Swiss Federal Council

 

Members of the Federal Council

16 Nov 1848 - 31 Dec 1854 Ulrich Ochsenbein

16 Nov 1848 - 06 Feb 1855 Martin Josef Munzinger

16 Nov 1848 - 29 Mar 1855 Dabiel-Henri Druey

16 Nov 1848 - 19 Jul 1857 Stefano Franscini

16 Nov 1848 - 25 Jul 1861 Jonas Furrer

16 Nov 1848 - 31 Dec 1866 Friedrich Frey-Herosé

16 Nov 1848 - 31 Dec 1875 Wilhelm Matthias Naef

01 Jan 1855 - 31 Dec 1863 Jakob Stämpfli

11 Jul 1855 - 31 Oct 1867 Constant Fornerod

01 Aug 1855 - 31 Dec 1875 Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel

01 Aug 1857 - 26 Jan 1864 Giovanni Battista Pioda

01 Aug 1861 - 28 May 1872 Jakub Dubs

01 Jan 1864 - 18 Jul 1895 Karl Schenk

01 Aug 1864 - 07 Dec 1872 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel

01 Jan 1867 - 31 Dec 1891 Emil Welti

01 Jan 1868 - 29 Dec 1869 Victor Ruffy

01 Jan 1870 - 31 Dec 1875 Paul Cérésole

01 Aug 1872 - 23 Dec 1878 Johann Jakob Schere

01 Jan 1873 - 31 Dec 1875 Eugène Borel

01 Jan 1876 - 31 Dec 1878 Joachim Heer

01 Jan 1876 - 25 Dec 1880 Fridolin Anderwert

01 Jan 1876 - 31 Dec 1890 Bernhard Hammer

01 Jan 1876 - 18 Dec 1892 Numa Droz

01 Jan 1879 - 05 Jan 1883 Simeon Bavier

01 Apr 1879 - 27 Nov 1888 Wilhelm Hertenstein

01 Mar 1881 - 14 Sep 1893 Louis Ruchonnet

01 May 1883 - 10 Jul 1912 Adolf Deucher

01 Jan 1889 - 22 Oct 1902 Walter Hauser

01 Jan 1891 - 11 Mar 1897 Emil Frey

01 Jan 1892 - 17 Jun 1908 Joseph Zemp

01 Jan 1893 - 31 Dec 1899 Adrien Lachenal

01 Jan 1894 - 31 Oct 1899 Eugène Ruffy

01 Sep 1895 - 09 Nov 1919 Eduard Müller

01 Apr 1897 - 11 Mar 1911 Ernst Brenner

01 Jan 1900 - 04 Mar 1912 Robert Comtesse

01 Jan 1900 - 09 Jul 1912 Marc-Emil Ruchet

01 Jan 1903 - 07 Dec 1917 Ludwig Forrer

01 Jul 1908 - 27 Nov 1911 Josef Anton Schobinger

01 May 1911 - 19 Jun 1917 Artur Hoffmann

01 Jan 1912 - 23 Jan 1940 Giuseppe Motta

01 May 1912 - 16 May 1913 Louis Perrier

01 Aug 1912 - 07 Nov 1919 Camille Decoppet

01 Aug 1912 - 15 Apr 1935 Edmund Schulthess

01 Jul 1913 - 12 Feb 1920 Felix Calonder

01 Jul 1917 - 31 Dec 1919 Gustave Addor

01 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1929 Robert Haab

01 Jan 1920 - 14 Nov 1929 Karl Scheurer

01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1928 Ernest Chuard

01 Jan 1920 - 30 Apr 1934 Jean-Marie Musy

01 Mar 1920 - 12 Mar 1934 Heinrich Häberlin

01 Jan 1929 - 07 Nov 1944 Marcel Pilet-Golaz

01 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1940 Rudolf Minger

01 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1938 Albrecht Meyer

01 Apr 1934 - 31 Dec 1940 Johannes Baumann

01 Apr 1934 - 19 Nov 1959 Philipp Etter

01 May 1935 - 20 Jun 1940 Hermann Obrecht

01 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1943 Ernst Wetter

01 Mar 1940 - 23 Jun 1950 Enrico Celio

01 Aug 1940 - 18 Nov 1947 Walther Stampfli

01 Jan 1941 - 09 Nov 1951 Eduard von Steiger

01 Jan 1941 - 05 Nov 1954 Karl Kobelt

01 Jan 1944 - 13 Nov 1951 Ernst Nobbs

01 Jan 1945 - 30 Jan 1961 Max Petitpierre

01 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1954 Rodolph Rubattel

01 Oct 1950 - 26 Nov 1954 Josef Escher

01 Jan 1952 - 03 Nov 1958 Markus Feldmann

01 Jan 1952 - 08 Dec 1952 Max Weber

01 Jan 1954 - 19 Nov 1959 Hans Steuli

01 Jan 1955 - 20 Nov 1959 Thomas Holenstein

01 Jan 1955 - 24 Nov 1959 Giuseppe Lepori ........................................ 1902-1968 CVP

01 Jan 1955 - 28 Nov 1966 Paul Chaudet

01 Jan 1959 - 31 Dec 1965 Friedrich Traugott Wahlen

01 Jan 1960 - 30 Sep 1962 Jean Bourgknecht

01 Jan 1960 - 31 Jan 1970 Wilhelm Spühler

01 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1971 Ludwig von Moos

01 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1973 Hans-Peter Tschudi

01 Jul 1961 - 31 Dec 1969 Hans Schaffner

01 Oct 1962 - 31 Dec 1973 Roger Bonvin

01 Jan 1966 - 31 Dec 1979 Rudolf Gnägi

01 Jan 1967 - 31 Dec 1973 Nello Celio

01 Jan 1970 - 31 Jan 1978 Pierre Graber

01 Jan 1972 - 31 Dec 1986 Kurt Furgler

01 Jan 1974 - 03 Oct 1983 Wilhelm Ritschard

01 Jan 1974 - 31 Dec 1982 Hans Hürlimann

01 Jan 1974 - 31 Dec 1983 Georges-André Chevallaz

01 Jan 1978 - 31 Dec 1982 Fritz Honegger

01 Jan 1978 - 31 Dec 1987 Pierre Aubert

01 Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 1987 Leon Schlumpf                                                      SVP

01 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 1986 Alphons Egli                                                       CVP

01 Jan 1983 - 20 Oct 1984 Rudolf Heinrich Friedrich .............................. 1923-     PRD

01 Jan 1984 - 31 Oct 1995 Anton Otto Stich-Stampfli                                          SPS

01 Jan 1984 - 30 Mar 1998 Jean-Pascal Delamuraz                                              LP

01 Nov 1984 - 12 Jan 1989 Elisabeth Kopp ......................................... 1936-     LP

01 Jan 1987 - 13 Jan 1998 Arnold Koller                                                      CVP

01 Jan 1987 - 13 Jan 1999 Flavio Cotti                                                       CVP

01 Jan 1988 - 31 Mar 1993 René Felber                                                        PS

01 Jan 1988 - 31 Dec 2000 Adolf Ogi                                                          SVP

01 Feb 1989 - 31 Dec 2003 Kaspar Villiger                                                    LP

01 Apr 1993 - 31 Dec 2002 Ruth Dreifuss                                                      SPS

01 Nov 1995 - 30 Sep 2010 Moritz Leuenberger                                                 SPS

01 Apr 1998 - 31 Oct 2009 Pascal Roger Couchepin                                             PRD

01 Apr 1999 - 31 Dec 2003 Ruth Metzler-Arnold                                                CVP

01 Apr 1998 - 31 Jul 2006 Joseph Deiss                                                       CVP

01 Jan 2001 - 31 Dec 2008 Samuel Jörg Schmid                                                 BDP                                     

01 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2011 Micheline Calmy-Rey .................................... 1945-     (GE) PS

01 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2007 Christopher Wolfram Blocher ............................ 1940-     (ZH) SVP

01 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2011 Hans-Rudolf Merz ....................................... 1942-     (AR) LP/FDP

01 Aug 2006 -             Doris Leuthard ......................................... 1963-     (AG) CVP

01 Jan 2008 -             Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf ................................ 1956-     (GB) BDP

01 Jan 2009 -             Ulrich Maurer .......................................... 1950-     (ZH) SVP

01 Nov 2009 -             Didier Burkhalter ...................................... 1960-     (NC) FDP

01 Oct 2010 -             Simonetta Sommaruga .................................... 1960-     (BE) SPS

01 Oct 2010 -             Johann Niklaus Schneider-Ammann ........................ 1952-     (BE) FDP

01 Jan 2012 -             Alain Berset ........................................... 1972-     (FB) PS

 

 

Chancellors

19 Feb 1803 - 1830        Jean Marc Samuel Isaac Mousson

       1830 - 31 Dec 1847 Karl Nikolaus von Flue AmRhyn

01 Jan 1848 - 31 Dec 1881 Johann Ulich Scheiss

01 Jan 1882 - 31 Dec 1909 Gottlieb Ringier

01 Jan 1910 - 31 Dec 1918 Hans Schatzmann

01 Jan 1919 - 1925        Adolf von Steiger

1925 - 1934               Robert Kaslin

       1934 - 31 Dec 1943 George Bovet

01 Jan 1944 - 1951        Oskar Leimgruber ....................................... 1886-1976 (FB)

       1951 - 31 Dec 1967 Charles Oser ........................................... 1902-1994 (SG) CVP

01 Jan 1968 - 1981        Karl Huber ............................................. 1915-2002 (SG) CVP

1981 - 1991               Walter Buser ........................................... 1926-     (ST) SP

       1991 - 31 Dec 1999 François Couchepin ..................................... 1935-     (WS) FDP

01 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2007 Annemaria Huber-Hotz ................................... 1948-     (ZG) FDP

01 Jan 2008 -             Corina Casanova ........................................ 1956-     (GB) CVP

 

BDP=Bürgerlich-Demokratischer Partei/PBD=Parti bourgeois démocratique/Partito borghese democratico/

Partida burgais democratica (Conservative Democratic Party)

CVP=Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei/PDC=Parti Democrate-Chrétien/PPD=Partito Populare Democratico

/PD=Partida Cristiandemocratica (Christian Democratic People's Party, Christian Democratic)

FDP=Freisinnig-Demokratischen Partei/PLR=Parti Libéraux-Ridicaux/Partito I Liberali/PLD=Ils Liberals

(Freethinking Democratic Party, former LP/PLR=The Liberals to 2009)

GPS=Grüne Partei der Schweiz/PES=Parti écologiste suisse/Partito ecologista svizzero/Partida ecologica svizra

(The Greens, Green Party of Switzerland, environmentalism)

SPS=Sozialdemokratishe Partei der Schweiz/PS=Parti socialist Suisse/Partito Socialista Svizzero/

Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra (Social Democratic Party Switzerland, social democratic)

SVP=Schweizerische Volkspartei/UDC=Union Démocratique du Centre/Unione Democratica di Centro/

PPS=Partida Populara Svizra (Swiss People's Party (Right-wing populism, agrarianism, isolationism)