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