Helmut Hubacher | |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1926 |
Birth Place: | Krauchthal, Switzerland |
Death Place: | Porrentruy |
Nationality: | Swiss |
Party: | PS |
Office: | Member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt |
Term Start: | 1956 |
Term End: | 1968 |
Office2: | Member of the Swiss National Council |
Term Start2: | 16 September 1963 |
Term End2: | 19 December 1997 |
Office3: | President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
Term Start3: | 1975 |
Term End3: | 1990 |
Helmut Hubacher (15 April 1926 – 19 August 2020) was a Swiss politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland.[1]
After spending his early career with Swiss Federal Railways, he became a secretary with the Syndicate of Public Services. In 1963, he became Editor-in-Chief of Basler Abend Zeitung. From 1956 to 1968, he served as a Grand Councillor in the Canton of Basel-Stadt, from 1963 to 1997, he served on the National Council, and he served as President of the Social Democratic Party from 1990 to 1997.