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For the first time, the city of St. Gallen has a woman in charge. Even the chosen woman is a bit surprised.
Bourgeois Saint Gallen has elected a woman to the city council for the first time: a left, a seconda. Maria Pappa prevailed against challenger Mathias Gabathuler of the FDP.
The 49-year-old is politically a child prodigy. After only four years in the city parliament, the trained social pedagogue was elected to the St. Gallen city government, the city council, in 2016. She did a good job there. Yesterday she was rewarded for it.
Almost always in the hands of the FDP
Even Maria Pappa herself seems a bit incredulous: “Ten years ago I was not even in politics and now as a seconda and as a woman I am even the mayor of this city dominated by the bourgeoisie. That is really a great pleasure and surprise. “
With two exceptions, the city of St. Gallen was always in the hands of the FDP. The town hall was also dominated by the bourgeoisie for a long time and until the mid-1980s there were only men in the city government.
Six years ago there was finally the slide to the left and now the fall of the last bastion. The city council goes to a woman. Also, a seconda with roots in southern Italy.
New communication style
Pappa is convinced that this will change communication in the St. Gallen city hall. “I have a different biography, a different way of meeting people, of talking to people and involving them in projects,” he believes.
The St. Gallen City Council now consists of two members of the SP, one member of the Green Liberals and one of the FDP and one non-party member: two women and three men.
