Editing Basel (section)

=== Government ===
The city's and canton's executive, the Executive Council (''Regierungsrat''), consists of seven members for a mandate period of 4 years. They are elected by any inhabitant valid to vote on the same day as the parliament,{{clarify|date=August 2018}} but by means of a system of [[Majorz]],{{clarify|date=August 2018}} and operates as a [[collegiate authority]]. The president ({{langx|de|link=no|Regierungspräsident(in)}}) is elected as such by a public election, while the heads of the other departments are appointed by the collegiate. The current president is [[Beat Jans]]. The executive body holds its meetings in the red [[Basel Town Hall|Town Hall]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Rathaus}}) on the central ''Marktplatz''. The building was built in 1504–14.

{{As of|2021}}, Basel's Executive Council is made up of three representatives of the SP ([[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]]) including the president, two LDP ([[Liberal-Demokratische Partei of Basel]]), and one member each of [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberals (glp)]], and CVP ([[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Christian Democratic Party]]).<ref name=Regrat>{{cite web |url=http://www.regierungsrat.bs.ch/mitglieder.html |title=Mitglieder |publisher=Regierungsrat des Kantons Basel-Stadt |location=Basel |type=official site |date=2021 |language=de |access-date=2021-10-25 |archive-date=31 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231213221/http://www.regierungsrat.bs.ch/mitglieder.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The last election was held on 25 October and 29 November 2020 and four new members have been elected.<ref name=Elect20/>

{|class="wikitable"
|+ The ''Regierungsrat'' of Basel<ref name=Regrat/> for the mandate period 2021–25
! Councillor (''Regierungsrat/ -rätin'') !! Party !! Head of Office (''Departement'', since) of !! 
elected since
|-
| [[Beat Jans]]<ref group=RR>President (''Regierungspräsident'')</ref> || {{color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=silver}} SP || President's Office (''Präsidialdepartement (PD)'', 2021) || 2020
|-
|[[Tanja Soland]]|| {{color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=silver}} SP || Finance (''Finanzdepartement (FD)'')|| 2019
|-
| [[Stephanie Eymann]]|| {{color box|#3265FF|border=silver}} LDP || Justice and Security (''Justiz- und Sicherheitsdepartement (JSD)'', 2021) || 2020
|-
| [[Kaspar Sutter]]|| {{color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=silver}} SP || Economics, Social Services, and Environment (''Departement für Wirtschaft, Soziales und Umwelt (WSU)'', 2021) || 2020
|-
| [[Conradin Cramer]] || {{color box|#3265FF|border=silver}} LDP || Education (''Erziehungsdepartement (ED)'', 2017) || 2016
|-
| [[Esther Keller]]|| {{color box|{{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}|border=silver}} glp || Construction and Transportation (''Bau- und Verkehrsdepartement (BVD)'', 2021) || 2020
|-
| [[Lukas Engelberger]]|| {{color box|{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}|border=silver}} CVP || Health (''Gesundheitsdepartement (GD)'', June 2014) || June 2014
|}
{{reflist|group=RR}}

Barbara Schüpbach-Guggenbühlis is State Chronicler (''Staatsschreiberin'') since 2009, and Marco Greiner is Head of Communication (''Regierungssprecher'') and Vice State Chronicler (''Vizestaatsschreiber'') since 2007 for the Executive Council.