Sarah Wyss | |
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| Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
| Assumed office December 2020 | |
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| Born | 3 August 1988 Basel |
| Political party | SP |
Sarah Wyss (born, 3 August 1988, Basel) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP). Since December 2020 she is a member of the National Council of Switzerland. [1] [2]
She was born in Basel, but was raised in Münchenstein, Canton Basel-Landschaft. [3] After initially having studied economic sciences and history, she earned a Master of Sciences in European Studies from the Europa Institute at the University of Basel in 2015. [4]
Her political career she began with the SP. She presided the cantonal youth wing of the SP, the Young Socialists of Canton Basel-Stadt between 2009 and 2012. [3] In 2012, she was elected as a member of the Grand Council of Basel Stadt, a post she assumed in 2013 [4] and was re-elected in 2016 [5] and 2020. In November 2020, she announced she would not assume the post and succeed Beat Jans in the National Council instead. [6]
She focuses in health care politics and advocates for regional health care policies instead of cantonal ones. [1]
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Basel-Stadt or Basel-City is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as the capital. It is traditionally considered a "half-canton", the other half being Basel-Landschaft, its rural counterpart.
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