Brigitta Gerber
Brigitta Gerber (born September 4, 1964 in Zurich ) is a Swiss ethnologist, historian and politician ( Green Alliance / BastA! ).
Political
Brigitta Gerber was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt from 2002–2017 . In 2007/2008 she was President of the Grand Council. Her term of office ended in 2017 after four legislative terms. Her political priorities are urban development, integration into society as a whole, democratic processes, equal opportunities and social or ethnic discrimination. She was one of the initiators of the “New Soil Initiative”, which was accepted on February 28, 2016 by 66.88 percent of the voters in Basel-Stadt.
Life
Gerber studied ethnology and recent general history at the University of Basel and Berkeley . She completed a postgraduate course at the European Institute in Basel. She did her doctorate on «The anti-racist movement in Switzerland. Organizations, networks and campaigns »at Georg Kreis . Since 2003 she has been working as a lecturer at the universities of applied sciences in Basel and Zurich. In 2005 she founded the Toleranzkultur office .
Gerber is married with one child.
Web links
- Brigitta Gerber's website
- Biography at the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt ( Memento from February 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Presidents of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Chancellery Basel-Stadt: Final result of the federal and cantonal votes on February 28, 2016. Accessed on February 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Culture of tolerance. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerber, Brigitta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (Green Alliance / BastA!) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th September 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |