List of National Councilors of the Canton of Basel-Stadt

This list shows all members of the National Council from the canton of Basel-Stadt since the founding of the federal state in 1848 until today.

Party abbreviations

BastA !: Basel's strong alternative BGB: farmers, trade and citizens' party CVP: Christian Democratic People's Party DP: Democratic Party FDP: Liberal Democratic Party , since 2009 FDP. The Liberals FP: Progressive Party GLP: Green Liberal Party GPS: Swiss Green Party KP: Communist Party

KVP: Swiss Conservative People's Party LDP: Liberal Democratic Party LdU: State ring of the independents LPS: Liberal Party of Switzerland NA: National Action PdA: Labor Party POCH: Progressive Organizations in Switzerland SP: Swiss Social Democratic Party SVP: Swiss People's Party

Other party currents or directions:

• FL: Liberal Left ( Liberal , Radical, Radical Democrats)
• LM: Liberal Middle (Liberals, Liberal Democrats)

National Councils

Surname	Party / parliamentary group	Term of office	Born	Died
Walther Allgöwer	LdU	1963-1979	1912	1980
Emil Arnold	KP (until 1934) PdA (from 1951)	1932-1934 1951-1953	1897	1974
Sibel Arslan	Basta!	2015–	1980
Mustafa Atici	SP	2019–	1969
Thomas Baerlocher	POCH	1990-1991	1956
Albert Belmont	SP (until 1920) KP (from 1920)	1919-1925	1875	1969
Fritz Berger	CIP	1951-1963	1897	1977
Hans Bernoulli	LdU	1947-1951	1876	1959
Achilles Bischoff	LM	1848-1853	1795	1867
Emil Bischoff	LM	1893-1896	1847	1921
Marino Bodenmann	KP (until 1939) PdA (from 1953)	1934-1939 1953-1959	1893	1964
Fritz Brechbühl	SP	1951-1963	1897	1963
Albin Breitenmoser	CVP	1963-1975	1920	1983
Ernst Brenner	FL / FDP	1887-1897	1856	1911
Theodor Brogle	CIP	1947-1951	1893	1959
Alfred Brüstlein	SP	1902-1911	1853	1924
Carl Christoph Burckhardt	LM / LPS	1911-1915	1862	1915
Karl Burckhardt-Iselin	FL	1875-1889	1830	1893
Martin Burckhardt	LPS	1987-1991	1921	2007
Stefan Cornaz	FDP	1994-1995	1944	2003
Katja Christ	GLP	2019–	1972
Heinrich David	FDP	1899-1908	1856	1935
Eugen Dietschi	FDP	1941-1960	1896	1986
Jean Henri Dunant	SVP	1999-2010	1934	2015
Peter Dürrenmatt	LPS	1959-1979	1904	1989
Eduard Eckenstein	FL	1887-1893	1847	1915
Alexander Euler	SP	1979-1991	1929	2012
Christoph Eymann	LPS (until 2001) LDP (from 2015)	1991–2001 2015–	1951
Serious fig winter	CIP	1917-1919	1853	1919
Margrith von Felten	SP	1991-1999	1944
Anita Fetz	POCH (until 1989) SP (from 1999)	1985-1989 1999-2003	1957
Sebastian Frehner	SVP	2010-2019	1973
Johannes Frei	SP	1911-1919	1870	1932
Alfred Gasser	FDP	1960-1965	1904	1985
Johann Rudolf Geigy-Merian	LM	1878-1887	1830	1917
Rudolf Gelpke	FP / BGB	1917-1935	1873	1940
Andreas Gerwig	SP	1967-1983	1928	2014
Arnold Gfeller	LdU	1939-1943 1951-1959	1902	1978
Emil Göttisheim	FDP	1905-1919	1863	1938
Remo Gysin	SP	1995-2007	1945
Fritz Hauser	SP	1919-1941	1884	1941
Ernst Herzog	SP	1935-1967	1898	1967
Helmut Hubacher	SP	1963-1997	1926	2020
Max Imboden	FDP	1965-1967	1915	1969
Isaac Iselin-Sarasin	LM / LPS	1896-1917	1851	1930
Walter Jaeger	N / A	1971-1975	1911	1987
Bernhard Jäggi	SP	1911-1916	1869	1944
Nicolas Jaquet	LPS	1943-1947 1949-1959	1898	1986
Beat Jans	SP	2010–	1964
Christine Keller	SP	1998-1999	1959
Hermann Kinkelin	FL / FDP	1890-1899	1832	1913
Wilhelm Klein	FL	1863-1878 1881-1887	1825	1887
Carl Koechlin	LM	1897-1902	1856	1914
Anita Lachenmeier-Thuringia	GPS	2007-2011	1959
Markus Lehmann	CVP	2011-2015	1955
David Linder	LPS	1979-1983	1923	1997
Peter Malama	FDP	2007–2012	1960	2012
Ruth Mascarin	POCH	1979-1985	1945
Wilhelm Mile	CIP	1935-1938	1886	1973
Rudolf Miescher	LPS	1919-1931	1880	1945
Carl Miville-Seiler	SP	1978-1979	1921
Carl Miville senior	SP (until 1944) PdA (from 1944)	1943-1951	1891	1981
Felix Moeschlin	LdU	1941-1947	1882	1969
Johann Emil Müry	FDP	1902-1911	1843	1923
Walter Muschg	LdU	1939-1943	1898	1965
Rudolf Niederhauser	CIP	1938-1947	1881	1966
Albert Oeri	LPS	1931-1949	1875	1950
Johannes Randegger	FDP	1995-2006	1941
Rudolf Rechsteiner	SP	1995-2010	1958
Christian Rothenberger	FDP	1908-1919	1868	1938
Alfred Schaller	FDP	1947-1977	1908	1985
Karl Oskar Schär	DP (until 1918) FDP (from 1918)	1917-1929	1868	1947
Silvia Schenker	SP	2003-2019	1954
Victor Emil Scherer	FDP	1929-1941	1881	1941
Arnold Schneider	FDP	1967-1971	1920	1992
Friedrich Schneider	SP	1919-1939 1943-1951	1886	1966
Karl Schnyder	SP	1975-1988	1931	2016
Urs Schweizer	FDP	2006-2007	1952
Paul Speiser	LM / LPS	1889-1896 1902-1911 1915-1919	1846	1935
Gertrud Spiess	CVP	1975-1983	1914	1995
Johann Jakob Stehlin	LM	1853-1875	1803	1879
Daniel pride	FDP	2012-2015	1968
Rudolf Suter	LdU	1959-1967	1914	2011
Hansjürg Weder	LdU	1983-1995	1928	2018
Franz Welti	KP	1925-1932	1879	1934
Hugo Wick	CVP	1983-1987 1991-1995	1935
Christine Wirz-von Planta	LPS	2001-2003	1944
Eugen Wullschleger	SP	1896-1902 1912-1917	1862	1931
Edmund Wyss	SP	1959-1971	1916	2002
Paul Wyss	FDP	1977-1994	1928
Max Johann Z'graggen	CIP	1919-1935	1881	1938
Otto Zoller	FDP	1902-1905	1864	1940

source

• Database of all council members