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Neuchatel/Neuenburg

 
         1814-48                    Adopted 1848
 
       1034               County of Neuchâtel
       1643               Principality of Neuchâtel
03 Nov 1707               Inherited by the Hohenzollen dynasty of Prussia
15 Feb 1806 - 14 Jan 1814 Ceded to France by Prussia
30 Mar 1806               Autonomy restored
24 Dec 1813               Austrian occupation
14 Jan 1814               Principality of Neuchâtel restored to Prussia
19 May 1815 -             Member of the Confedereation
02 Mar 1848               Republic of Neuchâtel
16 Jun 1857               Relenquished by Prussia
 
Capital: Neuchâtel.
Language: French, Arpitan.
Religion: Calvinist Protestant, Roman Catholic.
Motto: None.
 
Prince and Duke of Neuchâtel and Valangin
01 Apr 1806 - 14 Jan 1814 Berthier, Louis-Alexandre,
                           Prince de Wagram, duc de Valangin ........... 1753-1815
Sovereign Princes and Counts of Neuchâtel and Count of Valangin
14 Jan 1814 - 07 Jun 1840 Hohenzollern, Frédéric Guillaume III ......... 1770-1840
                          (2nd Time)
07 Jun 1840 - 05 Apr 1848 Hohenzollern, Frédéric Guillaume IV .......... 1795-1861
                          (deposed 02 Mar 1848)
Commissioner-general
09 Oct 1806 - 23 Dec 1813 François-Victor-Jean, baron de Lespérut ...... 1772-1848
Prussian Governors-General
14 Jan 1814 - 30 Dec 1822 Jean-Pierre Chambrier d'Oleyres .............. 1754-1822
29 Apr 1823 - 22 Jul 1830 Friedrich Wilhelm Christian von Zastrow ...... 1752-1830
22 Jul 1830 - 1831        Louis, comte de Pourtalès .................... 1773-1848
       1831 - 21 Jul 1848 Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuehl .............. 1779-1866
 
Presidents of the Council of State
02 Mar 1848 -        1860 Alexis-Marie Piaget (1st Time)
       1860 -        1861 Louis Denzler
       1861 -        1862 Marcelin Jeanrenaud (1st Time)
       1862 -        1863 Alexis-Marie Piaget (2nd Time)
       1863 -        1864 Frédéric-Auguste Monnier (1st Time)
       1864 -        1865 Marcelin Jeanrenaud (2nd Time)
       1865 -        1866 Henri Touchon (1st Time)
       1866 -        1867 Alexis-Marie Piaget (3rd Time)
       1867 -        1868 Eugéne Borel (1st Time)
       1868 -        1869 Alexis-Marie Piaget (4th Time)
       1869 -        1870 Frédéric-Auguste Monnier (2nd Time)
       1870 -        1871 Eugéne Borel (2nd Time)
       1871 -        1872 Georges Guilliaume
       1872 -        1873 Henri Touchon (2nd Time)
       1873 -        1874 Emile Tripet (1st Time)
       1874 -        1875 Auguste Cornaz (1st Time)
       1875 -        1876 Louis Clerc Leuba
       1876 -        1878 Jules Phillppin (1st Time)
       1878 -        1879 Emile Tripet (2nd Time)
       1879 -        1880 Auguste Cornaz (2nd Time)
       1880 -        1881 Robert Comtesse (1st Time)
       1881 -        1882 Albert Louis Roulet
       1882 -        1883 Jules Phillppin (2nd Time)
       1883 -        1884 Robert Comtesse (2nd Time)
       1884 -        1885 Auguste Cornaz (3rd Time)
       1885 -        1886 Robert Comtesse (3td Time)
       1886 -        1887 Auguste Cornaz (4th Time)
       1887 -        1888 Charles Alfred Petitpierre-Steiger (1st Time)
       1888 -        1889 Numa Grether
       1889 -        1890 Robert Comtesse (4th Time)
       1890 -        1891 Jean Clerc (1st Time)
       1891 -        1892 Auguste Cornaz (5th Time)
       1892 -        1893 Robert Comtesse (5th Time)
       1894 -        1895 Jules Morel
       1895 -        1896 Frédéric-Auguste Monnier
       1897 -        1898 Charles Alfred Petitpierre-Steiger (2nd Time)
       1896 -        1897 Jean Clerc (2nd Time)
       1898 -        1899 Robert Comtesse (1st Time)
       1899 -        1900 Jean Édouard Droz (1st Time)
       1900 -        1901 Frédéric Soguel
       1901 -        1902 Louis Édouard Droz (1st Time)
       1902 -        1903 Édouard Quartier la Tente (1st Time)
       1903 -        1904 Auguste Pettavel (1st Time)
       1904 -        1905 Jean Édouard Droz (2nd Time)
       1905 -        1906 Louis Perrier (1st Time)
       1906 -        1907 Jean Édouard Droz (2nd Time)
       1907 -        1908 Édouard Quartier la Tente (2nd Time)
       1908 -        1909 Auguste Pettavel (2nd Time)
       1909 -        1910 Louis Perrier (2nd Time)
       1911 -        1912 Édouard Quartier la Tente (3rd Time)
       1912 -        1913 Auguste Pettavel (3rd Time)
       1913 -        1915 Henri Calame (1st Time)
       1915 -        1916 Édouard Quartier la Tente (4th Time)
       1916 -        1917 Auguste Pettavel (4th Time)
       1917 -        1918 Albert Calame
       1918 -        1919 Alfred Clottu (1st Time)
       1919 -        1920 Henri Calame (1st Time)
       1920 -        1921 Édouard Quartier la Tente (5th Time)
       1921 -        1922 Ernest Béguin
       1922 -        1923 Edgar Louis Renaud (1st Time)
       1923 -        1924 Alfred Clottu (2nd Time)
       1924 -        1925 Henri Calame (3rd Time)
       1925 -        1926 Ernest Béguin (2nd Time)
       1926 -        1927 Edgar Louis Renaud (2nd Time)
       1927 -        1928 Alfred Clottu (3rd Time)
       1929 -        1930 Antoine Borel (1st Time)
       1930 -        1931 Ernest Béguin (3rd Time)
       1931 -        1932 Edgar Louis Renaud (3rd Time)
       1932 -        1933 Alfred Clottu (4th Time)
       1933 -        1934 Antoine Borel (2nd Time)
       1935 -        1936 Alfred Guinchard (1st Time)
       1936 -        1937 Edgar Louis Renaud (4th Time)
       1937 -        1938 Jean Humbert Droz (1st Time)
       1938 -        1939 Antoine Borel (3rd Time)
       1940 -        1941 Alfred Guinchard (2nd Time)
       1941 -        1942 Edgar Louis Renaud (6th Time)
       1943 -        1944 Jean Louis Barrelet (1st Time)
       1942 -        1943 Jean Humbert Droz (2nd Time)
       1944 -        1945 Camile Brandt (1st Time)
       1945 -        1946 Léo-Pierre DuPasquier
       1946 -        1947 Jean Humbert Droz (2nd Time)
       1947 -        1948 Jean Louis Barrelet (2nd Time)
       1948 -        1949 Camile Brandt (2nd Time)
       1949 -        1950 Pierre-Auguste Leuba (1st Time)
       1950 -        1951 Jean Humbert Droz (4th Time)
       1951 -        1952 Jean Louis Barrelet (3rd Time)
       1952 -        1953 Edmond Guinand (1st Time)
       1953 -        1954 Pierre-Auguste Leuba (5th Time)
       1954 -        1955 Jean Louis Barrelet (4th Time)
       1955 -        1956 Edmond Guinand (2nd Time)
       1956 -        1957 Gaston Clottu (1st Time) ...................... 1912-1995
       1957 -        1958 André Sandoz .................................. 1911-2006
       1958 -        1959 Pierre-Auguste Leuba (4th Time)
       1959 -        1960 Jean Louis Barrelet (4th Time)
       1960 -        1961 Edmond Guinand (3rd Time)
       1961 -        1962 Gaston Clottu (2nd Time)
       1962 -        1963 Pierre-Auguste Leuba (5th Time)
       1963 -        1964 Jean Louis Barrelet (5th Time)
       1964 -        1965 Friedrich Bourquin (1st Time) ................. 1916-1978
       1967 -        1968 Friedrich Bourquin (2nd Time)
       1968 -        1969 Carlos Grosjean (1st Time) .................... 1929-2004
       1969 -        1970 Rémy Schläppy (1st Time) ...................... 1917-2003
       1970 -        1971 Carlos Grosjean (2nd Time)
       1971 -        1972 Jacques Béguin (1st Time) ..................... 1922-2007
       1972 -        1973 François Jeanneret (1st Time) ................. 1932-
       1973 -        1974 René Meylan (1st Time) ........................ 1929-2000
       1974 -        1975 Carlos Grosjean (3rd Time)
       1975 - 31 May 1976 Rémy Schläppy (2nd Time)
01 Jun 1976 - 17 May 1977 Jacques Béguin (2nd Time)
17 May 1977 - 31 May 1978 François Jeanneret (2nd Time)
01 Jun 1978 - 31 May 1979 René Meylan (2nd Time)
01 Jun 1979 - 31 May 1980 Rémy Schläppy (3rd Time)
01 Jun 1980 - 18 May 1981 Jacques Béguin (3rd Time)
18 May 1981 - 31 May 1982 André Brant (1st Time) ........................ 1926-2008
01 Jun 1982 - 31 May 1983 Pierre Dubois (1st Time) ...................... 1938-
01 Jun 1983 - 31 May 1984 Jacques Béguin (4th Time)
01 Jun 1984 - 21 May 1985 René Felber ................................... 1933-
21 May 1985 - 31 May 1986 Jean Cavadini (1st Time) ...................... 1936-2013
01 Jun 1986 - 31 May 1987 André Brant (2nd Time)
01 Jun 1987 - 31 May 1988 Pierre Dubois (2nd Time)
01 Jun 1988 - 16 May 1989 Jean-Claude Jaggi ............................. 1926-2010
16 May 1989 - 31 May 1990 Jean Cavadini (2nd Time)
01 Jun 1990 - 31 May 1991 Francis Matthey (1st Time) .................... 1942-
01 Jun 1991 - 31 May 1992 Pierre Dubois (3rd Time)
01 Jun 1992 - 17 May 1993 Michel von Wyss ............................... 1947-
17 May 1993 - 31 May 1994 Francis Matthey (2nd Time)
01 Jun 1994 - 31 May 1995 Pierre Hirschy (1st Time) ..................... 1947-
01 Jun 1995 - 31 May 1996 Pierre Dubois (4th Time)
01 Jun 1996 - 19 May 1997 Maurice Jacot ................................. 1942-
19 May 1997 - 31 May 1998 Jean Guinand .................................. 1943-
01 Jun 1998 - 31 May 1999 Francis Matthey (3rd Time)
01 Jun 1999 - 31 May 2000 Pierre Hirschy (2nd Time)
01 Jun 2000 - 21 May 2001 Thierry Béguin (1st Time) ..................... 1947-
21 May 2001 - 31 May 2002 Monika Dusong ................................. 1945-
01 Jun 2002 - 31 May 2003 Pierre Hirschy (3rd Time)
01 Jun 2003 - 31 May 2004 Thierry Béguin (2nd Time)
01 Jun 2004 - 30 May 2005 Sylvie Perrinjaquet (1st Time) ................ 1955-
31 May 2005 - 31 May 2006 Bernard Soguel ................................ 1948-
01 Jun 2006 - 31 May 2007 Sylvie Perrinjaquet (2nd Time)
01 Jun 2007 - 31 May 2008 Fernand Cuche ................................. 1946-
01 Jun 2008 - 26 May 2009 Roland Debély ................................. 1948-
26 May 2009 - 31 May 2010 Jean Studer ................................... 1957-
01 Jun 2010 - 31 May 2011 Claude Nicati ................................. 1957-
01 Jun 2011 - 31 May 2012 Gisèle Ory .................................... 1956-
01 Jun 2012 - 27 May 2013 Philippe Gnaegi ............................... 1962-
28 May 2013 - 31 May 2014 Laurent Kruth ................................. 1967-
01 Jun 2014 - 31 Mar 2015 Alain Ribaux .................................. 1962-
01 Jun 2015 -            Monika Maire-Hefti  

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