Sandrine Salerno (born in 1971 in Geneva) is a Swiss politician and a member of the Socialist Party. She was the mayor of the city of Geneva from 2010 to 2011, 2013 to 2014, and 2019 to 2020. Official site of the Mayoralty of Geneva, retrieved 28 October 2010
Background Salerno's mother was French and her father was Italian. She holds more than one passport.Welcome speech to new residents, Canton of Geneva, retrieved 28 October 2010 She has two children. She holds a master's degree in public administration and a bachelor's degree in political science, both from the University of Geneva. She was elected to Geneva's town council in 1999 and became a member of the executive in 2007. Between 1995 and 1997, she was deputy chief of the European Third World Centre (CETIM) in the human rights programme. She was co-ordinator in the Swiss Immigrants' Contact Centre from 1997 to 2001, a researcher at Geneva University from 2001 to 2006, and deputy head of the University Affairs unit in the Canton of Geneva's Department of Education.OECD Urban Round Table of Ministers and Mayors of 25 May 2010, Cities and Green Growth, retrieved 28 October 2010
Office Ms Salerno is the fourth woman to hold office as Mayor of Geneva. Mayors of the City of Geneva since 1842, Archives of the City of Geneva, retrieved 28 October 2010 Her appointment as mayor was for a fixed term. She has revamped the regulations concerning rents and property management in the city Tribune de Genève , 19 February 2009, retrieved 28 October 2010 and introduced new working conditions for city staff. Tribune de Genève , 30 June 2010, retrieved 28 October 2010
Salerno has been a longtime campaigner for maternity rights. In accordance with a legal decision on gender equality in June 2007 which resulted in an award of 120,000 Swiss francs to the City Council "for the promotion of equality", Salerno announced in February 2008 that she would be taking maternity leave from her then post in the Geneva Department of Finance and Housing in order to bear her second child. Pierre Maudet covered for her during her confinement. Les Quotidiennes , 25 February 2008, retrieved 28 October 2010
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External links Sandrine Salerno as Mayor of the city of Geneva — ville-geneve.ch Sandrine Salerno — ville-geneve.ch