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Lukas Engelberger

Lukas Engelberger has been a member of the cantonal Executive Council of Basel-Stadt and Head of the Department of Public Health since 2014.

Mann im Anzug mit roter Krawatte und Brille lächelt.
© Andi Cortellini

Brief profile

Dr iur., Lawyer, LL.M.

Head of the Department of Public Health

Member of the Executive Council since 2014

Born in 1975

Married, 3 children

Member of The Centre Party


Vita

2005 – 2014 
Corporate Legal Counsel at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel

2003 – 2005 
Lawyer at Bär & Karrer, Zurich

2003 
Conferral of legal doctorate, Bern University

2003 
LL.M., University College London

2001 
Admission to the bar, Basel-Stadt

1999 – 2001 
Internships in a law firm and the cantonal administration, Basel

1994 – 1999 
Law studies at the Universities of Basel and Fribourg


Political mandates

Since 2025 
Member of the Board of Grande Dixence SA

Since 2020 
President of the Swiss Conference of the Cantonal Ministers of Public Health (GDK)

Since 2020 
Board member of the foundation for the Institute for European Global Studies, Basel

Since 2017 
Board member of Swissmedic

Since 2014 
Board member of the Swiss Conference of the Cantonal Ministers of Public Health (GDK), member of the decision-making body of the Intercantonal Agreement on Highly Specialised Medicine (IVHSM)

2013 – 2014 
President of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (CVP) Basel-Stadt

2004 – 2014 
Member of the Great Council


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