Lorenzo Ettore Quadri ( born 5 November 1974) is a Swiss attorney, publisher and politician. He currently serves as a member of the National Council for the

Ticino League The Ticino League () is a regionalist, national-conservative political party in Switzerland active in the canton of Ticino. The party was founded in 1991 by entrepreneur Giuliano Bignasca and journalist Flavio Maspoli. After some public camp ...

since 30 November 2011. He previously served on the

Grand Council of Ticino The Grand Council of Ticino (Italian: ''Gran Consiglio di Ticino'') is the legislature for the Swiss canton of Ticino. The 90-member council is elected every four years by proportional representation in a single constituency comprising the citize ...

between 2003 and 2011. Since 2008, he also serves on the city council of

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Early life and education

Quadri was born on 5 November 1974 in

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. He completed the local schools and studied Law at the

University of Bern The University of Bern (, , ) is a public university, public research university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern. It was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a br ...

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, where he graduated with a

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in 1999.

Career

In 1999, Quadri became chief editor for the weekly newspaper ''Il Mattino della Domenica (en. The Sunday Morning)''. A position he held until 2013. In 2013, he became the CEO of the newspaper.

Politics

Quadri was elected into

in April 2003, a position he continued to hold until 2011. He was a member on the ''Justice, political rights, political rights and corrections supervision'' commission. Since 2008, he is city councilor for

, where he heads the education, welfare and social department. In the

2011 Swiss federal election Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011. All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States. Voter turnout was 49.1%, compared to 48.9% in 2 ...

, Quadri was elected into the National Council for the

, succeeding

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Personal life

Quadri is single and resides in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quadri, Lorenzo 1974 births Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2023–2027 Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2019–2023 Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2011–2015 People from Lugano University of Bern alumni Swiss newspaper editors Living people