Min Li Marti

Min Li Marti (born 1 June 1974 in Bern) is a Swiss sociologist, historian, publisher and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP).

Early life and career Min Li Marti was born in Bern as the daughter of her refugee Chinese mother and a Swiss father, and grew up in Olten. In 1995, she moved to Zürich, where she completed her studies in sociology, journalism, and social and economic history at the University of Zurich in 2000. In 2004, she co-founded the production company "Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH". From 2012 to 2015, Marti worked as a Senior Consultant for the Kampagnenforum and a communications agency. As a columnist of the free newspaper 20 Minuten, Marti became known to a wider public. Since the end of 2014, she has been the editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper P.S. based in Zürich. According to the two politicians, her daughter, born on 24 January 2018, is the first baby whose parents are members of the National Council at the same time. Until the spring session at the end of February 2018, Marti and Glättli took parental leave; Marti continued her maternity leave by end of spring 2018.

Film production Marti also produced three movies, among them two short films and the 2010 documentary Guru: Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard as associate producer. She is member of the Das Kollektiv, a film production company based in Zürich.