Margrith von Felten explained

Margrith von Felten
Office:Member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt
Term Start:2001
Term End:2007
Office1:Member of the National Council
Term Start1:1991
Term End1:1998
Office2:Member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt
Term Start2:1988
Term End2:1991
Party:Social Democratic Party (formerly)
Basels starke Alternative (current)
Birth Date:30 December 1944
Birth Place:Basel, Basel-Stadt,
Switzerland
Children:2
Occupation:politician, lawyer

Margrith von Felten (born 30 December 1944) is a Swiss politician and lawyer.

Biography

Margrith von Felten was born on 30 December 1944 in Basel. She holds citizenship in Basel, Winznau, and Stein.

Von Felten works as a lawyer.[1] From 1988 to 1991, she represented the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland in the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt.[2] In the 1991 Swiss federal election, she was elected to the National Council of Switzerland.[3] She sat in the National Council until 1998 when she left the Swiss Democrats and joined the Basels Starke Alternative due to political differences in economic policy with the former. She ran on a joint left-green-feminist list in the 1998 general election but lost. From 2001 to 2007, she served again on the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt.[2]

Von Felten is widowed and has two children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transfrau versus Altfeministin – «Man hat mich im Fitnesscenter in den Keller geschickt» – «Für solche Situationen braucht es Lösungen» . 25 April 2023 .
  2. Web site: Margrith von Felten - Nationalrat . parlament.ch.
  3. Schmid . Cadalbert . von Felten . Margrith . 1992 . Frauenpolitik in Männerstrukturen: Interview mit der Basler Nationalrätin Margrith von Felten . Emanzipation: feministische Zeitschrift für kritische Frauen . 18 . 3 . 4-6.