Eva Herzog

Eva Herzog (born 25 December 1961[1]) is a Swiss politician who has represented the Basel-Stadt canton in the Council of States since 2019 and served as President of the Council in 2023–2024.

[2] Between 1995 and 2000 she held a leading position in the management of the Artspace Kaserne [de] in Basel.

[5] In May 2019, she announced that she would resign as a State Council of Basel in January 2020.

[7] In 2010 she was a candidate for the Federal Council[8] as a successor for the resigning Moritz Leuenberger.

[10] After in November 2022 Simmonetta Sommaruga announced her resignation,[11] she and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider became the candidate for Sommarug's succession.