List of members of the Swiss Federal Council

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The tables below show the members of the Swiss Federal Council (in German: Bundesrat, in French: conseil fédéral, in Italian: consiglio federale), or Federal Councilors (in German: Bundesräte, in French: conseillers fédéraux, in Italian: consiglieri federali), in chronological order and for any given year since inauguration of the federal council, from 1848 to present. For an alphabetical list, see Category:Members of the Swiss Federal Council.

Contents

[edit] Chronological, by Councilor

# Name Canton Election Left office Department
headed		 Party Notes
1 Jonas Furrer Jonas Furrer ZH 16 November 1848 25 July 1861 PD, DJP FDP/PRD Died in office
2 Ulrich Ochsenbein BE 16 November 1848 6 December 1854 MD FDP/PRD Not reelected
3 Daniel-Henri Druey VD 16 November 1848 29 March 1855 DJP, PD, DF FDP/PRD Died in office
4 Martin J. Munzinger SO 16 November 1848 6 February 1855 DF, PD,
DPC, DTC		 FDP/PRD Died in office
5 Stefano Franscini TI 16 November 1848 19 July 1857 DHA FDP/PRD Died in office
6 Friedrich Frey-Herosé AG 16 November 1848 31 December 1866 DTC, PD, MD FDP/PRD
7 Wilhelm Matthias Naeff SG 16 November 1848 31 December 1875 DPC, PD, DTC,
DP, DF, DRT		 FDP/PRD
8 Jakob Stämpfli BE 6 December 1854 31 December 1863 DJP, PD,
DF, MD		 FDP/PRD
9 Constant Fornerod VD 11 July 1855 31 October 1867 DTC, PD,
DF, MD		 FDP/PRD
10 Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel LU 14 July 1855 31 December 1875 DF, DTC, DJP,
PD, DHA		 FDP/PRD
11 Giovanni Battista Pioda TI 30 July 1857 26 January 1864 DHA FDP/PRD
12 Jakob Dubs ZH 30 July 1861 28 May 1872 DJP, PD,
DHA, DP		 FDP/PRD
13 Karl Schenk BE 12 December 1863 18 July 1895 DHA, DF, DRT FDP/PRD Died in office
14 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel GE 12 July 1864 7 December 1872 DF, DP FDP/PRD Not reelected
15 Emil Welti AG 8 December 1866 31 December 1891 MD, PD, DPT,
DPR, DJP		 FDP/PRD
16 Victor Ruffy VD 6 December 1867 29 December 1869 DF, MD FDP/PRD Died in office
17 Paul Ceresole VD 1 February 1870 31 December 1875 DF, MD,
PD, DJP		 FDP/PRD
18 Johann Jakob Scherer ZH 12 July 1872 23 December 1878 DF, DRT,
PD, MD		 FDP/PRD Died in office
19 Eugène Borel NE 7 December 1872 31 December 1875 DPT FDP/PRD
20 Joachim Heer GL 10 December 1875 31 December 1878 DPT, PD, DRT FDP/PRD
21 Fridolin Anderwert TG 10 December 1875 25 December 1880 DJP FDP/PRD Died in office
(committed suicide)
22 Bernhard Hammer SO 10 December 1875 31 December 1890 DF, PD FDP/PRD
23 Numa Droz NE 18 December 1875 18 December 1892 DHA, DTA,
PD, DFA		 FDP/PRD
24 Simeon Bavier GR 10 December 1878 5 January 1883 DF, DPR, PD FDP/PRD
25 Wilhelm Hertenstein ZH 21 March 1879 27 November 1888 MD FDP/PRD Died in office
26 Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet VD 3 March 1881 14 September 1893 DTA, DJP, PD FDP/PRD Died in office
27 Adolf Deucher TG 10 April 1883 10 July 1912 DJP, DPR, DHA,
PD, DTA, DIA		 FDP/PRD Died in office
28 Walter Hauser ZH 13 December 1888 22 October 1902 MD, DF, PD FDP/PRD Died in office
29 Emil Frey BL 11 December 1890 11 March 1897 MD FDP/PRD
30 Joseph Zemp LU 17 December 1891 17 June 1908 DPR, PD, DPR CVP/PDC
31 Adrien Lachenal GE 15 December 1892 31 December 1899 DFA, PD,
DTIA, DHA		 FDP/PRD
32 Eugène Ruffy VD 14 December 1893 31 October 1899 DJP, DHA,
PD, MD		 FDP/PRD
33 Eduard Müller BE 16 August 1895 9 November 1919 DJP, MD, PD FDP/PRD Died in office
34 Ernst Brenner BS 25 March 1897 11 March 1911 DJP, PD FDP/PRD Died in office
35 Robert Comtesse NE 14 December 1899 4 March 1912 DF, DJP,
DPR, PD		 FDP/PRD
36 Marc-Emile Ruchet VD 14 December 1899 9 July 1912 DHA, DF, PD FDP/PRD
37 Ludwig Forrer ZH 11 December 1902 7 December 1917 FDP/PRD
38 Josef Anton Schobinger LU 17 June 1908 27 November 1911 CVP/PDC
39 Arthur Hoffmann SG 4 April 1911 19 June 1917 FDP/PRD
40 Giuseppe Motta TI 14 December 1911 23 January 1940 CVP/PDC
41 Louis Perrier NE 12 March 1912 16 May 1913 FDP/PRD
42 Camille Decoppet VD 17 July 1912 7 November 1919 FDP/PRD
43 Edmund Schulthess AG 17 July 1912 15 April 1935 FDP/PRD
44 Felix-Louis Calonder GR 12 June 1913 12 February 1920 FDP/PRD
45 Gustave Ador GE 26 June 1917 31 December 1919 LPS/PLS
46 Robert Haab ZH 13 December 1917 31 December 1929 FDP/PRD
47 Karl Scheurer BE 11 December 1919 14 November 1929 FDP/PRD
48 Ernest Chuard VD 11 December 1919 31 December 1928 FDP/PRD
49 Jean-Marie Musy FR 11 December 1919 30 April 1934 CVP/PDC
50 Heinrich Häberlin TG 12 February 1920 12 March 1934 FDP/PRD
51 Marcel Pilet-Golaz VD 13 December 1928 7 November 1944 FDP/PRD
52 Rudolf Minger BE 12 December 1929 31 December 1940 SVP/UDC
53 Albert Meyer ZH 12 December 1929 31 December 1938 FDP/PRD
54 Johannes Baumann AR 22 March 1934 31 December 1940 FDP/PRD
55 Philipp Etter ZG 28 March 1934 19 November 1959 CVP/PDC
56 Hermann Obrecht SO 4 April 1935 20 June 1940 FDP/PRD
57 Ernst Wetter ZH 15 December 1938 31 December 1943 FDP/PRD
58 Enrico Celio TI 22 February 1940 23 June 1950 CVP/PDC
59 Walther Stampfli SO 18 July 1940 18 November 1947 FDP/PRD
60 Eduard von Steiger BE 10 December 1940 9 November 1951 SVP/UDC
61 Karl Kobelt SG 10 December 1940 5 November 1954 FDP/PRD
62 Ernst Nobs ZH 15 December 1943 13 November 1951 SPS/PSS
63 Max Petitpierre NE 14 December 1944 30 June 1961 FDP/PRD
64 Rodolphe Rubattel VD 11 December 1947 1 November 1954 FDP/PRD
65 Josef Escher VS 14 September 1950 26 November 1954 CVP/PDC
66 Markus Feldmann BE 13 December 1951 3 November 1958 SVP/UDC
67 Max Weber ZH 13 December 1951 8 December 1953 SPS/PSS
68 Hans Streuli ZH 22 December 1953 19 November 1959 FDP/PRD
69 Thomas Holenstein SG 16 December 1954 20 November 1959 CVP/PDC
70 Paul Chaudet VD 16 December 1954 28 November 1966 FDP/PRD
71 Giuseppe Lepori TI 16 December 1954 24 November 1959 CVP/PDC
72 Friedrich Traugott Wahlen BE 11 December 1958 31 December 1965 SVP/UDC
73 Jean Bourgknecht FR 17 December 1959 3 September 1962 CVP/PDC
74 Willy Spühler ZH 17 December 1959 31 January 1970 SPS/PSS
75 Ludwig von Moos OW 17 December 1959 31 December 1971 CVP/PDC
76 Hans-Peter Tschudi BS 17 December 1959 31 December 1973 SPS/PSS
77 Hans Schaffner AG 15 June 1961 31 December 1969 FDP/PRD
78 Roger Bonvin VS 27 September 1962 31 December 1973 CVP/PDC
79 Rudolf Gnägi BE 8 December 1965 31 December 1979 SVP/UDC
80 Nello Celio TI 15 December 1966 31 December 1973 FDP/PRD
81 Pierre Graber NE 10 December 1969 31 January 1978 SPS/PSS
82 Ernst Brugger ZH 10 December 1969 31 January 1978 FDP/PRD
83 Kurt Furgler SG 8 December 1971 31 December 1986 CVP/PDC
84 Willi Ritschard SO 5 December 1973 3 October 1983 SPS/PSS
85 Hans Hürlimann ZG 5 December 1973 31 December 1982 CVP/PDC
86 Georges-André Chevallaz VD 5 December 1973 31 December 1983 FDP/PRD
87 Fritz Honegger ZH 7 December 1977 31 December 1982 FDP/PRD
88 Pierre Aubert NE 7 December 1977 31 December 1987 SPS/PSS
89 Leon Schlumpf GR 5 December 1979 31 December 1987 SVP/UDC
90 Alphons Egli LU 8 December 1982 31 December 1986 CVP/PDC
91 Rudolf Friedrich ZH 8 December 1982 20 October 1984 FDP/PRD
92 Otto Stich SO 7 December 1983 31 October 1995 SPS/PSS
93 Jean-Pascal Delamuraz VD 7 December 1983 14 January 1998 FDP/PRD
94 Elisabeth Kopp ZH 2 October 1984 12 January 1989 FDP/PRD
95 Arnold Koller AI 10 December 1986 13 January 1999 CVP/PDC
96 Flavio Cotti TI 10 December 1986 13 January 1999 CVP/PDC
97 René Felber NE 9 December 1987 31 March 1993 SPS/PSS
98 Adolf Ogi BE 9 December 1987 31 December 2000 SVP/UDC
99 Kaspar Villiger LU 1 February 1989 31 December 2003 FDP/PRD
100 Ruth Dreifuss GE 10 March 1993 31 December 2002 SPS/PSS
101 Moritz Leuenberger ZH 27 September 1995 — SPS/PSS
102 Pascal Couchepin VS 11 March 1998 — FDP/PRD
103 Ruth Metzler-Arnold AI 11 March 1999 31 December 2003 CVP/PDC Not reelected
104 Joseph Deiss FR 11 March 1999 31 July 2006 FDFA, FDEA CVP/PDC
105 Samuel Schmid BE 6 December 2000 — SVP/UDC
106 Micheline Calmy-Rey (GE) 4 December 2002 — SPS/PSS
107 Christoph Blocher (ZH) 10 December 2003 — SVP/UDC
108 Hans-Rudolf Merz (AR) 10 December 2003 — FDF FDP/PRD
109 Doris Leuthard (AG) 14 June 2006 — FDEA CVP/PDC

[edit] Chronological, global

Decade First day in office[1] Federal councilors
1848 16 November 1848
 Ulrich Ochsenbein[2] Jonas Furrer Martin J. Munzinger Daniel-Henri Druey Friedrich Frey-Herosé Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Stefano Franscini
1850s  
31 December 1854 Jakob Stämpfli
11 July 1855 [3] Constant Fornerod
14 July 1855 Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
30 July 1857 Giovanni Battista Pioda
1860s  
30 July 1861 Jakob Dubs
31 December 1863 Karl Schenk
12 July 1864 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel [2]
31 December 1866 Emil Welti
31 October 1867 Victor Ruffy
1870s  
1 February 1870 Paul Cérésole
28 May 1872 Johann Jakob Scherer
31 December 1872 Eugène Borel
31 December 1875 [3] [4] Joachim Heer Numa Droz Fridolin Anderwert Bernhard Hammer
31 December 1878[4] Simeon Bavier
1880s  
3 March 1881 [3] Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet
10 April 1883 Adolf Deucher
13 December 1888 Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein
1890s  
31 December 1890 Emil Frey
31 December 1891 Josef Zemp
31 December 1892 Adrien Lachenal
14 December 1893 Eugène Ruffy
16 August 1895 Eduard Müller Walter Hauser
31 March 1897 Ernst Brenner
14 December 1899 Marc-Emile Ruchet
1900s 31 December 1899 Robert Comtesse
11 December 1902 Ludwig Forrer
17 June 1908 Josef Anton Schobinger
1910s  
4 April 1911 Arthur Hoffmann
14 December 1911 Giuseppe Motta
12 March 1912 Louis Perrier
17 July 1912 Edmund Schulthess Camille Decoppet
12 June 1913 Felix-Louis Calonder
26 June 1917 Gustave Ador
31 December 1917 Robert Haab
11 December 1919 Karl Scheurer
31 December 1919 Ernest Chuard Jean-Marie Musy
1920s  
12 February 1920 Heinrich Häberlin
31 December 1928 Marcel Pilet-Golaz
12 December 1929 Rudolf Minger Albert Meyer
1930s  
30 April 1934 Johannes Baumann Philipp Etter
15 April 1935 Hermann Obrecht
31 December 1938 Ernst Wetter
1940s  
22 February 1940 Enrico Celio
31 July 1940
10 December 1940 Eduard von Steiger Walther Stampfli
31 December 1940 Karl Kobelt
31 December 1943 Ernst Nobs
31 December 1944 Max Petitpierre
31 December 1947 Rodolphe Rubattel
1950s  
15 October 1950 Josef Escher
13 December 1951 Markus Feldmann
31 December 1951 Max Weber
9 December 1954 Thomas Holenstein
31 December 1954 Hans Streuli Paul Chaudet Giuseppe Lepori
11 December 1958 Friedrich Traugott Wahlen
1960s 31 December 1959 [5] Willy Spühler Hans-Peter Tschudi Ludwig von Moos Jean Bourgknecht
30 June 1961 Hans Schaffner
30 September 1962 Roger Bonvin
31 December 1965 Rudolf Gnägi
31 December 1966 Nello Celio
1970s 31 December 1969 Ernst Brugger
31 January 1970 Pierre Graber
31 December 1971 Kurt Furgler
1 December 1973 Willy Ritschard
31 December 1973 Georges-André Chevallaz Hans Hürlimann
31 January 1978 Pierre Aubert Fritz Honegger
1980s 31 December 1979 Leon Schlumpf
31 December 1982 Rudolf Friedrich Alphons Egli
7 December 1983 Otto Stich
31 December 1983 Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
20 October 1984 Elisabeth Kopp
31 December 1986 Arnold Koller Flavio Cotti
31 December 1987 Adolf Ogi René Felber
12 January 1989 Kaspar Villiger
1990s 31 December 1989
31 March 1993 [3] Ruth Dreifuss


31 October 1995 Moritz Leuenberger


30 March 1998 Pascal Couchepin
30 April 1999 Ruth Metzler-Arnold [2] Joseph Deiss


2000s  


31 December 2000 Samuel Schmid


31 December 2002 Micheline Calmy-Rey


31 December 2003[6]


Christoph Blocher


Hans-Rudolf Merz


31 July 2006 Doris Leuthard


14 December 2006


[edit] Notes

Parties Members
FDP/PRD (Freisinnige, parti radical) 67
LPS/PLS 1
CVP/PDC(formerly KVP) 19
SVP/UDC (formerly BGB/PAI) 9
SPS/PSS 12
  1. ^ Members are elected by federal parliament for a four year term and traditionally re-elected. If the predecessor died in office, date of election, otherwise - if available - first day in office.
  2. ^ a b c Not reelected (Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Ulrich Ochsenbein, Ruth Metzler-Arnold)
  3. ^ a b c d The office was previously declined by the first person elected:
    * 11.7.1855 Johann Stehlin (1803-1879) BS;
    * 18.12.1875 Charles Estoppey (1820-1888) VD;
    * 10.12.1875 Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet (1834-1893) VD, accepted later;
    * 22.2.1881 Karl Hoffmann (1820-1895) SG;
    *03.03.1993 Francis Matthey (1942-2002) NE.
  4. ^ a b Exceptionally low representation of the French and Italian speaking cantons, compared to the German speaking ones (1:6). In recent years, those are overrepresented 3:4 (proportional to their population).
  5. ^ Traditional "magic formula" (Zauberformel) of the Council's composition established: FDP/PRD 2, CVP/PDC 2, SPS/PSS 2, SVP/UDC 1.
  6. ^ Government composition changed for the first time since 1959: FDP/PRD 2, SPS/PSS 2, SVP/UDC 2, CVP/PDC 1.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Time in office

Schenk died in his 32nd year in office.
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Schenk died in his 32nd year in office.

The following tables do not include councilors currently in office.

Longest Time in Office
Years Name Term
31 Karl Schenk 1863–1895
29 Adolf Deucher 1883–1912
28 Giuseppe Motta 1911–1940
27 Wilhelm Matthias Naeff 1848–1875
25 Emil Welti 1866–1891
Philipp Etter 1934–1959
24 Eduard Müller 1895–1919
22 Edmund Schulthess 1912–1935
20 Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel 1855–1875
Shortest Time in Office
Years Name Term
1 Louis Perrier 1912–1913
Rudolf Friedrich 1982–1984
2 Gustave Ador 1917–1919
Jean Bourgknecht 1959–1962
Max Weber 1951–1954
Victor Ruffy 1867–1869
3 Eugène Borel 1872–1875
Joachim Heer 1875–1878
Josef Anton Schobinger 1908–1911
4 Alphons Egli 1983–1986
Elisabeth Kopp 1984–1989
Josef Escher 1950–1954
Ruth Metzler-Arnold 1999–2003
5 Ernst Wetter 1938–1943
Fridolin Anderwert 1875–1880
Fritz Honegger 1977–1982
Giuseppe Lepori 1954–1959
Hermann Obrecht 1935–1940
Paul Cérésole 1870–1875
René Felber 1987–1993
Thomas Holenstein 1955–1959

[edit] Age (oldest and youngest)

The Oldest:Ador was elected at age 72
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The Oldest:
Ador was elected at age 72
The Youngest:Numa Droz was 31 years old at his election
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The Youngest:
Numa Droz was 31 years old at his election
Age when elected
Age Name Elected
72 Gustave Ador 1917
65 Josef Escher 1950
63 Louis Perrier 1912
Christoph Blocher 2003
62 Ernest Chuard 1919
61 Ernst Wetter 1938
Hans Streuli 1953
Pierre Graber 1969
Hans-Rudolf Merz 2004
60 Fritz Honegger 1977
Johannes Baumann 1934
...
39 Eugène Ruffy 1893
Jakob Dubs 1861
Marcel Pilet-Golaz 1928
38 Paul Cérésole 1870
37 Ulrich Ochsenbein 1848
36 Constant Fornerod 1855
Eugène Borel 1872
35 Ruth Metzler-Arnold 1999
34 Jakob Stämpfli 1854
31 Numa Droz 1875
Age when resigning/dying in office
Age Name Year
81 Adolf Deucher 1912
74 Gustave Ador 1919
73 Joseph Zemp 1908
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff 1875
72 Ludwig Forrer 1917
71 Karl Schenk 1895
Ernest Chuard 1928
70 Eduard Müller 1919
Eduard von Steiger 1951
...
50 Adrien Lachenal 1899
49 Jakob Dubs 1872
48 Constant Fornerod 1867
Numa Droz 1892
46 Victor Ruffy 1869
43 Jakob Stämpfli 1863
Paul Cérésole 1875
Ulrich Ochsenbein 1854
40 Eugène Borel 1875
39 Ruth Metzler-Arnold 2004

[edit] Lifespan

Note: The following tables do not include former councilors currently alive.

Years alive after resigning from office
Years Name Died
36 Ulrich Ochsenbein 1890
35 Hans Schaffner 2004
33 Max Petitpierre 1994
32 Constant Fornerod 1899
Felix-Louis Calonder 1952
30 Enrico Celio 1980
Paul Cérésole 1905
29 Hans-Peter Tschudi 2002
25 Emil Frey 1922
Pierre Graber 2003
22 Nello Celio 1995
Longest living members of the Swiss Federal Council
Age Name Died
95 Hans Schaffner 2004
Max Petitpierre 1994
94 Pierre Graber 2003
90 Enrico Celio 1980
88 Felix-Louis Calonder 1952
Hans-Peter Tschudi 2002
Willy Spühler 1990
87 Georges-André Chevallaz 2002
86 Friedrich Traugott Wahlen 1985
Philipp Etter 1977

[edit] See also

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