Humanist Party of Switzerland
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| Establishment date: | September 21, 1984 |
| Place of foundation: | Zurich |
| Presidium: | Daniel Horowitz |
| Vice Presidium: | Jens van Harten |
| National Council: | 0 seats (0%) |
| Council of States: | 0 seats (0%) |
| Cantonal parliaments: | 0 seats (0%) (as of March 2008) |
| Party structure: | 2 cantonal parties (Zurich and Ticino); Cantonal parties in Basel-Stadt and Bern dissolved since 2002 |
| International connections: |
International Humanist Party Humanist Movement |
The Humanist Party of Switzerland (HPS) ( French Parti humaniste suisse (PHS) , Italian Partito Umanista Svizzera (PUS) , Romansh Partida Umanistica Svizra (PUS) ) is a left-wing political party in Switzerland that pursues a neo-humanist political course. The HPS was initially only active in the canton of Zurich , but has existed in the entire German-speaking area of Switzerland since 1999.
history
The HPS was founded in 1984. In 1986, the HPS took the first time to the municipal elections in the canton of Zurich and in 1987 to the Governing Council elections in Zurich and the House of Representatives in part, were being missed in any case significantly seats. The HPS is a co-founder of the Humanist International in Florence ( 1989 ). In 1989 the HPS became active for the first time outside the canton of Zurich by running for the Grand Council elections in Aargau .
On May 15, 1999, at the 1st National Congress in Bern , the HPS was expanded to include all of German-speaking Switzerland . In the same year she took part in the National Council elections in three cantons (Bern, Basel-Stadt, Zurich) but only achieved 0.5% of the vote in Basel-Stadt and only 0.1% in the cantons of Bern and Zurich.
Since May 2006 there has also been a section of Italian Switzerland (Partito Umanista della Svizzera Italiana) .