Anita Fetz (born 19 March 1957 in Basel) 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.
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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 | 19 March 1957 Basel |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
Early life and education
editAfter 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
editShe 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
editAs 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]
Works
edit- My Baasel[12]
Personal life
editAnita Fetz lives in a partnership[13][8] and has her place of origin in Basel, Domat, Ems in Grisons and Gelterkinden in Basel-Landschaft.[14] She formulated her own ten commandments for women, and with her dressing style she created some controversies at the time as in high school she was against the ban on trousers for young women, and in parliament she appeared with a T-shirt.[2]
References
edit- ^ Wieland, Benjamin. "Münchenstein: Das Gymnasium Münchenstein, das nie richtig erwachsen werden wollte | bz Basel". bz - Zeitung für die Region Basel (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Anita Fetz zu den Frauen: "Mische dich ein – auch ungefragt!"". Telebasel (in Swiss High German). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Anita Fetz, Mitglied des Verwaltungsrates". Central Real Estate. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Rückblick, Lob und offene Wünsche" (PDF). Alternative Bank der Schweiz. p. 6. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Die Macherinnen | femmedia ChangeAssist". www.femmedia.ch. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Klybeckplus: Anita Fetz wird Verwaltungsrätin | bz Basel". bz - Zeitung für die Region Basel (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Bericht an den Nationalrat über die Nationalratswahlen für die 43. Legislaturperiode" (PDF). p. 583.
- ^ a b c d "Anita Fetz". SP Basel-Stadt (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Anita Fetz, die Basler Alt-Ständerätin - Musik für einen Gast - SRF". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Anita Fetz - Xanthippe - Zürich, München". www.xanthippe.ch. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Eva Herzog als baselstädtisches Mitglied in den Ständerat gewählt". www.pd.bs.ch (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Fetz, Anita. ""my baasel": Der etwas andere Stadtführer: Mit Anita Fetz auf den Spuren der Emanzipation | bz Basel". bz - Zeitung für die Region Basel (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Anita Fetz zur Gleichstellung: "Das sind die nächsten Schritte"". Telebasel (in Swiss High German). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 10 February 2021.