Sarah Wyss
{{Short description|Swiss politician (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sarah Wyss
| office = Member of the National Council of Switzerland
| termstart = December 2020
| image = Sarah Wyss (2021).jpg
| birth_date = 3 August 1988
| birth_place = Basel
| party = SP
}}
Sarah Wyss (born, 3 August 1988, Basel) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP). Since December 2020 she is a member of the National Council of Switzerland.{{Cite web|title=Nachgerückt für Beat Jans: Sarah Wyss als Nationalrätin vereidigt|url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/schweiz/nachgerueckt-fuer-beat-jans-sarah-wyss-als-nationalraetin-vereidigt-140271460|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Aargauer Zeitung|date=18 December 2020 |language=de-ch}}{{Cite web|title=Basler SP-Politikerin Sarah Wyss im Nationalrat vereidigt|url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/services/news/Seiten/2020/20201218080739882194158159038_bsd035.aspx|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Federal Assembly}}
Education and early life
She was born in Basel, but was raised in Münchenstein, Canton Basel-Landschaft.{{Cite web|title=Sarah Wyss – wieder in den Grossen Rat|url=https://sarahwyss.ch/|access-date=2021-01-01|language=de-DE}} After initially having studied economic sciences and history, she earned a Master of Sciences in European Studies from the Europa Institute at the University of Basel in 2015.{{Cite web|date=2016-04-20|title=Privat unterwegs mit der SP-Grossrätin Sarah Wyss|url=https://telebasel.ch/2016/04/20/privat-unterwegs-mit-der-sp-grossraetin-sarah-wyss/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Telebasel|language=de-CH}}
Political career
Her political career she began with the SP. She presided the cantonal youth wing of the SP, the Young Socialists of Canton Basel-Stadt between 2009 and 2012. In 2012, she was elected as a member of the Grand Council of Basel Stadt, a post she assumed in 2013 and was re-elected in 2016{{Cite web|title=Der #Linksrutsch hat begonnen!|url=https://bs.juso.ch/aktuelles/blogbeitrage/der-linksrutsch-hat-begonnen/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=bs.juso.ch|language=de}} and 2020. In November 2020, she announced she would not assume the post and succeed Beat Jans in the National Council instead.{{Cite web|title=Sarah Wyss vertritt ab dem 18. Dezember die Interessen der Stadtbasler in Bern|url=https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/sarah-wyss-vertritt-ab-dem-18-dezember-die-interessen-der-stadtbasler-in-bern-139901453|access-date=2021-01-01|website=bz - Zeitung für die Region Basel|date=17 November 2020 |language=de-ch}}
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Category:21st-century Swiss women politicians
Category:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians
Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2023–2027