Eva Herzog | |
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President of the Council of States | |
Assumed office 4 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Brigitte Häberli-Koller |
Member of the Council of States | |
Assumed office 2 December 2019 | |
Member of the State Council in Basel-Stadt | |
In office 2005–2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Basel, Switzerland | 25 December 1962
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Education | History |
Alma mater | University of Basel |
Website | https://evaherzog.ch |
Eva Herzog (born 25 December 1962) is a Swiss politician who has represented Basel-Stadt in the Council of States since 2019 and has served as the President of the Council since 2023. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS).
Between 1981 and 1988 she studied History, Economics and Spanish at the University in Basel and University of Santiago de Compostela and graduated with a MSc in 1988. She obtained a Doctorate degree in History in 1994. [1]
Between 1995 and 2000 she held a leading position in the management of the Artspace Kaserne in Basel. [1] From 2001 until 2004 she was employed as a scientific collaborator at the University of Basel. [1]
She was elected in to the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt in 2001 [2] and in 2003 she assumed the presidency of the SP group in the Grand Council. [3] She remained a member of the Grand Council until 2005, [1] when she assumed as a member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt and onwards headed the finance department. [4]
In May 2019, she announced that she would resign as a State Council of Basel in January 2020. [4] In October 2019 she was elected to the Council of States. [5] As she was a candidate for both the Council of State and the National Council, Mustafa Atici assumed her post in the National Council. [6]
In 2010 she was a candidate for the Federal Council [7] as a successor for the resigning Moritz Leuenberger. [8] But in the elections Simonetta Sommaruga was elected. [9] After in November 2022 Simmonetta Sommaruga announced her resignation, [10] she and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider became the candidate for Sommarug's succession. [11] On the 7 December Baume-Schneider was elected to the Federal Council and a week later Eva Herzog to the Vice-Presidency to the Council of States. [11]
Eva Herzog | |
---|---|
President of the Council of States | |
Assumed office 4 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Brigitte Häberli-Koller |
Member of the Council of States | |
Assumed office 2 December 2019 | |
Member of the State Council in Basel-Stadt | |
In office 2005–2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Basel, Switzerland | 25 December 1962
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Education | History |
Alma mater | University of Basel |
Website | https://evaherzog.ch |
Eva Herzog (born 25 December 1962) is a Swiss politician who has represented Basel-Stadt in the Council of States since 2019 and has served as the President of the Council since 2023. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS).
Between 1981 and 1988 she studied History, Economics and Spanish at the University in Basel and University of Santiago de Compostela and graduated with a MSc in 1988. She obtained a Doctorate degree in History in 1994. [1]
Between 1995 and 2000 she held a leading position in the management of the Artspace Kaserne in Basel. [1] From 2001 until 2004 she was employed as a scientific collaborator at the University of Basel. [1]
She was elected in to the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt in 2001 [2] and in 2003 she assumed the presidency of the SP group in the Grand Council. [3] She remained a member of the Grand Council until 2005, [1] when she assumed as a member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt and onwards headed the finance department. [4]
In May 2019, she announced that she would resign as a State Council of Basel in January 2020. [4] In October 2019 she was elected to the Council of States. [5] As she was a candidate for both the Council of State and the National Council, Mustafa Atici assumed her post in the National Council. [6]
In 2010 she was a candidate for the Federal Council [7] as a successor for the resigning Moritz Leuenberger. [8] But in the elections Simonetta Sommaruga was elected. [9] After in November 2022 Simmonetta Sommaruga announced her resignation, [10] she and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider became the candidate for Sommarug's succession. [11] On the 7 December Baume-Schneider was elected to the Federal Council and a week later Eva Herzog to the Vice-Presidency to the Council of States. [11]