Anita Fetz
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Anita Fetz | |
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| Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
| In office 1985–1990 | |
| Constituency | Basel |
| In office 1997–2003 | |
| Constituency | Basel |
| Member of the Council of States of Switzerland | |
| In office 2003–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anita Fetz 19 March 1957 Basel, Switzerland |
| Party | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
Anita Fetz (born 19 March 1957) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and a former member of the National Council and the Council of States in Switzerland.
After graduating from the Gymnasium in Münchenstein, Basel Landschaft,[1] Fetz studied history at the Universities of Basel and Berlin and works as an independent management consultant. In 1986 she founded the company femmedia[2] which supports the personal development process in companies.[3]
Professional career
She was a founding member of the Alternative Bank in Switzerland[4] and between 1990 until 1997 a member of its board of directors.[3] She was also a member of the Bank Council of the Basler Kantonalbank and of the board of directors of the Bank Cler.[3] She is also currently the owner of femmedia.[5] In 2019 she became a member of the board of directors of the Swiss Central Real Estate.[6]
Political career
As a member of the Progressive Organizations of Switzerland (POCH),[7] she was a member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt between 1984 and 1989[8] and of the National Council from 1985[9] until 1990.[8] In 1995 she joined the SP and was again a member of the Grand Council from 1997 to 2004[8] and a member of the National Council for the SP between 1999 and 2003.[9] From 2003 onwards until 2019, she was a member of the Council of States for the Canton of Basel-Stadt.[9] In February 2012, Fetz was elected together with Roger Nordmann as Vice President of the SP parliamentary group in the Federal Assembly.[10] In 2019 she was succeeded by Eva Herzog in the Council of States.[11]
