List of Presidents of Switzerland

Swiss Confederation

Presidents of the Diet

• Hans von Reinhard[?]-1814
• Hans Konrad von Escher vom Luchs[?]-1814
• Johann Konrad Finsler[?]-1814
• David von Wyss II[?]-1814-1815
• Hans von Reinhard[?]-1816
• Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl[?]-1817
• Niklaus Friedrich von M�linen[?]-1818
• Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn[?]-1819
• Vinzenz R�ttimann[?]-1820
• David von Wyss II[?]-1821
• Hans von Reinhard[?]-1822
• Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl[?]-1823
• Niklaus Friedrich von M�linen[?]-1824
• Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn[?]-1825
• Vinzenz R�ttimann[?]-1826
• David von Wyss II[?]-1827
• Hans von Reinhard[?]-1828
• Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl[?]-1829
• Emanuel Friedrich von Fischer[?]-1830
• Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn[?]-1831
• Eduard Pfyffer von Altishoven[?]-1832
• Johann Jakob Hess[?]-1833
• Konrad Melchior Hirzel[?]-1834
• Franz Karl von Tavel[?]-1835
• Karl Friedrich Tscharner[?]-1836
• Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn[?]-1837
• Georg Jakob Kopp[?]-1838
• Johann Jakob Hess[?]-1839
• Johann Konrad von Muralt[?]-1840
• Johann Karl Friedrich Neuhaus[?]-1841
• Karl Friedrich Tscharner[?]-1842
• Rudolf R�ttimann[?]-1843
• Konstantin Siegwart-M�ller[?]-1844
• Johann Heinrich Emmanuel Mousson[?]-1845
• Jonas Furrer, (1805-1861), 1845
• Johann Ulrich Zehnder[?]-1846
• Alexander Ludwig Funk[?]-1847
• Ulrich Ochsenbein, (1811-1890), 1847
• Johann Rudolf Schneider[?]-1847
• Ulrich Ochsenbein, (1811-1890), 1847-1848
• Alexander Ludwig Funk[?]-1848

Federal Swiss Confederation

President of the Confederation Elected for one year from the members of the Federal Council. Traditionally rotating among them. Chairs the meetings the Council and undertakes special representational duties.

• Jonas Furrer, (1805-1861), 1848-1849
• Henri Druey-1850
• Josef Munzinger-1851
• Jonas Furrer, (1805-1861), 1852
• Wilhelm Naeff-1853
• Friedrich Frey-Heros�, (1801-1873), 1854
• Jonas Furrer, (1805-1861), 1855
• Jakob St�mpfli, (1820-1879), 1856
• Constant Fornerod, (1819-1899), 1857
• Jonas Furrer, (1805-1861), 1858
• Jakob St�mpfli, (1820-1879), 1859
• Friedrich Frey-Heros�, (1801-1873), 1860
• Melchior Josef Martin Kn�sel, (1813-1889), 1861
• Jakob St�mpfli, (1820-1879), 1862
• Constant Fornerod, (1819-1899), 1863
• Jakob Dubs, (1822-1879), 1864
• Karl Schenk, (1823-1895), 1865
• Melchior Josef Martin Kn�sel, (1813-1889), 1866
• Constant Fornerod, (1819-1899), 1867
• Jakob Dubs, (1822-1879), 1868
• Emil Welti, (1825-1899), 1869
• Jakob Dubs, (1822-1879), 1870
• Karl Schenk, (1823-1895), 1871
• Emil Welti, (1825-1899), 1872
• Paul C�r�sole, (1832-1905), 1873
• Karl Schenk, (1823-1895), 1874
• Johann Jakob Scherer, (1825-1878), 1875
• Emil Welti, (1825-1899), 1876
• Joachim Heer, (1825-1879), 1877
• Karl Schenk, (1823-1895), 1878
• Bernhard Hammer, (1822-1907), 1879
• Emil Welti, (1825-1899), 1880
• Numa Droz, (1844-1899), 1881
• Simeon Bavier, (1825-1896), 1882
• Louis Ruchonnet-1883
• Emil Welti, (1825-1899), 1884
• Karl Schenk, (1823-1895), 1885
• Adolf Deucher, (1831-1912), 1886
• Numa Droz, (1844-1899), 1887
• Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein-1888
• Bernhard Hammer, (1822-1907), 1888-1889
• Louis Ruchonnet-1890
• Emil Welti, (1825-1899), 1891
• Walter Hauser, (1837-1902), 1892
• Karl Schenk, (1823-1895), 1893
• Emil Frey, (1838-1922), 1894
• Josef Zemp-1895
• Adrien Lachenal, (1849-1918), 1896
• Adolf Deucher, (1831-1912), 1897
• Eug�ne Ruffy, (1854-1919), 1898
• Eduard M�ller, (1848-1919), 1899
• Walter Hauser, (1837-1902), 1900
• Ernst Brenner, (1856-1911), 1901
• Joseph Zemp, (1834-1908), 1902
• Adolf Deucher, (1831-1912), 1903
• Robert Comtesse, (1847-1922), 1904
• Marc-Emile Ruchet, (1853-1912), 1905
• Ludwig Forrer, (1845-1921), 1906
• Eduard M�ller, (1848-1919), 1907
• Ernst Brenner, (1856-1911), 1908
• Adolf Deucher, (1831-1912), 1909
• Robert Comtesse, (1847-1922), 1910
• Marc-Emile Ruchet, (1853-1912), 1911
• Ludwig Forrer, (1845-1921), 1912
• Eduard M�ller, (1848-1919), 1913
• Arthur Hoffmann, (1857-1927), 1914
• Giuseppe Motta, (1871-1940), 1915
• Camille Decoppet, (1862-1925), 1916
• Edmund Schulthess, (1868-1944), 1917
• Felix Calonder-1918
• Gustave Ador, (1845-1928), 1919
• Giuseppe Motta, (1871-1940), 1920
• Edmund Schulthess, (1868-1944), 1921
• Robert Haab, (1865-1939), 1922
• Karl Scheurer, (1872-1929), 1923
• Ernst Chuard-1924
• Jean-Marie Musy, (1876-1952), 1925
• Heinrich H�berlin, (1868-1947), 1926
• Giuseppe Motta, (1871-1940), 1927
• Edmund Schulthess, (1868-1944), 1928
• Robert Haab, (1865-1939), 1929
• Jean-Marie Musy, (1876-1952), 1930
• Heinrich H�berlin, (1868-1947), 1931
• Giuseppe Motta, (1871-1940), 1932
• Edmund Schulthess, (1868-1944), 1933
• Marcel Pilet-Golaz, (1889-1958), 1934
• Rudolf Minger, (1881-1955), 1935
• Albert Meyer, (1870-1953), 1936
• Giuseppe Motta, (1871-1940), 1937
• Johannes Baumann, (1874-1953), 1938
• Philipp Etter, (1891-1977), 1939
• Marcel Pilet-Golaz, (1889-1958), 1940
• Ernst Wetter, (1877-1963), 1941
• Philipp Etter, (1891-1977), 1942
• Enrico Celio, (1889-1980), 1943
• Walter Stampfli, (1884-1965), 1944
• Eduard von Steiger, (1881-1962), 1945
• Karl Kobelt, (1891-1968), 1946
• Philipp Etter, (1891-1977), 1947
• Enrico Celio, (1889-1980), 1948
• Ernst Nobs, (1886-1957), 1949
• Max Petitpierre, (1899-1994), 1950
• Eduard von Steiger, (1881-1962), 1951
• Karl Kobelt, (1891-1968), 1952
• Philipp Etter, (1891-1977), 1953
• Rodolphe Rubattel, (1896-1961), 1954
• Max Petitpierre, (1899-1994), 1955
• Markus Feldmann, (1897-1958), 1956
• Hans Streuli, (1892-1970), 1957
• Thomas Holenstein, (1896-1962), 1958
• Paul Chaudet, (1904-1977), 1959
• Max Petitpierre, (1899-1994), 1960
• Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, (1899-1985), 1961
• Paul Chaudet, (1904-1977), 1962
• Willy Sp�hler, (1902-1990), 1963
• Ludwig von Moos, (1910-1990), 1964
• Hans Peter Tschudi-1965
• Hans Schaffner, (born 1908), 1966
• Roger Bonvin, (1907-1982), 1967
• Willy Sp�hler, (1902-1990), 1968
• Ludwig von Moos, (1910-1990), 1969
• Hans Peter Tschudi-1970
• Rudolf Gn�gi, (1917-1985), 1971
• Nello Celio, (1914-1995), 1972
• Roger Bonvin, (1907-1982), 1973
• Ernst Brugger, (1914-1998), 1974
• Pierre Graber-1975
• Rudolf Gn�gi, (1917-1985), 1976
• Kurt Furgler, (born 1924), 1977
• Willi Ritschard-1978
• Hans H�rlimann, (1918-1994), 1979
• Georges-Andr� Chevallaz, (1915-2002), 1980
• Kurt Furgler, (born 1924), 1981
• Fritz Honegger, (1917-1999), 1982
• Pierre Aubert-1983
• Leon Schlumpf, (born 1925), 1984
• Kurt Furgler, (born 1924), 1985
• Alphons Egli, (born 1924), 1986
• Pierre Aubert-1987
• Otto Stich, (born 1927), 1988
• Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, (1936-1998), 1989
• Arnold Koller, (born 1933), 1990
• Flavio Cotti, (born 1939), 1991
• Ren� Felber-1992
• Adolf Ogi, (born 1942), 1993
• Otto Stich, (born 1927), 1994
• Kaspar Villiger, (born 1941), 1995
• Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, (1936-1998), 1996
• Arnold Koller, (born 1933), 1997
• Flavio Cotti, (born 1939), 1998
• Ruth Dreifuss, (born 1940), 1999
• Adolf Ogi, (born 1942), 2000
• Moritz Leuenberger, (born 1946), 2001
• Kaspar Villiger, (born 1941), 2002
• Pascal Couchepin, (born 1942), 2003
• Not yet known (likely to be Ruth Metzler-Arnold, Vice President in 2003)-2004