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Farah Rumy MP (born 28 December 1991) is a Sri Lankan born Swiss politician, nurse and medical expert. Since 2023, she has been a member of the Swiss Parliament, serving in the National Council for the Social Democratic Party (SP) of the Canton of Solothurn.




Biography


Rumy was born in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. She studied at the Bishop's College before moving to Switzerland along with her parents at the age of six, where she continued her education in Grenchen. Subsequently, she began a career in healthcare and completed her Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (VET). In addition, she obtained an Advanced Federal Diploma in Nursing and worked as a certified nurse. She also worked as a nursing expert and interventional cardiology specialist in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
Rumy is co-president of the labor union for nursing staff in the Aargau-Solothurn section and works as a teacher at a vocational school.
Rumy lives in Grenchen.




Politics


Rumy was elected as a member of the Cantonal Council for the Social Democratic Party (SP) of the Canton of Solothurn in 2021.
Previously, Rumy was already engaged in professional and union political activities. Before her candidacy for the Cantonal Council, Rumy joined the SP in 2020, partly due to her experiences in nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
After Franziska Roth was re-elected to the National Council in the 2023 Swiss parliamentary elections and won a seat in the second round of the Council of States election (Upper Chamber), Rumy, as the first alternate, moved up to the National Council and took her place. Consequently, Rumy resigned from the Solothurn Cantonal Parliament at the end of November 2023.
Since then, Rumy has been a member of the Social Democratic parliamentary group of the Swiss Federal Assembly and represents the SP on the Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as serving as an alternate member of the Immunity Committee of the National Council. Her main focus areas in Parliament include health policy, social policy, foreign policy, and equal opportunities. As co-president of the nursing union, Aargau-Solothurn section, she particularly advocates for improving the situation of nursing and the healthcare system. In foreign policy, she has also submitted several legislative initiatives and proposals related to peace and human rights.
Since 2021, Rumy has been a municipal councilor for the city of Grenchen. She is also a member of the Naturalization Commission and a board member of Spitex Grenchen. Additionally, she serves as a member of the foundation board of the Rodania Foundation, which supports people with disabilities. Rumy was also co-president of the SP Migrants of the Canton of Solothurn.
Rumy is the first person of Sri Lankan heritage to be elected to the Swiss Federal Assembly.




See also


Farah Rumy on the website of the Federal Assembly
Website of Farah Rumy




References

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• Farah Rumy
• List of members of the National Council of Switzerland (2023–2027)
• Bishop's College (Sri Lanka)