List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
The List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848–present) presents the presiding member of the Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland's seven-member executive. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year, the President of the Confederation chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and undertakes special representational duties. Primus inter pares, he or she has no powers above the other Councillors and continues to head his or her department (see President of the Swiss Confederation for full details).
Traditionally, the duty rotates among the members in order of seniority and the previous year's Vice President becomes President. See list of members of the Swiss Federal Council for all seven.
1848–1874
Jonas Furrer, the first President of the Confederation (1848–1849)
Jakob Stämpfli, when presiding the Federal Council in 1856, was just 35 years old, the youngest to date (as of 2013)
| I. № | A. № | President (Birth–Death) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jonas Furrer (1805–1861) | 1848 |
| 1849 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Henri Druey (1799–1855) | 1850 |
| 3 | 3 | Josef Munzinger (1791–1855) | 1851 |
| 4 | (1) | Jonas Furrer (1805–1861) | 1852 |
| 5 | 4 | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802–1881) | 1853 |
| 6 | 5 | Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801–1873) | 1854 |
| 7 | (1) | Jonas Furrer (1805–1861) | 1855 |
| 8 | 6 | Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879) | 1856 |
| 9 | 7 | Constant Fornerod (1819–1899) | 1857 |
| 10 | (1) | Jonas Furrer (1805–1861) | 1858 |
| 11 | (6) | Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879) | 1859 |
| 12 | (5) | Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801–1873) | 1860 |
| 13 | 8 | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889) | 1861 |
| 14 | (6) | Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879) | 1862 |
| 15 | (7) | Constant Fornerod (1819–1899) | 1863 |
| 16 | 9 | Jakob Dubs (1822–1879) | 1864 |
| 17 | 10 | Karl Schenk (1823–1895) | 1865 |
| 18 | (8) | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889) | 1866 |
| 19 | (7) | Constant Fornerod (1819–1899) | 1867 |
| 20 | (9) | Jakob Dubs (1822–1879) | 1868 |
| 21 | 11 | Emil Welti (1825–1899) | 1869 |
| 22 | (9) | Jakob Dubs (1822–1879) | 1870 |
| 23 | (10) | Karl Schenk (1823–1895) | 1871 |
| 24 | (11) | Emil Welti (1825–1899) | 1872 |
| 25 | 12 | Paul Cérésole (1832–1905) | 1873 |
| 26 | (10) | Karl Schenk (1823–1895) | 1874 |
1875–1899
Karl Schenk, as the longest-serving member of the Federal Council, was President of the Confederation six times, a number only equaled by Emil Welti.
Wilhelm Hertenstein died during his term, on 27 November 1888. As of 2009, he is the only President not to complete his term.
| I. № | A. № | President (Birth–Death) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 13 | Johann Jakob Scherer (1825–1878) | 1875 |
| 28 | (11) | Emil Welti (1825–1899) | 1876 |
| 29 | 14 | Joachim Heer (1825–1879) | 1877 |
| 30 | (10) | Karl Schenk (1823–1895) | 1878 |
| 31 | 15 | Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907) | 1879 |
| 32 | (11) | Emil Welti (1825–1899) | 1880 |
| 33 | 16 | Numa Droz (1844–1899) | 1881 |
| 34 | 17 | Simeon Bavier (1825–1896) | 1882 |
| 35 | 18 | Louis Ruchonnet (1834–1893) | 1883 |
| 36 | (11) | Emil Welti (1825–1899) | 1884 |
| 37 | (10) | Karl Schenk (1823–1895) | 1885 |
| 38 | 19 | Adolf Deucher (1831–1912) | 1886 |
| 39 | (16) | Numa Droz (1844–1899) | 1887 |
| 40 | 20 | Wilhelm Hertenstein (1825–1888) | 1888 (to 27 November) |
| 41 | – | Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907) | 1888 (from 27 November;acting) |
| (15) | 1889 | ||
| 42 | (18) | Louis Ruchonnet (1834–1893) | 1890 |
| 43 | (11) | Emil Welti (1825–1899) | 1891 |
| 44 | 21 | Walter Hauser (1837–1902) | 1892 |
| 45 | (10) | Karl Schenk (1823–1895) | 1893 |
| 46 | 22 | Emil Frey (1838–1922) | 1894 |
| 47 | 23 | Josef Zemp (1834–1908) | 1895 |
| 48 | 24 | Adrien Lachenal (1849–1918) | 1896 |
| 49 | (19) | Adolf Deucher (1831–1912) | 1897 |
| 50 | 25 | Eugène Ruffy (1854–1919) | 1898 |
| 51 | 26 | Eduard Müller (1848–1919) | 1899 |
1900–1924
During his last tenure in 1909, Adolf Deucher was 78 years old, the oldest to date (as of 2013)
In 1915, Giuseppe Motta was the first native Italian speaker
President of the Federal Council in 1918, Felix Calonder is the only native Romansh speaker (as of 2013)
| I. № | A. № | President (Birth–Death) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | (21) | Walter Hauser (1837–1902) | 1900 |
| 53 | 28 | Ernst Brenner (1856–1911) | 1901 |
| 54 | (23) | Josef Zemp (1834–1908) | 1902 |
| 55 | (19) | Adolf Deucher (1831–1912) | 1903 |
| 56 | 29 | Robert Comtesse (1847–1922) | 1904 |
| 57 | 30 | Marc-Emile Ruchet (1853–1912) | 1905 |
| 58 | 31 | Ludwig Forrer (1845–1921) | 1906 |
| 59 | (26) | Eduard Müller (1848–1919) | 1907 |
| 60 | (28) | Ernst Brenner (1856–1911) | 1908 |
| 61 | (19) | Adolf Deucher (1831–1912) | 1909 |
| 62 | (29) | Robert Comtesse (1847–1922) | 1910 |
| 63 | (30) | Marc-Emile Ruchet (1853–1912) | 1911 |
| 64 | (31) | Ludwig Forrer (1845–1921) | 1912 |
| 65 | (26) | Eduard Müller (1848–1919) | 1913 |
| 66 | 32 | Arthur Hoffmann (1857–1927) | 1914 |
| 67 | 33 | Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940) | 1915 |
| 68 | 34 | Camille Decoppet (1862–1925) | 1916 |
| 69 | 35 | Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944) | 1917 |
| 70 | 36 | Felix Calonder (1863–1952) | 1918 |
| 71 | 37 | Gustave Ador (1845–1928) | 1919 |
| 72 | (33) | Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940) | 1920 |
| 73 | (35) | Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944) | 1921 |
| 74 | 38 | Robert Haab (1865–1939) | 1922 |
| 75 | 39 | Karl Scheurer (1872–1929) | 1923 |
| 76 | 40 | Ernst Chuard (1857–1942) | 1924 |
1925–1949
| I. № | A. № | President (Birth–Death) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 41 | Jean-Marie Musy (1876–1952) | 1925 |
| 78 | 42 | Heinrich Häberlin (1868–1947) | 1926 |
| 79 | (33) | Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940) | 1927 |
| 80 | (35) | Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944) | 1928 |
| 81 | (38) | Robert Haab (1865–1939) | 1929 |
| 82 | (41) | Jean-Marie Musy (1876–1952) | 1930 |
| 83 | (42) | Heinrich Häberlin (1868–1947) | 1931 |
| 84 | (33) | Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940) | 1932 |
| 85 | (35) | Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944) | 1933 |
| 86 | 43 | Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889–1958) | 1934 |
| 87 | 44 | Rudolf Minger (1881–1955) | 1935 |
| 88 | 45 | Albert Meyer (1870–1953) | 1936 |
| 89 | (33) | Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940) | 1937 |
| 90 | 46 | Johannes Baumann (1874–1953) | 1938 |
| 91 | 47 | Philipp Etter (1891–1977) | 1939 |
| 92 | (43) | Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889–1958) | 1940 |
| 93 | 48 | Ernst Wetter (1877–1963) | 1941 |
| 94 | (47) | Philipp Etter (1891–1977) | 1942 |
| 95 | 49 | Enrico Celio (1889–1980) | 1943 |
| 96 | 50 | Walter Stampfli (1884–1965) | 1944 |
| 97 | 51 | Eduard von Steiger (1881–1962) | 1945 |
| 98 | 52 | Karl Kobelt (1891–1968) | 1946 |
| 99 | (47) | Philipp Etter (1891–1977) | 1947 |
| 100 | (49) | Enrico Celio (1889–1980) | 1948 |
| 101 | 53 | Ernst Nobs (1886–1957) | 1949 |
1950–1999
Free Democratic Party
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents
Christian Democratic People's Party
Social Democratic Party
Swiss People's Party
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | Canton | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 |  |
Max Petitpierre (1899–1994) |
1 January 1950 | 31 December 1950 | Free Democratic Party | Neuchâtel | |
| 103 |  |
Eduard von Steiger (1881–1962) |
1 January 1951 | 31 December 1951 | Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | Bern | |
| 104 |  |
Karl Kobelt (1891–1968) |
1 January 1952 | 31 December 1952 | Free Democratic Party | St. Gallen | |
| 105 |  |
Philipp Etter (1891–1977) |
1 January 1953 | 31 December 1953 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Zug | |
| 106 |  |
Rodolphe Rubattel (1896–1961) |
1 January 1954 | 31 December 1954 | Free Democratic Party | Vaud | |
| 107 | |
Max Petitpierre (1899–1994) |
1 January 1955 | 31 December 1955 | Free Democratic Party | Neuchâtel | |
| 108 |  |
Markus Feldmann (1897–1958) |
1 January 1956 | 31 December 1956 | Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | Bern | |
| 109 |  |
Hans Streuli (1892–1970) |
1 January 1957 | 31 December 1957 | Free Democratic Party | Zürich | |
| 110 |  |
Thomas Holenstein (1896–1962) |
1 January 1958 | 31 December 1958 | Christian Democratic People's Party | St. Gallen | |
| 111 |  |
Paul Chaudet (1904–1977) |
1 January 1959 | 31 December 1959 | Free Democratic Party | Vaud | |
| 112 | |
Max Petitpierre (1899–1994) |
1 January 1960 | 31 December 1960 | Free Democratic Party | Neuchâtel | |
| 113 |  |
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen (1899–1985) |
1 January 1961 | 31 December 1961 | Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | Zürich | |
| 114 | |
Paul Chaudet (1904–1977) |
1 January 1962 | 31 December 1962 | Free Democratic Party | Vaud | |
| 115 |  |
Willy Spühler (1902–1990) |
1 January 1963 | 31 December 1963 | Social Democratic Party | Zürich | |
| 116 |  |
Ludwig von Moos (1910–1990) |
1 January 1964 | 31 December 1964 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Obwalden | |
| 117 |  |
Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913–2002) |
1 January 1965 | 31 December 1965 | Social Democratic Party | Basel-Stadt | |
| 118 |  |
Hans Schaffner (1908–2004) |
1 January 1966 | 31 December 1966 | Free Democratic Party | Aargau | |
| 119 |  |
Roger Bonvin (1907–1982) |
1 January 1967 | 31 December 1967 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Valais | |
| 120 | |
Willy Spühler (1902–1990) |
1 January 1968 | 31 December 1968 | Social Democratic Party | Zürich | |
| 121 | |
Ludwig von Moos (1910–1990) |
1 January 1969 | 31 December 1969 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Obwalden | |
| 122 | |
Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913–2002) |
1 January 1970 | 31 December 1970 | Social Democratic Party | Basel-Stadt | |
| 123 |  |
Rudolf Gnägi (1917–1985) |
1 January 1971 | 31 December 1971 | Swiss People's Party | Bern | |
| 124 |  |
Nello Celio (1914–1995) |
1 January 1972 | 31 December 1972 | Free Democratic Party | Ticino | |
| 125 | |
Roger Bonvin (1907–1982) |
1 January 1973 | 31 December 1973 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Valais | |
| 126 |  |
Ernst Brugger (1914–1998) |
1 January 1974 | 31 December 1974 | Free Democratic Party | Zürich | |
| 127 |  |
Pierre Graber (1908–2003) |
1 January 1975 | 31 December 1975 | Social Democratic Party | Vaud | |
| 128 | |
Rudolf Gnägi (1917–1985) |
1 January 1976 | 31 December 1976 | Swiss People's Party | Bern | |
| 129 |  |
Kurt Furgler (1924–2008) |
1 January 1977 | 31 December 1977 | Christian Democratic People's Party | St- Gallen | |
| 130 |  |
Willi Ritschard (1918–1983) |
1 January 1978 | 31 December 1978 | Social Democratic Party | Solothurn | |
| 131 |  |
Hans Hürlimann (1918–1994) |
1 January 1979 | 31 December 1979 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Zug | |
| 132 |  |
Georges-André Chevallaz (1915–2002) |
1 January 1980 | 31 December 1980 | Free Democratic Party | Vaud | |
| 133 | |
Kurt Furgler (1924–2008) |
1 January 1981 | 31 December 1981 | Christian Democratic People's Party | St- Gallen | |
| 134 |  |
Fritz Honegger (1917–1999) |
1 January 1982 | 31 December 1982 | Free Democratic Party | Zürich | |
| 135 |  |
Pierre Aubert (1927–2016) |
1 January 1983 | 31 December 1983 | Social Democratic Party | Neuchâtel | |
| 136 |  |
Leon Schlumpf (1925–2012) |
1 January 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Swiss People's Party | Graubünden | |
| 137 | |
Kurt Furgler (1924–2008) |
1 January 1985 | 31 December 1985 | Christian Democratic People's Party | St- Gallen | |
| 138 |  |
Alphons Egli (1924–2016) |
1 January 1986 | 31 December 1986 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Lucern | |
| 139 | |
Pierre Aubert (1927–2016) |
1 January 1987 | 31 December 1987 | Social Democratic Party | Neuchâtel | |
| 140 |  |
Otto Stich (1927–2012) |
1 January 1988 | 31 December 1988 | Social Democratic Party | Solothurn | |
| 141 |  |
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1936–1998) |
1 January 1989 | 31 December 1989 | Free Democratic Party | Vaud | |
| 142 |  |
Arnold Koller (1933–) |
1 January 1990 | 31 December 1990 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Appenzell Innerrhoden | |
| 143 |  |
Flavio Cotti (1939–) |
1 January 1991 | 31 December 1991 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Ticino | |
| 144 |  |
René Felber (1933–) |
1 January 1992 | 31 December 1992 | Social Democratic Party | Neuchâtel | |
| 145 |  |
Adolf Ogi (1942–) |
1 January 1993 | 31 December 1993 | Swiss People's Party | Bern | |
| 146 | |
Otto Stich (1927–2012) |
1 January 1994 | 31 December 1994 | Social Democratic Party | Solothurn | |
| 147 |  |
Kaspar Villiger (1941–) |
1 January 1995 | 31 December 1995 | Free Democratic Party | Lucerne | |
| 148 | |
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1936–1998) |
1 January 1996 | 31 December 1996 | Free Democratic Party | Vaud | |
| 149 | |
Arnold Koller (1933–) |
1 January 1997 | 31 December 1997 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Appenzell Innerrhoden | |
| 150 | |
Flavio Cotti (1939–) |
1 January 1998 | 31 December 1998 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Ticino | |
| 151 |  |
Ruth Dreifuss (1940–) |
1 January 1999 | 31 December 1999 | Social Democratic Party | Geneva | |
2000–present
- Political parties
Swiss People's Party
Social Democratic Party
Free Democratic Party/FDP.The Liberals
Christian Democratic People's Party
Conservative Democratic Party
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | Canton | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | |
Adolf Ogi (1942–) |
1 January 2000 | 31 December 2000 | Swiss People's Party | Bern | 1999 | |
| 153 |  |
Moritz Leuenberger (1946–) |
1 January 2001 | 31 December 2001 | Social Democratic Party | Zürich | ||
| 154 |  |
Kaspar Villiger (1941–) |
1 January 2002 | 31 December 2002 | Free Democratic Party | Lucerne | ||
| 155 |  |
Pascal Couchepin (1942–) |
1 January 2003 | 31 December 2003 | Free Democratic Party | Valais | ||
| 156 |  |
Joseph Deiss (1946–) |
1 January 2004 | 31 December 2004 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Fribourg | 2003 | |
| 157 |  |
Samuel Schmid (1947–) |
1 January 2005 | 31 December 2005 | Swiss People's Party[note 1] | Bern | ||
| 158 | |
Moritz Leuenberger (1946–) |
1 January 2006 | 31 December 2006 | Social Democratic Party | Zürich | ||
| 159 |  |
Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945–) |
1 January 2007 | 31 December 2007 | Social Democratic Party | Valais | 2006 | |
| 160 | |
Pascal Couchepin (1942–) |
1 January 2008 | 31 December 2008 | Free Democratic Party | Valais | 2007 | |
| 161 |  |
Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942–) |
1 January 2009 | 31 December 2009 | FDP.The Liberals | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2008 | |
| 162 |  |
Doris Leuthard (1963–) |
1 January 2010 | 31 December 2010 | Christian Democratic People's Party | Aargau | 2009 | |
| 163 | |
Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945–) |
1 January 2011 | 31 December 2011 | Social Democratic Party | Valais | 2010 | |
| 164 |  |
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956–) |
1 January 2012 | 31 December 2012 | Conservative Democratic Party | Graubünden | 2011 | |
| 165 |  |
Ueli Maurer (1950–) |
1 January 2013 | 31 December 2013 | Swiss People's Party | Zürich | ||
| 166 |  |
Didier Burkhalter (1960–) |
1 January 2014 | 31 December 2014 | FDP.The Liberals | Neuchâtel | ||
| 167 |  |
Simonetta Sommaruga (1960–) |
1 January 2015 | 31 December 2015 | Social Democratic Party | Bern | ||
| 168 |  |
Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952–) |
1 January 2016 | Incumbent | FDP.The Liberals | Bern | 2015 | |
Notes
- ↑ Schmid defected to the Conservative Democratic Party in 2008.
See also
| 1848–1874 |  | |
|---|---|---|
| 1875–1899 | ||
| 1900–1924 | ||
| 1925–1949 | ||
| 1950–1974 | ||
| 1975–1999 | ||
| 2000–present | ||
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