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.

For a list by date of election, see List of members of the Swiss Federal Council by date of election

Contents

Decade First day in office[1] Federal councilors
1848 16 November 1848
 Ulrich Ochsenbein[2] Jonas Furrer Josef 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 Willi 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 [2] Joseph Deiss


2000s  


31 December 2000 Samuel Schmid


31 December 2002 Micheline Calmy-Rey
31 December 2003[6] Christoph Blocher [2]


Hans-Rudolf Merz


31 July 2006 Doris Leuthard


31 December 2007 Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf


25 December 2007

Parties Members
FDP/PRD (Freisinnige, parti radical) 67
LPS/PLS 1
CVP/PDC (formerly KVP) 20
SVP/UDC (formerly BGB/PAI) 10
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 d Not reelected (Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Ulrich Ochsenbein, Ruth Metzler, Christoph Blocher)
  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.

Longest time: Schenk died in his 32nd year in office.
Longest time:
Schenk died in his 32nd year in office.
Shortest time: Perrier died just 14 months after his election.
Shortest time:
Perrier died just 14 months after his election.

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 Christoph Blocher 2003–2007
Alphons Egli 1983–1986
Elisabeth Kopp 1984–1989
Josef Escher 1950–1954
Ruth Metzler 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

The Oldest:Ador was elected at age 72
The Oldest:
Ador was elected at age 72
The Youngest:Numa Droz was 31 years old at his election
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 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 2004

Ochsenbein lived for 36 years after being voted out of office
Ochsenbein lived for 36 years after being voted out of office
The Oldest:Schaffner died at age 95 in 2004
The Oldest:
Schaffner died at age 95 in 2004

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

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