Beat Jans

Swiss politician

Beat Jans

Official portrait, 2019

President of Executive Council of Basel-Stadt

Incumbent

Assumed office
1 July 2021
Member of National Council (Switzerland)
In office
31 May 2010 – 17 December 2020
Preceded by| Rudolf Rechsteiner
Personal details
Born|

Beat Jans

(1964-06-12) 12 June 1964 (age 59)
Basel, Switzerland
Political party| Social Democratic Party
Spouse|

Tracy Renee Glass

(m. 2003)​

Children| 2
Website| Official website

Beat Jans (German pronunciation: [beːat jans]; born 12 July 1964) is a Swiss environmental scientist and politician who currently serves as president of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt and previously served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2010 to 2020 for the Social Democratic Party.[1][2] In September 2023 he announced his candidacy for Federal Council (Switzerland) to succeed Alain Berset.[3][4][5]

## Early life and education[edit]

Jans was born 12 July 1964, in Basel, Switzerland, to Anton Jans, a metalworker and Maria Jans (née Ober), a sales associate. He was raised in a blue collar family living in Riehen. His mother immigrated to Switzerland after World War II from Germany.[6]

He completed his apprenticeship as a farmer in 1985 and followed up on his studies at the Technical college for tropical agriculture from where he graduated as an agricultural technician in 1987. He graduated in Environmental Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich in 1994.[7]

## Career[edit]

He was involved in the development projects of the Swiss Helvetas [de] in Paraguay and Haiti between 1987 and 1989[7] and was a member of the board at Pro Natura between 2000 and 2010,[7] when he resigned to assume office as a member of the National Council of Switzerland.[8] Between 2010 until 2015 he was a member of the board at ecos [de].[7]

## Politics[edit]

Jans joined the SP in 1998 and became a member of the Grand Council of Basel Stadt in 2001.[7] In the Grand Council, he was a member of the Commission of Economics and Taxes.[7] He remained a member of the Grand Council after he joined the National Council of Switzerland in 2010[8] succeeding Ruedi Rechsteiner[9] and only resigned in 2011.[10] He was re-elected to the National Council in the federal elections in 2011,[11] 2015[12] and 2019.[13] In the National Council, he was also member of the Commission of Economics and Taxes.[14] As it became clear that Anita Fetz would not stand for another term in the Council of States for Basel-Stadt,[15] he put himself forward as a candidate, but later withdrew to enable a female candidate for the SP.[16] He was again a candidate for the National Council and Eva Herzog for the Council of States. Both candidacies were successful in the October 2019 federal elections.[17]

He was elected vice-president of the SP in 2015, succeeding Jaqueline Fehr,[18] but resigned in 2015 when the party abolished the offices of the president and vice-president and instituted a co-presidency of Mattea Meyer and Cédric Wermuth.[19]

He was elected into the executive council of Basel Stadt on the 25 October 2020[20] and as its president in November 2020.[21] Sarah Wyss of the SP succeeded him, after he resigned as a member of the national council in December 2020.[22]

## Personal life[edit]

On 11 June 2004, Jans married American-born Tracy Renee Glass. They have two daughters; Mia and Zoé Jans.[23][24] His children are Swiss-American dual citizens.[25][26]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
2. ^ E-Mail, Kontakt Kanton Basel-Stadt Name Beat Jans Regierungspräsident und Vorsteher des Präsidialdepartements Adresse Marktplatz 9 4001 Basel work Telefon +41 61 267 80 47 Mail. "Beat Jans". www.regierungsrat.bs.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-25.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ^ Schäfer, Fabian (2023-09-22). "Beat Jans will SP-Bundesrat werden". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
4. ^ "Nachfolge von Alain Berset - Basler SP-Regierungspräsident Beat Jans will Bundesrat werden". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
5. ^ Rosch, Benjamin (2023-09-22). "Basler Regierungsrat Beat Jans will für die SP in den Bundesrat". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
6. ^ "Berset-Nachfolge – «Ich mag Herausforderungen sehr»: Beat Jans will in den Bundesrat". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
7. ^ a b c d e f "Beat Jans" (in German). Sozialdemokratische Partei Basel-Stadt. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
8. ^ a b "Neuer SP-Nationalrat Beat Jans bleibt im Grossen Rat". Online Reports (in German). 5 January 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
9. ^ "Beat Jans geht für Rudolf Rechsteiner nach Bern". Aargauer Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
10. ^ "Beat Jans". The Federal Assembly — The Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
11. ^ "Wahlen 2011" (in German). Kanton Basel-Stadt. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
12. ^ "Wahlen 2015" (in German). Kanton Basel-Stadt. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
13. ^ "Wahlen 2019" (in German). Kanton Basel-Stadt. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
14. ^ "Mitglieder der Kommission für Wirtschaft und Abgaben des Nationalrates (WAK-NR)" (PDF). Nationalrat. 23 November 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
15. ^ "Polit-Urgestein tritt zurück - Fetz ist zuversichtlich, dass es keinen Frauenstreik mehr braucht". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
16. ^ "Weg frei für Eva Herzog – Beat Jans zieht Ständeratskandidatur zurück". Zeitung für die Region Basel (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
17. ^ "Linker Aufschwung für Basel im Nationalrat ++ Katja Christ neu dabei, Herzog Ständerätin ++ Baselbiet muss in den 2. Wahlgang". Zeitung für die Region Basel (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
18. ^ Schultheiss, Jeremias (5 December 2015). "SP-Delegierte wählen Beat Jans zum Vizepräsidenten". TagesWoche (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 2018-11-07. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
19. ^ "SP-Präsidium: Duo Mattea Meyer und Cédric Wermuth folgt auf Christian Levrat" (in German). SP Schweiz. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
20. ^ "Wahlen 25. Oktober 2020" (in German). Kanton Basel-Stadt. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
21. ^ "Zweiter Wahlgang: Stephanie Eymann, Kaspar Sutter und Esther Keller in den Regierungsrat gewählt, Beat Jans ist neuer Regierungspräsident" (in German). Kanton Basel-Stadt. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
22. ^ "Basler SP-Politikerin Sarah Wyss im Nationalrat vereidigt" (in German). Das Schweizer Parlament. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
23. ^ "SP-Nationalrat Beat Jans wagt einen Seiltanz mit seiner Familie". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
24. ^ "SP-Nationalrat Beat Jans wagt mit seiner Familie einen Seiltanz - 9 Promis, 99 Tipps für Ferien in der Schweiz". Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
25. ^ see American nationality law for further information
26. ^ "Beat Jans über seine Dilemmas – «In den letzten 17 Jahren bin ich sicher zehnmal in die USA geflogen»". Basler Zeitung (in German). 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2023-09-25.

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