Sarah Wyss (born, 3 August 1988,

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

) is a Swiss politician of the

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...

(SP). Since December 2020 she is a member of the National Council of Switzerland.

Education and early life

She was born in Basel, but was raised in

Münchenstein Münchenstein ( Swiss German: ''Minggestai'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. Historical records Münchenstein is first mentioned in 1196 as ''Kekingen''. In 1270, it was ment ...

, Canton Basel-Landschaft. After initially having studied economic sciences and history, she earned a Master of Sciences in

European Studies European studies is a field of study offered by many academic colleges and universities that focuses on current developments in European integration. Some programmes offer a social science or public administration curriculum focusing on develop ...

from the Europa Institute at the

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universit ...

in 2015.

Political career

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. In 2012, she was elected as a member of the Grand Council of Basel Stadt, a post she assumed in 2013 and was re-elected in 2016 and 2020. In November 2020, she announced she would not assume the post and succeed

Beat Jans Beat Jans (born 12 July 1964, Basel) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP) and a member of the National Council of Switzerland. Education He completed his apprenticeship as a farmer in 1985 and followed up on his studies ...

in the National Council instead.

Views

She focuses in health care politics and advocates for regional health care policies instead of cantonal ones.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyss, Sarah 21st-century Swiss women politicians 21st-century Swiss politicians 1988 births Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians Living people Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Politicians from Basel-Stadt