Eva Herzog (born 25 December 1961) is a Swiss politician who has represented the Basel-Stadt canton in the Council of States since 2019 and served as President of the Council in 2023–2024. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS).

Education

Between 1981 and 1988, she studied

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and Spanish at the University in Basel and University of Santiago de Compostela and graduated with a MSc in 1988. She obtained a in History in 1994.

Professional career

Between 1995 and 2000, she held a leading position in the management of the Artspace in Basel. From 2001 until 2004, she was employed as a scientific collaborator at the University of Basel.

Political career

She was elected in to the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt in 2001 and in 2003, she assumed the presidency of the SP group in the Grand Council. She remained a member of the Grand Council until 2005, when she assumed as a member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt and onwards headed the finance department. In May 2019, she announced that she would resign as a State Council of Basel in January 2020. In October 2019 she was elected to the Council of States. As she was a candidate for both the Council of State and the National Council, Mustafa Atici assumed her post in the National Council. In 2010, she was a candidate for the Federal Council as a successor for the resigning Moritz Leuenberger. But in the elections Simonetta Sommaruga was elected. After in November 2022, Simmonetta Sommaruga announced her resignation, she and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider became the candidate for Sommarug's succession. 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herzog, Eva Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1961 births Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians Living people University of Basel alumni University of Santiago de Compostela alumni People from Basel-Landschaft Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland) Candidates for the Federal Council (Switzerland)