Mauro Tuena
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25 January 1972
Mauro Tuena | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of the National Council (Switzerland) | |
| Assumed office 30 November 2015 | |
| Constituency | Canton of Zürich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mauro Tuena 25 January 1972 |
| Party | Swiss People's Party |
| Occupation | Businessman, computer technician, politician |
| Website | Official website |
Mauro Tuena[1] (/tuːənɑː/ tu-ee-nah Italian pronunciation: [ˈmauro ˈtweːna] born 25 January 1972) is a Swiss businessman and politician. He currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2015.[2] Since 2020, Tuena is a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.[3] He previously served a brief period on the Cantonal Council of Zürich in 2015.
Tuena was born on 25 January 1972 in Zürich, Switzerland. His family originally hailed from Poschiavo in the Italian-speaking region of Grisons. He was raised in Aussersihl and attended the local schools. He completed an apprenticeship to become a computer technician.[4]
Career
Tuena currently is a partner of C and E GmbH (C and E, LLC) together with his party ally and fellow politician Alfred Heer, a company which primarily is active in IT and computer/software trading.[5] In 2010, when Tuena was a candidate for Council of States (Switzerland), he was allegedly involved in secretive financial operations. According to media information, Tuena has not disclosed that he was the controlling shareholder of Gut Gross & Partner Ltd. (GGP), which was accused of selling financial products with high risk investments. He declined the accusations.[6][7]