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List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation

Index List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation

Below is a list of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848–present). [1]

132 relations: Adolf Deucher, Adolf Ogi, Adrien Lachenal, Alain Berset, Albert Meyer (politician), Alphons Egli, Arnold Koller, Arthur Hoffmann (politician), Bernhard Hammer, Camille Decoppet, Canton of Aargau, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Canton of Bern, Canton of Fribourg, Canton of Geneva, Canton of Grisons, Canton of Lucerne, Canton of Neuchâtel, Canton of Obwalden, Canton of Solothurn, Canton of St. Gallen, Canton of Thurgau, Canton of Ticino, Canton of Valais, Canton of Vaud, Canton of Zürich, Canton of Zug, Cantons of Switzerland, Chancellor of Switzerland, Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland, Constant Fornerod, Didier Burkhalter, Doris Leuthard, Edmund Schulthess, Eduard Müller (Swiss politician), Eduard von Steiger, Emil Frey, Emil Welti, Enrico Celio, Ernest Chuard, Ernst Brenner, Ernst Brugger, Ernst Nobs, Ernst Wetter, Eugène Ruffy, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, FDP.The Liberals, ..., Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Council (Switzerland), Felix Calonder, Flavio Cotti, Free Democratic Party of Switzerland, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, Fritz Honegger, Georges-André Chevallaz, Giuseppe Motta, Gustave Ador, Hans Hürlimann, Hans Schaffner, Hans Streuli, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Heinrich Häberlin, Henri Druey, Jakob Dubs, Jakob Stämpfli, Jean-Marie Musy, Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Joachim Heer, Johann Jakob Scherer, Johann Schneider-Ammann, Johannes Baumann, Jonas Furrer, Josef Munzinger, Josef Zemp, Joseph Deiss, Karl Kobelt, Karl Schenk, Karl Scheurer, Kaspar Villiger, Kurt Furgler, Leon Schlumpf, Liberal Party of Switzerland, List of Presidents of the Swiss Diet, Louis Ruchonnet, Ludwig Forrer, Ludwig von Moos, Marc-Émile Ruchet, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, Markus Feldmann, Max Petitpierre, Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Ministry (government department), Moritz Leuenberger, Nello Celio, Numa Droz, Otto Stich, Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents, Pascal Couchepin, Paul Cérésole, Paul Chaudet, Philipp Etter, Pierre Aubert, Pierre Graber, President of the Swiss Confederation, Primus inter pares, René Felber, Robert Comtesse, Robert Haab, Rodolphe Rubattel, Roger Bonvin, Rudolf Gnägi, Rudolf Minger, Ruth Dreifuss, Samuel Schmid, Simeon Bavier, Simonetta Sommaruga, Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Swiss People's Party, Thomas Holenstein, Ueli Maurer, Walter Hauser, Walther Stampfli, Wilhelm Hertenstein, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Willi Ritschard, Willy Spühler. Expand index (82 more) »

Adolf Deucher

Adolf Deucher (15 February 1831, in Wipkingen – 10 July 1912, in Bern) was a Swiss politician.

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Adolf Ogi

Adolf Ogi (born 18 July 1942) is a Swiss politician from the village of Kandersteg in the Swiss Alps.

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Adrien Lachenal

Adrien Lachenal (19 May 1849, Geneva – 29 June 1918) was a Swiss politician and Jurist.

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Alain Berset

Alain Berset (born 9 April 1972) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party.

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Albert Meyer (politician)

Albert Meyer (13 March 1870 – 22 October 1953) was a Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (1915-1930) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929-1938).

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Alphons Egli

Alphons Egli (8 October 1924 – 5 August 2016) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983–86).

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Arnold Koller

Arnold Koller (born 29 August 1933) is a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1986–1999).

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Arthur Hoffmann (politician)

Arthur Hoffmann (18 June 1857, St. Gallen – 23 July 1927) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1911–1917).

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Bernhard Hammer

Bernhard Hammer (3 March 1822 in Olten – 6 April 1907) was a Swiss politician.

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Camille Decoppet

Camille Decoppet (4 June 1862, Suscévaz – 14 January 1925) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1912–1919).

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Canton of Aargau

The canton of Aargau (German: Kanton; sometimes anglicized Argovia; see also other names) is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.

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Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

The canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden

The canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (in English sometimes Appenzell Inner-Rhodes) is the smallest canton of Switzerland by population and the second smallest by area, with canton of Basel-City being the smallest.

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Canton of Basel-Stadt

The canton of Basel-Stadt (Kanton Basel-Stadt, canton of Basel-City, canton de Bâle-Ville, Cantone di Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland, and the smallest of the cantons by area.

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Canton of Bern

The canton of Bern (Bern, canton de Berne) is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population.

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Canton of Fribourg

The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Friburg (canton de Fribourg, Freiburg) is located in western Switzerland.

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Canton of Geneva

The Republic and Canton of Geneva (République et canton de Genève; Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; Republik und Kanton Genf; Repubblica e Canton di Ginevra; Republica e chantun Genevra) is the French-speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France.

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Canton of Grisons

The canton of (the) Grisons, or canton of Graubünden is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Lucerne

The canton of Lucerne (Kanton Luzern) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Neuchâtel

The Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel (la République et Canton de Neuchâtel) is a canton of French-speaking western Switzerland.

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Canton of Obwalden

The canton of Obwalden, also canton of Obwald (ˈɔbˌvaldən) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Solothurn

The canton of Solothurn, also canton of Soleure (German) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of St. Gallen

The canton of St.

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Canton of Thurgau

The canton of Thurgau (German:, anglicized as Thurgovia) is a northeast canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Ticino

The canton of Ticino, formally the Republic and Canton of Ticino (Repubblica e Cantone Ticino; Canton Tesin; Kanton Tessin; canton du Tessin, chantun dal Tessin) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Valais

The canton of Valais (Kanton Wallis) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland, situated in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps.

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Canton of Vaud

The canton of Vaud is the third largest of the Swiss cantons by population and fourth by size.

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Canton of Zürich

The canton of Zürich (Kanton) has a population (as of) of.

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Canton of Zug

The canton of Zug (also canton of Zoug; De-Zug.ogg) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland.

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Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland (Kanton, canton, cantone, chantun) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation.

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Chancellor of Switzerland

The Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler(in); Chancelier(-ière) fédéral(e); Cancelliere(-a) della Confederazione; Chancelier(a) federal(a)) is the head of the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland, which acts as the general staff of the seven-member Federal Council.

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Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP; Parti Démocrate-Chrétien, PDC; Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD; Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra, PCD) is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland.

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Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (Bürgerlich-Demokratische Partei Schweiz, BDP; Parti bourgeois démocratique suisse, PBD; Partito Borghese Democratico Svizzero, PBD; Partida burgais democratica Svizra PBD, PBD; all translations mean literally Citizens' Democratic Party of Switzerland) is a conservative political party in Switzerland.

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Constant Fornerod

Constant Fornerod (30 May 1819 – 27 November 1899) was a Swiss politician, originally from Avenches, and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1855-1867).

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Didier Burkhalter

Didier Burkhalter (born 17 April 1960 in Neuchâtel) is a former Swiss politician.

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Doris Leuthard

Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963) is a Swiss politician and lawyer.

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Edmund Schulthess

Edmund Schulthess (2 March 1868 – 22 April 1944) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1912-1935).

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Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)

Eduard Müller (12 November 1848 – 9 November 1919) was a Swiss politician, Mayor of Bern (1888-1895), President of the Swiss National Council (1890/1891) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1895-1919).

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Eduard von Steiger

Eduard von Steiger (July 2, 1881 in Langnau im Emmental – February 10, 1962) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1940–1951).

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Emil Frey

Emil Johann Rudolf Frey (24 October 1838 – 24 December 1922) was a Swiss politician, soldier in the American Civil War and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1890–1897).

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Emil Welti

Emil Welti (23 April 1825 in Bad Zurzach, Aargau – 24 February 1899) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1866–1891).

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Enrico Celio

Enrico Celio (19 June 1889 – 23 February 1980) was a Swiss politician.

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Ernest Chuard

Ernest Chuard (31 July 1857, Corcelles-près-Payerne – 9 November 1942) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1919–1928).

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Ernst Brenner

Ernst Brenner (9 December 1856 – 11 March 1911) was a Swiss politician.

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Ernst Brugger

Ernst Brugger (10 March 1914, Bellinzona – 20 June 1998) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1969–1978).

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Ernst Nobs

Ernst Nobs (14 July 1886, Seedorf, Bern – 15 March 1957) was a Swiss politician.

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Ernst Wetter

Ernst Wetter (27 August 1877 – 10 August 1963) was a Swiss politician.

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Eugène Ruffy

Eugène Ruffy (2 August 1854 in Lutry – 25 October 1919) was a Swiss politician.

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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (born 16 March 1956) is a Swiss lawyer, politician, and former member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015.

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FDP.The Liberals

FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen, PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux, PLR.I Liberali, PLD.Ils Liberals) is a liberal political party in Switzerland.

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Federal Assembly (Switzerland)

The Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée fédérale, Assemblea federale, Assamblea federala) is Switzerland's federal legislature.

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Federal Council (Switzerland)

The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of the Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective executive head of government and state of Switzerland.

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Felix Calonder

Felix Louis Calonder (December 7, 1863 – June 14, 1952) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1913 to 1920, and President of the Confederation in 1918.

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Flavio Cotti

Flavio Cotti (born 18 October 1939, in Prato-Sornico) is a Swiss politician.

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Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Free Democratic Party or Radical Democratic Party (Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei, FDP; Parti radical-démocratique, PRD; Partito liberale-radicale svizzero, PLR; Partida liberaldemocrata svizra, PLD) was a liberal political party in Switzerland.

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Friedrich Frey-Herosé

Friedrich Frey-Herosé (12 October 1801, Lindau – 22 September 1873) was a Swiss politician.

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Friedrich Traugott Wahlen

Friedrich Traugott Wahlen (10 April 1899, Mirchel, Canton of Bern – 7 November 1985, Bern) was a Swiss agronomist and politician.

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Fritz Honegger

Fritz Honegger (25 July 1917 – 4 March 1999) was a Swiss politician.

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Georges-André Chevallaz

Georges-André Chevallaz (7 February 1915 – 8 September 2002) was a Swiss historian, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1974–1983).

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Giuseppe Motta

Giuseppe Motta (29 December 1871 – 23 January 1940) was a Swiss politician.

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Gustave Ador

Gustave Ador (23 December 1845 – 31 March 1928) was a Swiss politician.

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Hans Hürlimann

Hans Hürlimann (6 April 1918 – 22 February 1994) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1974-1982).

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Hans Schaffner

Hans Schaffner (16 December 1908 in Interlaken – 26 November 2004) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1961–1970).

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Hans Streuli

Hans Streuli (13 July 1892 – 23 May 1970) was a Swiss politician.

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Hans-Peter Tschudi

Hans-Peter Tschudi (22 October 1913 – 30 September 2002) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1959-1973) heading the Department of Home Affairs (Swiss interior minister).

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Hans-Rudolf Merz

Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician of FDP.The Liberals and former member of the Swiss Federal Council.

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Heinrich Häberlin

Heinrich Häberlin (6 September 1868 – 26 February 1947) was a Swiss politician, judge and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1920-1934).

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Henri Druey

Daniel-Henri Druey (12 April 1799 – 29 March 1855) was a Swiss politician of the 19th century and a founding father of constitutional democracy in Switzerland.

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Jakob Dubs

Jakob Dubs (26 July 1822 – 13 January 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1861–1872).

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Jakob Stämpfli

Jakob Stämpfli (23 February 1820 – 15 May 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1854-1863).

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Jean-Marie Musy

Jean-Marie Musy (10 April 1876 – 19 April 1952) was a Swiss politician.

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Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1 April 1936 in Vevey – 4 October 1998 in Lausanne) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983–1998).

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Joachim Heer

Joachim Heer (25 September 1825 – 1 March 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875-1878).

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Johann Jakob Scherer

Johann Jakob Scherer (November 10, 1825 – December 23, 1878) was a Swiss politician.

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Johann Schneider-Ammann

Johann Niklaus Schneider-Ammann (born Schneider; 18 February 1952) is a Swiss businessman and a politician.

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Johannes Baumann

Johannes Baumann (27 November 1874, Herisau – 8 September 1953) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1934–1940).

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Jonas Furrer

Jonas Furrer (3 March 1805 – 25 July 1861) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1848–1861).

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Josef Munzinger

Martin Josef Munzinger (11 November 1791 – 6 February 1855) was a Swiss politician.

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Josef Zemp

Josef Zemp (2 September 1834, Entlebuch – 8 December 1908) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1891-1908).

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Joseph Deiss

Joseph Deiss (born 18 January 1946) is an economist, Swiss politician and a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC).

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Karl Kobelt

Karl Kobelt (1 August 1891, St. Gallen – 6 January 1968) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council.

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Karl Schenk

Johann Karl Emmanuel Schenk (1 December 1823 – 18 July 1895) was a Swiss pastor, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1863–1895).

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Karl Scheurer

Karl Scheurer (27 September 1872, Sumiswald – 14 November 1929) was a Swiss politician.

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Kaspar Villiger

Kaspar Villiger (pronounced Caspar Feeleeger) (born 5 February 1941) is a Swiss businessman, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1989–2003).

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Kurt Furgler

Kurt Furgler (24 June 1924 – 23 July 2008) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1972–1986).

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Leon Schlumpf

Leon Schlumpf (3 February 1925 – 7 July 2012) was a Swiss politician and a former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1979-1987).

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Liberal Party of Switzerland

The Liberal Party of Switzerland (Liberale Partei der Schweiz, Parti liberal suisse, Partito Liberale Svizzero, Partida liberala svizra) was a party with economically liberal policies.

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List of Presidents of the Swiss Diet

This is a list of Presidents of the Diet ("Tagsatzung") of the Swiss Confederation (before 1848).

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Louis Ruchonnet

Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet (28 April 1834, Lausanne – 14 September 1893) was a Swiss politician.

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Ludwig Forrer

Ludwig Forrer (9 February 1845 – 28 September 1921) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1902-1917).

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Ludwig von Moos

Ludwig von Moos (31 January 1910, Sachseln – 26 November 1990, Bern) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1959–1971).

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Marc-Émile Ruchet

Marc-Émile Ruchet (14 September 1853 in Bex – 13 July 1912 in Bex) was a French-speaking Swiss politician.

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Marcel Pilet-Golaz

Marcel Pilet-Golaz (31 December 1889 – 11 April 1958) was a Swiss politician.

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Markus Feldmann

Markus Feldmann (21 May 1897, Thun, Canton of Bern – 3 November 1958, Bern) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1951-1958).

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Max Petitpierre

Max Petitpierre (26 February 1899 – 25 March 1994) was a Swiss politician, jurist and member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading the Political Department (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1944-1961).

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Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel

Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel (16 November 1813 – 15 January 1889) was a Swiss politician from Lucerne, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1855-1875).

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Micheline Calmy-Rey

Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey (born 8 July 1945) is a Swiss politician.

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Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a governmental organisation, headed by a minister, that is meant to manage a specific sector of public administration.

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Moritz Leuenberger

Moritz Leuenberger (born 21 September 1946) is a Swiss politician, lawyer, was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1995 to 2010 and President of the Confederation in 2001 and in 2006.

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Nello Celio

Nello Celio (12 February 1914 – 29 December 1995) was a Swiss politician representing Canton Ticino.

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Numa Droz

Numa Droz (27 January 1844 – 15 December 1899) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875–1892).

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Otto Stich

Otto Stich (10 January 1927 – 13 September 2012) was a Swiss politician.

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Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents

The Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (Parti des paysans, artisans et indépendants) or Farmers', Traders' and Citizens' Party (Bauern-, Gewerbe- und Bürgerpartei, BGB) was a Swiss political party founded in 1936.

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Pascal Couchepin

Pascal Couchepin (born 5 April 1942) is a Swiss politician, former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1998–2009) and President of the Confederation in 2003 and 2008.

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Paul Cérésole

Paul Cérésole (16 November 1832, Friedrichsdorf, Hesse-Homburg – 7 January 1905) was a Swiss politician, judge of the Supreme Court (1867–1870) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1870-1875).

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Paul Chaudet

Paul Chaudet (17 November 1904, Rivaz – 7 August 1977) was a Swiss politician.

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Philipp Etter

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Robert Haab

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Roger Bonvin

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Samuel Schmid

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Simonetta Sommaruga

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Redirects here:

List of Presidents of Switzerland, List of Presidents of the Switzerland, Presidents of Switzerland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Swiss_Confederation

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