Katja Christ
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born1 August 1972
Basel
Political partyGLP

Katja Christ (born 1 August 1972 Basel) is a Swiss lawyer and politician. She was elected to the Swiss National Council on the ticket of Green Liberal Party (GLP) in 2019.[1]

Education and career

Christ was raised in Oberwil and studied Law at the University of Basel. After being called to bar, she was employed in the health department of the Canton Basel -Stadt and later worked in the Riehen municipal administration for several years before joining Balex Advokatur & Notariat law firm.[1]

Political career

Christ became an active politician in 2012 when she joined Green Liberal Party. Between 2014 and 2020, she was a member of the Grand Council of Basel representing the GLP.[2] She became GLP president in Basel-Stadt and a national board member of the party in 2016.[3][4] Between 2018 and 2019, she served as a member of the residents’ council of the municipality of Riehen and was elected to the council’s committees on Audit, Family and Education. She was elected to the National Council on 20 October 2019 and was inaugurated to the council on 2 December same year. At the council, she serves on the Audit and Transportation and Telecommunication committees.[5] On 15 December 2019, she resigned from her positions in the Residents’ Council and the greater Council as sittings in both councils are held same time with National Council making it impossible to attend all sittings.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b telebasel (2019-12-29). "Katja Christ tritt als Grossrätin zurück". Telebasel (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  2. ^ "Frau Katja Christ". Grosser Rat des Kantons Basel-Stadt (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. ^ "Nationalrat - Grosser Rat bald ohne Katja Christ – Basler GLP-Nationalrätin will sich auf Bern konzentrieren". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  4. ^ "Vorstoss von Katja Christ: Mediengutscheine auch ohne Förderpaket noch im Spiel".
  5. ^ "Fördergelder gehen an Basel vorbei – Katja Christ fordert Bundesgelder für Basler Hotels". Basler Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  6. ^ "ONLINEREPORTS | News, Stories, Reportagen aus Basel, Nordwestschweiz". www.onlinereports.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
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