Bülent Pekerman

Bülent Pekerman (born 16 May 1977 ) is a driving teacher and a politician of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (GLP). He is the president of the Grand Council of Basel.

Early life and education Bülent Pekerman was born into a Kurdish family. In 1984 his father emigrated to Switzerland where he first worked in construction and later as a cab driver. In 1992 his siblings and mother followed the father to Switzerland. (the highest high school in the Swiss Education system). But he could not adapt to the local dialect which is the language spoken by the majority of the students during the breaks between classes and he then did not graduate. In February 2023 he assumed as the president of the Grand Council of Basel as the successor of Jo Vergeat and in the same month he was announced as a candidate for the National Council (the lower chamber of the Swiss Parliament).