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Esther Keller

Esther Keller has been a member of the cantonal Executive Council of Basel-Stadt and Head of the Department of Public Works and Transport since 2021.

Regierungsrätin Esther Keller in rotem Blazer vor weissem Hintergrund.
© Andi Cortellini

Brief profile

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Head of the Department of Public Works and Transport

Member of the Executive Council since 2021

Born in 1984

Member of the Swiss Green Liberal Party (GLP)


Vita

2019 – 2021 
Co-President, Sm’Aesch Pfeffingen (NLA)

2015 – 2021 
Independent Communications Consultant

2011 – 2020 
Author (biographies, non-fiction)

2012 – 2015 
Public Relations Manager, Novartis

2004 – 2012 
Producer, Editor and Presenter, Telebasel

2004 – 2009 
Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Basel


Political mandates

Since 2024 
President of the Conference of Cities for Mobility, board member of the Conference of Cantonal Directors of Public Transport (KöV)

Since 2021 
Member of the Board of Directors of EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (EAP), member of the Conference of Directors of Public Works, Planning and Environmental Protection (BPUK), board member of Conference of Cities for Mobility

2021−2024 
Member of the Conference of Cantonal Directors of Public Transport (KöV)

2019–2021 
Member of the Great Council