Ms. Regula Rytz is a member of the National Council in Switzerland. She is a politician in the Green Party of Switzerland which she also headed in two separate occasions, first as the co-president from 2012 to 2016 and then the president from 2016 to 2020. Her professional stint spanning well over a decade in various capacities have seen her in the roles like the Councillor (executive) of the city of Bern / Director for civil engineering, traffic and urban greenery, Member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern, and engagement in numerous commissions with a focus on education, finance, economic and state policy among others. She is a historian by training and graduated from the University of Bern.