Conradin Cramer

RegionregeringPresident of the Government of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (Regierungspräsident)

LDP (Liberal-Demokratische Partei Basel-Stadt) · Schweiz

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Conradin Cramer (born 17 February 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss politician of the Liberal-Demokratische Partei (LDP) of Basel-Stadt. A lawyer (Advokat) and notary by profession, he holds a doctorate in law (Dr. iur.), a habilitation in private law (venia docendi, University of Basel) and an LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley. He sat on the Einwohnerrat (municipal council) of Riehen from 2002 to 2006 and in the Grosser Rat (cantonal parliament) of Basel-Stadt from 2005 to 2016, serving as its president for the 2013/2014 term, then the youngest Grand Council president in roughly a century. Elected to the cantonal government (Regierungsrat) in October 2016, he took office in February 2017 and headed the Erziehungsdepartement (education department) until 2024. In 2024 he was elected Regierungspräsident (president of the cantonal government) and took over the Präsidialdepartement, becoming the first centre-right (bürgerlich) government president of Basel-Stadt in recent history. He was re-elected at the October 2024 general elections. He is married to Stephanie Cramer, has two daughters and lives in Riehen.