Swiss Presidents

This list is comprised of the Presidents of Switzerland. The position originated in 1848 when Switzerland became a federal state.
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NameYearsOther Names
Adolf Deucher1886; 1897; 1903; 1909(Karl, Wilhelm)
Adolf Ogi1993; 2000(Dölf)
Adrien Lachenal1896
Alain Berset2018; 2023
Albert Meyer1936
Alphons Egli1986
Arnold Koller1990; 1997
Arthur Hoffmann1914
Bernhard Hammer1879; 1888-1889
Camille Decoppet1916
Constant Fornerod1857; 1863; 1867
Didier Burkhalter2014(Eric)
Doris Leuthard2010; 2017
Edmund Schulthess1917; 1921; 1928; 1933(Julius)
Eduard Müller1899; 1907; 1913
Eduard von Steiger1945; 1951
Emil Frey1894(Johann, Rudolf)
Emil Welti1869; 1872; 1876; 1880; 1884; 1891(Friedrich)
Enrico Celio1943; 1948
Ernest Chuard1924
Ernst Brenner1901; 1908
Ernst Brugger1974
Ernst Nobs1949
Ernst Wetter1941
Eugène Ruffy1898
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf2012
Felix Calonder1918(Louis)
Flavio Cotti1991; 1998
Friedrich Frey-Herosé1854; 1860
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen1961
Fritz Honegger1982
Georges-André Chevallaz1980
Giuseppe Motta1915; 1920; 1927; 1932; 1937
Gustave Ador1919
Guy Parmelin2021(Bernard)
Hans Hürlimann1979
Hans-Rudolf Merz2009
Hans Schaffner1966
Hans Streuli1957
Hans-Peter Tschudi1965; 1970
Heinrich Häberlin1926; 1931
Henri Druey1850(Daniel)
Ignazio Cassis2022(Daniele, Giovanni)
Jakob Dubs1864; 1868; 1870
Jakob Stämpfli1856; 1859; 1862
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz1989; 1996
Jean-Marie Musy1925; 1930
Joachim Heer1877
Johann Jakob Scherer1875
Johann Schneider-Ammann2016(Niklaus)
Johannes Baumann1938
Jonas Furrer1848-1849; 1852; 1855; 1858
Josef Munzinger1851(Martin)
Josef Zemp1895; 1902
Joseph Deiss2004
Karl Kobelt1946; 1952
Karl Schenk1865; 1871; 1874; 1878; 1885; 1893(Johann, Emmanuel)
Karl Scheurer1923
Kaspar Villiger1995; 2002
Kurt Furgler1977; 1981; 1985
Leon Schlumpf1984
Louis Ruchonnet1883; 1890(Antoine, John)
Ludwig Forrer1906; 1912
Ludwig von Moos1964; 1969
Marc-Émile Ruchet1905; 1911
Marcel Pilet-Golaz1934; 1940
Markus Feldmann1956
Max Petitpierre1950; 1955; 1960
Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel1861; 1866
Micheline Calmy-Rey2007; 2011(Anne, Marie)
Moritz Leuenberger2001; 2006
Nello Celio1972
Numa Droz1881; 1887
Otto Stich1988; 1994(Anton)
Pascal Couchepin2003; 2008
Paul Cérésole1873
Paul Chaudet1959; 1962
Philipp Etter1939; 1942; 1947; 1953
Pierre Aubert1983; 1987
Pierre Graber1975
René Felber1992
Robert Comtesse1904; 1910
Robert Haab1922; 1929
Rodolphe Rubattel1954
Roger Bonvin1967; 1973
Rudolf Gnägi1971; 1976
Rudolf Minger1935(Ruedi)
Ruth Dreifuss1999
Samuel Schmid2005
Simeon Bavier1882
Simonetta Sommaruga2015; 2020(Myriam)
Thomas Holenstein1958
Ueli Maurer2013; 2019(Ulrich)
Viola Amherd2024-(Patricia)
Walter Hauser1892; 1900
Walther Stampfli1944
Wilhelm Hertenstein1888(Friedrich)
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff1853
Willi Ritschard1978(Willy)
Willy Spühler1963; 1968