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                            Geneve/Genf/Geneva

c.440                     Bishopic of Geneva founded

880 - 1401                County of Geneva

1154                      Bishop granted the style of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire

1401 - 1526               Under Savoy

08 Feb 1526               Union with Berne and Fribourg

01 Oct 1534               Last Catholic Bishop deposed, Gevena secularised

01 Oct 1534               Republic of Geneva

14 Apr 1794               Republique Genevoise

26 Apr 1798 - 30 Dec 1813 Annexed by France

31 Dec 1813               Independence from France

19 May 1815 -             Part of the Swiss Confederation

 

Counts

880-885 Ratbert

885-931 Albitius

931-963 Conrad I

963-974 Conrad II

974-1000 Albert

1000-1023 Gérold I

1023-1080 Gérold II

1080-1128 Aimone I

1128-1178 Amadeus I

1178-1226 Guillaume I

1226      Humbert I

1226-1266 Guillaume II

1266-1268 Rudolph

1268-1290 Aimone II

1290-1308 Amadeus II

1308-1320 Guillaume III

1320-1367 Amadeus III

1367      Aimone IV

1367-1368 Amadeus IV

1368-1370 Jean

1370-1394 Peter

1394      Robert

1394-1400 Thoire, Humbert II

1400-1401 Thoire, Odo

 

Premiers syndics

31 Dec 1813 - 30 Jun 1816 Ami Lullin ........................................ 1748-1816

01 Jul 1816 - 31 Jan 1817 Jean-Pierre Schmidtmeyer (1st Time) ............... 1768-1830

01 Feb 1817 - 31 Jan 1818 Charles Gaspard De La Rive-Boissier ............... 1770-1834

01 Feb      - 31 Dec 1818 Jean-Pierre Schmidtmeyer (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1819 Jean-Charles Trembley van Berchem (1st Time) ...... 1768-1846

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1820 Jean-Pierre Schmidtmeyer (3rd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1821 Jean-Charles Trembley van Berchem (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1822 Jean-Pierre Schmidtmeyer (4th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1823 Jean-Louis Falquet

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1824 Jean-Pierre Schmidtmeyer (5th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1825 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (1st Time) ............ 1786-1854

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1826 Jean-Pierre Schmidtmeyer (6th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1827 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1828 Jean-Pierre Schmidtmeyer (7th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1829 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (3rd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1830 David Charles Odier-Eynard (1st Time) ............. 1765-1850

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1831 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (4th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1832 David Charles Odier-Eynard (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1833 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (5th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1834 Jean Louis Rieu (1st Time) ........................ 1788-1868

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1835 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (6th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1836 Jean Louis Rieu (2nd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1837 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (7th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1838 Jean Louis Rieu (3rd Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1839 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (8th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1840 Jean Louis Rieu (4th Time)

01 Jan 1841 - 31 Dec 1843 Jean-Jacques Rigaud-Saladin (9th Time)

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1844 Jean-Marc Demole (1st Time) ....................... 1796-1855

01 Jan      - 31 Dec 1845 André Patrice Decombes ............................ 1803-1877

01 Jan      - 08 Oct 1846 Jean-Marc Demole (2nd Time)

President of the Administrative Council of the City of Geneva

08 Oct      - 09 Oct 1846 Élie Ami Bétant ................................... 1803-1871

Presidents of the Council of State

09 Oct 1846 - 26 Nov 1848 Jean Jacob Fazy (1st Time) ........................ 1794-1878 PLR

26 Nov 1848 - 20 Nov 1849 François Jean Moulinié (1st Time) ................. 1796-1857 PLR

21 Nov 1849 - 30 Nov 1850 Jean Jacob Fazy (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1850 - 23 Nov 1851 François Jean Moulinié (2nd Time)

24 Nov 1851 - 23 Nov 1852 Jean Jacob Fazy (3rd Time)

24 Nov 1852 - 25 Nov 1853 Abraham Tourte (1st Time) ......................... 1818-1863 PLR

25 Nov 1853 - 27 Nov 1854 Balthazar Decrey .................................. 1792-1865 PLR

27 Nov 1854 - 26 Nov 1855 Jean-Jacques Castoldi ............................. 1804-1871 PLR

26 Nov 1855 - 25 Nov 1856 Jean Jacob Fazy (4th Time)

26 Nov 1856 - 30 Nov 1857 Abraham Tourte (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1857 - 29 Nov 1858 Jean Jacob Fazy (5th Time)

30 Nov 1858 - 30 Nov 1859 Adolphe Fontanel (1st Time) ....................... 1818-1879 PLR

01 Dec 1859 - 27 Nov 1860 Jean Jacob Fazy (6th Time)

28 Nov 1860 - 26 Nov 1861 Adolphe Fontanel (2nd Time)

27 Nov 1861 - 27 Nov 1862 Jacques-Jean Challet-Venel (1st Time) ............. 1811-1893 PLR

27 Nov 1862 - 30 Nov 1863 Adolphe Fontanel (3rd Time)

01 Dec 1863 - 12 Jul 1864 Jacques-Jean Challet-Venel (2nd Time)

13 Jul 1864 - 11 Sep 1865 Moïse Vautier (1st Time) .......................... 1831-1899 PLR

12 Sep      - 27 Nov 1865 Albert Louis Richard (1st Time) ................... 1826-1905 PLR

27 Nov 1865 - 26 Nov 1866 Philippe Camperio (1st Time) ...................... 1810-1882

26 Nov 1866 - 25 Nov 1867 Arthur Chenevière (1st Time) ...................... 1822-1908

25 Nov 1867 - 26 Nov 1868 Philippe Camperio (2nd Time)

26 Nov 1868 - 29 Nov 1869 Arthur Chenevière (2nd Time)

29 Nov 1869 - 30 Nov 1870 Albert Louis Richard (2nd Time)

25 Nov 1870 - 26 Nov 1871 Moïse Vautier (2nd Time)

27 Nov 1871 - 29 Nov 1872 Antoine Alfred Désiré Carteret (1st Time) ......... 1813-1889 PLS

30 Nov 1872 - 24 Nov 1873 Moïse Vautier (3rd Time)

24 Nov 1873 - 29 Nov 1874 Antoine Alfred Désiré Carteret (2nd Time)

30 Nov 1874 - 29 Nov 1875 Moïse Vautier (4th Time)

29 Nov 1875 - 29 Nov 1876 Antoine Alfred Désiré Carteret (3rd Time)

29 Nov 1876 - 26 Nov 1877 Moïse Vautier (5th Time)

27 Nov 1877 - 28 Nov 1878 Antoine Alfred Désiré Carteret (4th Time)

28 Nov 1878 - 24 Nov 1879 Moïse Vautier (6th Time)

24 Nov 1879 - 24 Nov 1880 Michel Chauvet .................................... 1823-1891 PDC

24 Nov 1880 - 28 Nov 1881 Antoine Alfred Désiré Carteret (5th Time)

28 Nov 1881 - 28 Nov 1882 Marc Héridier ..................................... 1840-1919 PLR

28 Nov 1882 - 26 Nov 1883 Antoine Alfred Désiré Carteret (6th Time)

26 Nov 1883 - 27 Nov 1884 Alexandre Gavard (1st Time) ....................... 1845-1898 PLR

27 Nov 1884 - 30 Nov 1885 Antoine Alfred Désiré Carteret (7th Time)

01 Dec 1885 - 29 Nov 1886 Alexandre Gavard (2nd Time)

30 Nov 1886 - 28 Nov 1887 Moïse Vautier (7th Time)

27 Nov 1887 - 30 Nov 1888 Alexandre Gavard (3rd Time)

01 Dec 1888 - 25 Nov 1889 Moïse Vautier (8th Time)

25 Nov 1889 - 30 Nov 1890 Gustave Ador (1st Time) ........................... 1845-1928 PLR

01 Dec 1890 - 30 Nov 1891 Albert Dunant (1st Time) .......................... 1843-1929 PLR

01 Dec 1891 - 30 Nov 1892 Gustave Ador (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1892 - 07 Sep 1893 Jean-Étienne Dufour ............................... 1840-1893 PLR

15 Sep      - 30 Nov 1893 Charles Boissonnes ................................ 1832-1912 PLR

01 Dec 1893 - 24 Nov 1894 Eugène Richard (1st Time) ......................... 1843-1925 PLR

24 Nov 1894 - 25 Nov 1895 Albert Dunant (2nd Time)

25 Nov 1895 - 26 Nov 1896 Gustave Ador (3rd Time)

26 Nov 1896 - 21 Nov 1897 Eugène Richard (2nd Time)

22 Nov 1897 - 20 Nov 1898 Alexandre Gavard (4th Time)

25 Nov 1898 - 23 May 1899 Moïse Vautier (7th Time)

02 Jun      - 23 Nov 1899 Alfred Didier (1st Time) .......................... 1842-1903 PLR

23 Nov 1899 - 26 Nov 1900 Alfred Vincent (1st Time) ......................... 1850-1906 PLR

26 Nov 1900 - 26 Nov 1901 Georges Favon ..................................... 1843-1902 PLR

26 Nov 1901 - 27 Nov 1902 Henri Fazy (1st Time) ............................. 1842-1920 PLS

28 Nov 1902 - 31 Mar 1903 Alfred Didier (2nd Time)

21 Jul      - 30 Nov 1903 Alfred Vincent (2nd Time)

30 Nov 1903 - 24 Nov 1904 Henri Fazy (2nd Time)

25 Nov 1904 - 30 Nov 1905 Alfred Vincent (3rd Time)

01 Dec 1905 - 26 Nov 1906 Henri Fazy (3rd Time)

26 Nov 1906 - 30 Nov 1907 François Besson ................................... 1859-1927 PLR

01 Dec 1907 - 30 Nov 1908 Henri Fazy (4th Time)

01 Dec 1908 - 20 Nov 1909 Victor Charbonnet ................................. 1861-1924 PLR

29 Nov 1909 - 24 Nov 1910 Henri Fazy (5th Time)

25 Nov 1910 - 30 Nov 1911 Jules Perréard .................................... 1862-1930 PLR

01 Dec 1911 - 25 Nov 1912 Henri Fazy (6th Time)

25 Nov 1912 - 30 Nov 1913 Guillaume Rosier (1st Time) ....................... 1856-1924 PLR

01 Dec 1913 - 30 Nov 1914 Henri Fazy (7th Time)

01 Dec 1914 - 29 Nov 1915 Guillaume Rosier (2nd Time)

29 Nov 1915 - 30 Nov 1916 Henri Fazy (8th Time)

01 Dec 1916 - 30 Nov 1917 Jean Rochaix (1st Time) ........................... 1879-1955 PLR

01 Dec 1917 - 25 Nov 1918 Henri Fazy (9th Time)

25 Nov 1918 - 30 Nov 1919 Jean Gignoux (1st Time) ........................... 1860-1930 PLS

01 Dec 1919 - 28 Nov 1920 Jules Mussard ..................................... 1857-1924 PLR

29 Nov 1920 - 27 Nov 1921 Jean Gignoux (2nd Time)

28 Nov 1921 - 27 Nov 1922 Jacques Rutty ..................................... 1849-1927 PLR

27 Nov 1922 - 29 Nov 1923 Jacques Gavard .................................... 1871-1930 PLS

30 Nov 1923 - 24 Nov 1924 Jean Gignoux (3rd Time)

24 Nov 1924 - 30 Nov 1925 Jean Rochaix (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1925 - 29 Nov 1926 Alexandre Moriaud (1st Time) ...................... 1871-1955 PLR

30 Nov 1926 - 03 Nov 1927 Antoine Bron ...................................... 1882-1942 PLR

03 Nov 1927 - 30 Nov 1928 Alexandre Moriaud (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1928 - 30 Nov 1929 Jean Boissonnas ................................... 1867-1951 PLR

01 Dec 1929 - 04 Dec 1930 Alexandre Moriaud (3rd Time)

04 Dec 1930 - 30 Nov 1931 Alfred Desbaillets ................................ 1882-1975 PLR

01 Dec 1931 - 30 Nov 1932 Frédéric Martin ................................... 1872-1942 PLR

01 Dec 1932 - 04 Dec 1933 Paul Lachenal ..................................... 1884-1955 PLR

03 Dec 1933 - 02 Dec 1934 Léon Nicole (1st Time) ............................ 1887-1965 PLS

02 Dec 1934 - 30 Nov 1935 Albert Naine ...................................... 1871-1957 PLS

01 Dec 1935 - 06 Dec 1936 Léon Nicole (2nd Time)

06 Dec 1936 - 25 Nov 1937 Adrien Lachenal (1st Time) ........................ 1885-1962 PLR

26 Nov 1937 - 28 Nov 1938 Albert Picot (1st Time) ........................... 1882-1966 PLS

29 Nov 1938 - 09 Dec 1939 Adrien Lachenal (2nd Time)

09 Dec 1939 - 21 Nov 1940 Louis Casaï (1st Time) ............................ 1888-1955 PLR

22 Nov 1940 - 28 Nov 1941 Paul Balmer ....................................... 1881-1977 PLS

28 Nov 1941 - 27 Nov 1942 François Perréard (1st Time) ...................... 1892-1974 PLS

27 Nov 1942 - 30 Nov 1943 Adrien Lachenal (3rd Time)

01 Dec 1943 - 30 Nov 1944 Albert Picot (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1944 - 30 Nov 1946 François Perréard (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1946 - 30 Nov 1948 Louis Casaï (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1948 - 30 Nov 1949 Charles Duboile (1st Time)  ....................... 1895-1956 PLR

01 Dec 1949 - 30 Nov 1950 Aymon de Senarclens ............................... 1905-1970 PLS

01 Dec 1950 - 15 Dec 1951 François Perréard (3rd Time)

15 Dec 1951 - 30 Nov 1952 Louis Casaï (3rd Time)

01 Dec 1952 - 30 Nov 1953 Antoine Pugin ..................................... 1898-1978 PCSI

01 Dec 1953 - 30 Nov 1954 Charles Duboile (2nd Time)

13 Dec 1954 - 30 Nov 1955 François Perréard (4th Time)

01 Dec 1955 - 30 Nov 1956 Aymon de Senarclens (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1956 - 09 Dec 1957 Alfred Borel ...................................... 1902-1997 PLR

09 Dec 1957 - 30 Nov 1958 Jean Dutoit ....................................... 1908-1985 PLR

01 Dec 1958 - 30 Nov 1959 Émile Dupont (1st Time) ........................... 1911-1991 PDC

01 Dec 1959 - 30 Nov 1960 Jean Treina (1st Time) ............................ 1899-1968 PLS

01 Dec 1960 - 30 Nov 1961 Édouard Chamay .................................... 1896-1990 PLR

18 Dec 1961 - 30 Nov 1962 Émile Dupont (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1962 - 30 Nov 1963 Charles Duchemin .................................. 1901-1986 PLR

01 Dec 1963 - 30 Nov 1964 René Helg ......................................... 1917-1989

01 Dec 1964 - 12 Dec 1965 Jean Treina (2nd Time)

13 Dec 1965 - 30 Nov 1966 André Ruffieux .................................... 1912-2009 PDC

01 Dec 1966 - 30 Nov 1967 André Chavanne (1st Time) ......................... 1916-1988 PSS

01 Dec 1967 - 30 Nov 1968 François Peyrot ................................... 1918-1998 PLS

01 Dec 1968 - 15 Dec 1969 Gilbert Duboule ................................... 1925-1983 PLR

15 Dec 1969 - 30 Nov 1970 Jean Babel (1st Time) ............................. 1921-2005 PDC

01 Dec 1970 - 30 Nov 1971 Guillaume Donzé (1st Time) ........................ 1916-1987 PSS

01 Dec 1971 - 30 Nov 1972 Henri Schmitt (1st Time) .......................... 1926-1982 PLR

01 Dec 1972 - 17 Dec 1973 François Picot .................................... 1920-     PLS

17 Dec 1973 - 30 Nov 1974 Gilbert Duboule (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1974 - 30 Nov 1975 André Chavanne (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1975 - 30 Nov 1976 Jean Babel (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1976 - 19 Dec 1977 Henri Schmitt (2nd Time)

20 Dec 1977 - 30 Nov 1978 Guillaume Donzé (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1978 - 30 Nov 1979 Jacques Vernet (1st Time) ......................... 1926-     PLR

01 Dec 1979 - 30 Nov 1980 Guy Fontanet ...................................... 1927-2014 PDC

01 Dec 1980 - 14 Dec 1981 André Chavanne (3rd Time)

14 Dec 1981 - 30 Nov 1982 Robert Docret (1st Time) .......................... 1927-     PLR

01 Dec 1982 - 30 Nov 1983 Pierre Wellhauser (1st Time) ...................... 1931-     PLS

01 Dec 1983 - 30 Nov 1984 Alain Borner ...................................... 1932-     PLR

01 Dec 1984 - 25 Nov 1985 Jacques Vernet (2nd Time)

25 Nov 1985 - 30 Nov 1986 Christian Grobet (1st Time) ....................... 1941-     ADC

01 Dec 1986 - 30 Nov 1987 Robert Docret (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1987 - 30 Nov 1988 Pierre Wellhauser (2nd Time)

01 Dec 1988 - 30 Nov 1989 Jacques Vernet (3rd Time)

01 Dec 1989 - 30 Nov 1990 Dominique Föllmi .................................. 1938-     PDC

01 Dec 1990 - 30 Nov 1991 Berdard Ziegler ................................... 1945-     PSS

01 Dec 1991 - 30 Nov 1992 Jean-Philippe Maitre (1st Time) ................... 1949-2006 PDC

01 Dec 1992 - 06 Dec 1993 Christian Grobet (2nd Time)

06 Dec 1993 - 30 Nov 1994 Claude Haegi ...................................... 1940-     PLS

01 Dec 1994 - 30 Nov 1995 Olivier Vodoz ..................................... 1943-     PLS

01 Dec 1995 - 01 Dec 1996 Guy-Olivier Segond (1st Time) ..................... 1945-     PLR

02 Dec 1996 - 07 Dec 1997 Jean-Philippe Maitre (2nd Time)

07 Dec 1997 - 08 Dec 1998 Gérard Ramseyer ................................... 1941-     PLR

08 Dec 1998 - 30 Nov 1999 Martine Brunschwig Graf (1st Time) ................ 1950-     PLS

01 Dec 1999 - 30 Nov 2000 Guy-Olivier Segond (2nd Time)

01 Dec 2000 - 03 Dec 2001 Carlo Lamprecht ................................... 1935-     PDC

03 Dec 2001 - 30 Nov 2002 Micheline Calmy-Ray ............................... 1945-     PSS

01 Dec 2002 - 03 Dec 2003 Laurent Moutinot (1st Time) ....................... 1953-     PSS

03 Dec 2003 - 30 Nov 2004 Robert Cramer ..................................... 1954-    

01 Dec 2004 - 05 Dec 2005 Martine Brunschwig Graf (2nd Time)

05 Dec 2005 - 06 Dec 2006 Pierre-François Unger (1st Time) .................. 1951-     PDC

06 Dec 2006 - 04 Dec 2007 Charles Beer (1st Time) ........................... 1961-     PSS

05 Dec 2007 - 03 Dec 2008 Laurent Moutinot (2nd Time)

03 Dec 2008 - 07 Dec 2009 David Hiler ....................................... 1955-    

07 Dec 2009 - 01 Dec 2010 François Longchamp (1st Time) ..................... 1963-     PLR

01 Dec 2010 - 07 Dec 2011 Mark Muller ....................................... 1964-     PLR

07 Dec 2011 - 05 Dec 2012 Pierre-François Unger (2nd Time)

05 Dec 2012 - 10 Dec 2013 Charles Beer (2nd Time)

10 Dec 2013 -             François Longchamp (2nd Time)

 

 

 

ADC=Alliance de Gauche (Left Alliance).

PBD=Parti bourgeois démocratique (Conservative Democratic Party).

PDC=Parti Democrate-Chrétien (Christian Democratic People's Party, Christian Democratic).

PLR=Parti Libéraux-Ridicaux, also former LP/PLS=The Liberals to 2009).

PES=Parti écologiste Suisse (The Greens, Green Party of Switzerland, environmentalism).

PS=Parti socialist Suisse (Social Democratic Party Switzerland, social democratic).

UDC=Union Démocratique du Centre (Swiss People's Party (Right-wing populism, agrarianism, isolationism).