born in

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

as the first of two boys, Angelo Barrile grew up in

Pfungen Pfungen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Pfungen is first mentioned in 993 as ''Funginga''. Geography Pfungen has an area of . Of this area, 32.3% is used for agricultural purpose ...

, where he went to kindergarten and primary school from 1981 to 1989. After obtaining his degree from Kantonsschule Rychenberg (high school) in 1996, he graduated in Medicine from the

University of Zürich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

in 2002. Angelo Barrile lives in the city of

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

and is in a civil union with his long-term life partner.

Professional career

In 2003, Angelo Barrile started working as assistant doctor in the chirurgical clinic of the Muri hospital (

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). From 2004 to 2005, he was assistant doctor in the medical clinic in the

Bülach Bülach () is a historic town and a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Zürich. It is the administrative capital of Bülach district. It is situated in the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal'') to the east of the small river Glatt and ab ...

hospital. From 2006 to 2009, he was assistant doctor in the psychiatric hospital of the University of Zürich and from 2009 to 2012 assistant doctor in the psychiatric-psychological service of the city of Zurich. Since 2012, he is a doctor in a group practice for general internal medicine in Zurich.

Political career

A member of the Social Democratic party since 1998, Angelo Barrile served in the

Cantonal Council of Zürich The Cantonal Council of Zürich () is the legislature of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Zürich, Zürich, in Switzerland. Zürich has a unicameral legislature. The Cantonal Council has 180 seats, with members elected every four ...

from 2010 to 2015. He represented the Social Democrats in the Committee for Economy and Levies and became a member of the Committee for Social Security and Health in 2011. In the federal election in 2015, he was elected to the

where he represents the Social Democrats in the Political Institutions Committee.

References

External links

Website of Angelo Barrile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrile, Angelo 1976 births Living people Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2019–2023 People from Winterthur Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians