Margrith von Felten

Margrith von Felten
Member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt
In office
2001–2007
Member of the National Council
In office
1991–1998
Member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt
In office
1988–1991
Personal details
Born30 December 1944
Basel, Basel-Stadt,
Switzerland
Political partySocial Democratic Party (formerly)
Basels starke Alternative (current)
Children2
Occupationpolitician, 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.[2][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.

References

  1. ^ "Transfrau versus Altfeministin – «Man hat mich im Fitnesscenter in den Keller geschickt» – «Für solche Situationen braucht es Lösungen»". 25 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Margrith von Felten - Nationalrat". Federal Assembly.
  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.