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Eva Herzog
Eva Herzog (born 25 December 1961[1]) 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). EducationBetween 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.[2] Professional careerBetween 1995 and 2000 she held a leading position in the management of the Artspace Kaserne in Basel.[2] From 2001 until 2004 she was employed as a scientific collaborator at the University of Basel.[2] Political careerShe was elected in to the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt in 2001[3] and in 2003 she assumed the presidency of the SP group in the Grand Council.[4] She remained a member of the Grand Council until 2005,[2] when she assumed as a member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt and onwards headed the finance department.[5] In May 2019, she announced that she would resign as a State Council of Basel in January 2020.[5] In October 2019 she was elected to the Council of States.[6] As she was a candidate for both the Council of State and the National Council, Mustafa Atici assumed her post in the National Council.[7] In 2010 she was a candidate for the Federal Council[8] as a successor for the resigning Moritz Leuenberger.[9] But in the elections Simonetta Sommaruga was elected.[10] After in November 2022 Simmonetta Sommaruga announced her resignation,[11] she and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider became the candidate for Sommarug's succession.[12] 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.[12] References
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