Zurich City Council Elections - Corine Mauch resigns as city president

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André Odermatt, head of construction, also resigns. Simone Brander and Raphael Golta are running again next year.

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The first woman to run Switzerland's largest city, the Socialist announced her departure at the end of the legislature. Back on a long careerBlond, colourful tailors, heeled shoes and a big smile, Corine Mauch's silhouette is familiar in Zurich, where it is not uncommon to meet the politician on the move between two appointments. Usually on foot, by tram or by bike. Possibly driving a Mobility car. Like many of her colleagues, the "Eternal Mayor…

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Mauch's party colleague André Odermatt will also no longer compete in March 2026.

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In the City of Zurich elections of 2026, the City Bureau is to be re-appointed: Corine Mauch (SP), city president since 2009, no longer enters. Party-internally, a potential successor and a potential successor are already in the starting blocks.

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The mayor of Zurich Corine Mauch (PS) will not stand for election in the next municipal elections in March 2026. Elected in March 2009, she was re-elected four times as head of Switzerland's largest city.