History
The party has been founded in 1984 and participated in local elections in the canton of Zurich in 1986 and 1987. It also took part in the Humanist Internationals in Florence in 1989 and in Moscow in 1992. In 1989 the party participated in local elections outside Zurich, namely in the canton of Aargau.
On May 15, 1999, the party held its first national congress in Bern and extended to national status. The section of Basel has been dissolved on July 17, 2004.
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