Ralph Lewin (born May 21, 1953) is a Swiss politician and a former member of the Government Council of the Canton of Basel-City from 1997 to 2008.
Lewin graduated from the University of Basel in 1977 with a degree in Sociology and Macroeconomics.
In 1984 Lewin began a two-year run as a member of the Swiss delegation to the OECD in Paris.
[1] Lewin was the Governing Councilor and Chairman of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of Basel-City Canton from 1997 to 2009.
[1] Three months later, Lewin became President of the Swiss Association of Shipping and Port Industrie.