| No.
|
Name
|
Portrait
|
Canton
|
Election
|
Left office
|
Department headed
|
Party
|
Presidency
|
Notes
|
Seq
|
| 1
|
Jonas Furrer |
 |
ZH |
16 November 1848 |
25 July 1861 |
Political • Justice and Police |
FDP/PRD |
1848–1849 1852 1855 1858 |
Died in office. |
A01
|
| 2
|
Ulrich Ochsenbein |
 |
BE |
16 November 1848 |
6 December 1854 |
Military |
FDP/PRD |
— |
Not reelected. |
B01
|
| 3
|
Henri Druey |
 |
VD |
16 November 1848 |
29 March 1855 |
Justice and Police • Political • Finance |
FDP/PRD |
1850 |
Died in office. |
C01
|
| 4
|
Josef Munzinger |
 |
SO |
16 November 1848 |
6 February 1855 |
Finance • Political • Posts and Construction • Trade and Customs |
FDP/PRD |
1851 |
Died in office. |
D01
|
| 5
|
Stefano Franscini |
 |
TI |
16 November 1848 |
19 July 1857 |
Home Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
— |
Died in office. |
E01
|
| 6
|
Friedrich Frey-Herosé |
 |
AG |
16 November 1848 |
31 December 1866 |
Trade and Customs • Political • Military |
FDP/PRD |
1854 1860 |
|
F01
|
| 7
|
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff |
 |
SG |
16 November 1848 |
31 December 1875 |
Posts and Construction • Political • Trade and Customs • Posts • Finance and Customs • Railway and Trade |
FDP/PRD |
1853 |
|
G01
|
| 8
|
Jakob Stämpfli |
 |
BE |
6 December 1854 |
31 December 1863 |
Justice and Police • Political • Finance • Military |
FDP/PRD |
1856 1859 1862 |
|
B02
|
| 9
|
Constant Fornerod |
 |
VD |
11 July 1855 |
31 October 1867 |
Trade and Customs • Political • Finance • Military |
FDP/PRD |
1857 1863 1867 |
|
C02
|
| 10
|
Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel |
 |
LU |
14 July 1855 |
31 December 1875 |
Finance • Trade and Customs • Justice and Police • Political • Home Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1861 1866 |
Elected after Johann Jakob Stehlin declined the election. |
D02
|
| 11
|
Giovanni Battista Pioda |
 |
TI |
30 July 1857 |
26 January 1864 |
Home Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
— |
|
E02
|
| 12
|
Jakob Dubs |
 |
ZH |
30 July 1861 |
28 May 1872 |
Justice and Police • Political • Home Affairs • Posts |
FDP/PRD |
1864 1868 1870 |
|
A02
|
| 13
|
Karl Schenk |
 |
BE |
12 December 1863 |
18 July 1895 |
Home Affairs • Political • Finance • Railway and Trade |
FDP/PRD |
1865 1871 1874 1878 1885 1893 |
Died in office. Longest serving member. |
B03
|
| 14
|
Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel |
 |
GE |
12 July 1864 |
7 December 1872 |
Finance • Posts |
FDP/PRD |
— |
Not reelected. |
E03
|
| 15
|
Emil Welti |
 |
AG |
8 December 1866 |
31 December 1891 |
Military • Political • Posts and Telegraph • Justice and Police |
FDP/PRD |
1869 1872 1876 1880 1884 1891 |
|
F02
|
| 16
|
Victor Ruffy |
 |
VD |
6 December 1867 |
29 December 1869 |
Finance • Military |
FDP/PRD |
— |
Died in office. |
C03
|
| 17
|
Paul Cérésole |
 |
VD |
1 February 1870 |
31 December 1875 |
Finance • Military • Political • Justice and Police |
FDP/PRD |
1873 |
|
C04
|
| 18
|
Johann Jakob Scherer |
 |
ZH |
12 July 1872 |
23 December 1878 |
Finance • Railway and Trade • Political • Military |
FDP/PRD |
1875 |
Died in office. |
A03
|
| 19
|
Eugène Borel |
 |
NE |
7 December 1872 |
31 December 1875 |
Posts and Telegraph |
FDP/PRD |
— |
|
E04
|
| 20
|
Joachim Heer |
 |
GL |
10 December 1875 |
31 December 1878 |
Posts and Telegraph • Political • Railway and Trade |
FDP/PRD |
1877 |
|
D03
|
| 21
|
Fridolin Anderwert |
 |
TG |
10 December 1875 |
25 December 1880 |
Justice and Police |
FDP/PRD |
— |
Died in office (committed suicide). |
G02
|
| 22
|
Bernhard Hammer |
 |
SO |
10 December 1875 |
31 December 1890 |
Finance and Customs • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1879 1889 |
|
E05
|
| 23
|
Numa Droz |
 |
NE |
18 December 1875 |
18 December 1892 |
Home Affairs • Trade and Agriculture • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1881 1887 |
Elected after Louis Ruchonnet and Charles Estoppey declined the election. |
C05
|
| 24
|
Simeon Bavier |
 |
GR |
10 December 1878 |
5 January 1883 |
Finance and Customs • Posts and Railways • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1882 |
|
D04
|
| 25
|
Wilhelm Hertenstein |
 |
ZH |
21 March 1879 |
27 November 1888 |
Military |
FDP/PRD |
1888 |
Died in office. |
A04
|
| 26
|
Louis Ruchonnet |
 |
VD |
3 March 1881 |
14 September 1893 |
Trade and Agriculture • Justice and Police • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1883 1890 |
Elected after Karl Hoffmann declined his election. Died in office. |
G03
|
| 27
|
Adolf Deucher |
 |
TG |
10 April 1883 |
10 July 1912 |
Justice and Police • Posts and Railways • Trade and Agriculture • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1886 1897 1903 1909 |
Died in office. |
D05
|
| 28
|
Walter Hauser |
 |
ZH |
13 December 1888 |
22 October 1902 |
Military • Finance and Customs • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1892 1900 |
Died in office. |
A05
|
| 29
|
Emil Frey |
 |
BL |
11 December 1890 |
11 March 1897 |
Military |
FDP/PRD |
1894 |
|
E06
|
| 30
|
Josef Zemp |
 |
LU |
17 December 1891 |
17 June 1908 |
Posts and Railways • Political |
CVP/PDC |
1895 1902 |
|
F03
|
| 31
|
Adrien Lachenal |
 |
GE |
15 December 1892 |
31 December 1899 |
Exterior • Trade, Industry and Agriculture • Home Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1896 |
|
C06
|
| 32
|
Eugène Ruffy |
 |
VD |
14 December 1893 |
31 October 1899 |
Justice and Police • Home Affairs • Political • Military |
FDP/PRD |
1898 |
|
G04
|
| 33
|
Eduard Müller |
 |
BE |
16 August 1895 |
9 November 1919 |
Justice and Police • Military • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1899 1907 1913 |
Died in office. |
B04
|
| 34
|
Ernst Brenner |
 |
BS |
25 March 1897 |
11 March 1911 |
Justice and Police • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1901 1908 |
Died in office. |
E07
|
| 35
|
Robert Comtesse |
 |
NE |
14 December 1899 |
4 March 1912 |
Finance and Customs • Justice and Police • Posts and Railways • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1904 1910 |
|
C07
|
| 36
|
Marc-Émile Ruchet |
 |
VD |
14 December 1899 |
9 July 1912 |
Home Affairs • Finance and Customs • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1905 1911 |
|
G05
|
| 37
|
Ludwig Forrer |
 |
ZH |
11 December 1902 |
7 December 1917 |
Trade, Industry and Agriculture • Home Affairs • Political • Military • Justice and Police • Posts and Railways |
FDP/PRD |
1906 1912 |
|
A06
|
| 38
|
Josef Anton Schobinger |
 |
LU |
17 June 1908 |
27 November 1911 |
Justice and Police • Trade, Industry and Agriculture • Finance and Customs • Home Affairs |
CVP/PDC |
— |
|
F04
|
| 39
|
Arthur Hoffmann |
 |
SG |
4 April 1911 |
19 June 1917 |
Justice and Police • Military • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1914 |
|
E08
|
| 40
|
Giuseppe Motta |
 |
TI |
14 December 1911 |
23 January 1940 |
Finance and Customs • Political |
CVP/PDC |
1915 1920 1927 1932 1937 |
Died in office. |
F05
|
| 41
|
Louis Perrier |
 |
NE |
12 March 1912 |
16 May 1913 |
Posts and Railways • Home Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
— |
|
C08
|
| 42
|
Camille Decoppet |
 |
VD |
17 July 1912 |
7 November 1919 |
Home Affairs • Justice and Police • Military |
FDP/PRD |
1916 |
|
G06
|
| 43
|
Edmund Schulthess |
 |
AG |
17 July 1912 |
15 April 1935 |
Trade, Industry and Agriculture |
FDP/PRD |
1917 1921 1928 1933 |
|
D06
|
| 44
|
Felix Calonder |
 |
GR |
12 June 1913 |
12 February 1920 |
Home Affairs • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1918 |
|
C09
|
| 45
|
Gustave Ador |
 |
GE |
26 June 1917 |
31 December 1919 |
Political • Home Affairs |
LPS/PLS |
1919 |
|
E09
|
| 46
|
Robert Haab |
 |
ZH |
13 December 1917 |
31 December 1929 |
Posts and Railways |
FDP/PRD |
1922 1929 |
|
A07
|
| 47
|
Karl Scheurer |
 |
BE |
11 December 1919 |
14 November 1929 |
Military |
FDP/PRD |
1923 |
Died in office. |
B05
|
| 48
|
Ernest Chuard |
 |
VD |
11 December 1919 |
31 December 1928 |
Home Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1924 |
|
G07
|
| 49
|
Jean-Marie Musy |
 |
FR |
11 December 1919 |
30 April 1934 |
Finance and Customs |
CVP/PDC |
1925 1930 |
|
E10
|
| 50
|
Heinrich Häberlin |
 |
TG |
12 February 1920 |
12 March 1934 |
Justice and Police |
FDP/PRD |
1926 1931 |
|
C10
|
| 51
|
Marcel Pilet-Golaz |
 |
VD |
13 December 1928 |
7 November 1944 |
Home Affairs • Posts and Railways • Political |
FDP/PRD |
1934 1940 |
|
G08
|
| 52
|
Rudolf Minger |
 |
BE |
12 December 1929 |
31 December 1940 |
Military |
SVP/UDC |
1935 |
|
B06
|
| 53
|
Albert Meyer |
 |
ZH |
12 December 1929 |
31 December 1938 |
Home Affairs • Finance and Customs |
FDP/PRD |
1936 |
|
A08
|
| 54
|
Johannes Baumann |
 |
AR |
22 March 1934 |
31 December 1940 |
Justice and Police |
FDP/PRD |
1938 |
|
C11
|
| 55
|
Philipp Etter |
 |
ZG |
28 March 1934 |
19 November 1959 |
Home Affairs |
CVP/PDC |
1939 1942 1947 1953 |
|
E11
|
| 56
|
Hermann Obrecht |
 |
SO |
4 April 1935 |
20 June 1940 |
Economic Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
— |
|
D07
|
| 57
|
Ernst Wetter |
 |
ZH |
15 December 1938 |
31 December 1943 |
Finance and Customs |
FDP/PRD |
1941 |
|
A09
|
| 58
|
Enrico Celio |
 |
TI |
22 February 1940 |
23 June 1950 |
Posts and Railways |
CVP/PDC |
1943 1948 |
|
F06
|
| 59
|
Walther Stampfli |
 |
SO |
18 July 1940 |
18 November 1947 |
Economic Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1944 |
|
D08
|
| 60
|
Eduard von Steiger |
 |
BE |
10 December 1940 |
9 November 1951 |
Justice and Police |
SVP/UDC |
1945 1951 |
|
B07
|
| 61
|
Karl Kobelt |
 |
SG |
10 December 1940 |
5 November 1954 |
Military |
FDP/PRD |
1946 1952 |
|
C12
|
| 62
|
Ernst Nobs |
 |
ZH |
15 December 1943 |
13 December 1951 |
Finance and Customs |
SPS/PSS |
1949 |
|
A10
|
| 63
|
Max Petitpierre |
 |
NE |
14 December 1944 |
30 June 1961 |
Political |
FDP/PRD |
1950 1955 1960 |
|
G09
|
| 64
|
Rodolphe Rubattel |
 |
VD |
11 December 1947 |
1 November 1954 |
Economic Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1954 |
|
D09
|
| 65
|
Josef Escher |
 |
VS |
14 September 1950 |
26 November 1954 |
Posts and Railways |
CVP/PDC |
— |
|
F07
|
| 66
|
Markus Feldmann |
 |
BE |
13 December 1951 |
3 November 1958 |
Justice and Police |
SVP/UDC |
1956 |
|
B08
|
| 67
|
Max Weber |
 |
ZH |
13 December 1951 |
8 December 1953 |
Finance and Customs |
SPS/PSS |
— |
|
A11
|
| 68
|
Hans Streuli |
 |
ZH |
22 December 1953 |
19 November 1959 |
Finance and Customs |
FDP/PRD |
1957 |
|
A12
|
| 69
|
Thomas Holenstein |
 |
SG |
16 December 1954 |
20 November 1959 |
Economic Affairs |
CVP/PDC |
1958 |
|
F08
|
| 70
|
Paul Chaudet |
 |
VD |
16 December 1954 |
28 November 1966 |
Military |
FDP/PRD |
1959 1962 |
|
D10
|
| 71
|
Giuseppe Lepori |
 |
TI |
16 December 1954 |
24 November 1959 |
Posts and Railways |
CVP/PDC |
— |
|
C13
|
| 72
|
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen |
 |
BE |
11 December 1958 |
31 December 1965 |
Justice and Police • Economic Affairs • Political |
SVP/UDC |
1961 |
|
B09
|
| 73
|
Jean Bourgknecht |
 |
FR |
17 December 1959 |
3 September 1962 |
Finance and Research |
CVP/PDC |
— |
|
E12
|
| 74
|
Willy Spühler |
 |
ZH |
17 December 1959 |
31 January 1970 |
Posts and Railways • Political |
SPS/PSS |
1963 1968 |
|
A13
|
| 75
|
Ludwig von Moos |
 |
OW |
17 December 1959 |
31 December 1971 |
Justice and Police |
CVP/PDC |
1964 1969 |
|
F09
|
| 76
|
Hans-Peter Tschudi |
 |
BS |
17 December 1959 |
31 December 1973 |
Home Affairs |
SPS/PSS |
1965 1970 |
|
C14
|
| 77
|
Hans Schaffner |
 |
AG |
15 June 1961 |
31 December 1969 |
Economic Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1966 |
|
G10
|
| 78
|
Roger Bonvin |
 |
VS |
27 September 1962 |
31 December 1973 |
Finance and Customs • Transport, Energy, Communications |
CVP/PDC |
1967 1973 |
|
E13
|
| 79
|
Rudolf Gnägi |
 |
BE |
8 December 1965 |
31 December 1979 |
Transport, Energy, Communications • Military |
SVP/UDC |
1971 1976 |
|
B10
|
| 80
|
Nello Celio |
 |
TI |
15 December 1966 |
31 December 1973 |
Military • Finance and Customs |
FDP/PRD |
1972 |
|
D11
|
| 81
|
Pierre Graber |
 |
NE |
10 December 1969 |
31 January 1978 |
Political |
SPS/PSS |
1975 |
|
A14
|
| 82
|
Ernst Brugger |
 |
ZH |
10 December 1969 |
31 January 1978 |
Economic Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1974 |
|
G11
|
| 83
|
Kurt Furgler |
 |
SG |
8 December 1971 |
31 December 1986 |
Justice and Police • Economic Affairs |
CVP/PDC |
1977 1981 1985 |
|
F10
|
| 84
|
Willi Ritschard |
 |
SO |
5 December 1973 |
3 October 1983 |
Transport, Energy, Communications • Finance |
SPS/PSS |
1978 |
Died in office. |
C15
|
| 85
|
Hans Hürlimann |
 |
ZG |
5 December 1973 |
31 December 1982 |
Home Affairs |
CVP/PDC |
1979 |
|
E14
|
| 86
|
Georges-André Chevallaz |
 |
VD |
5 December 1973 |
31 December 1983 |
Finance and Customs • Military |
FDP/PRD |
1980 |
|
D12
|
| 87
|
Fritz Honegger |
 |
ZH |
7 December 1977 |
31 December 1982 |
Economic Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1982 |
|
G12
|
| 88
|
Pierre Aubert |
 |
NE |
7 December 1977 |
31 December 1987 |
Political |
SPS/PSS |
1983 1987 |
|
A15
|
| 89
|
Leon Schlumpf |
 |
GR |
5 December 1979 |
31 December 1987 |
Transport, Energy, Communications |
SVP/UDC |
1984 |
|
B11
|
| 90
|
Alphons Egli |
 |
LU |
8 December 1982 |
31 December 1986 |
Home Affairs |
CVP/PDC |
1986 |
|
E15
|
| 91
|
Rudolf Friedrich |
 |
ZH |
8 December 1982 |
20 October 1984 |
Justice and Police |
FDP/PRD |
— |
|
G13
|
| 92
|
Otto Stich |
 |
SO |
7 December 1983 |
31 October 1995 |
Finance |
SPS/PSS |
1988 1994 |
|
C16
|
| 93
|
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz |
 |
VD |
7 December 1983 |
30 March 1998 |
Military • Economic Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
1989 1996 |
|
D13
|
| 94
|
Elisabeth Kopp |
 |
ZH |
2 October 1984 |
12 January 1989 |
Justice and Police |
FDP/PRD |
— |
First female Federal Councillor. |
G14
|
| 95
|
Arnold Koller |
 |
AI |
10 December 1986 |
13 January 1999 |
Justice and Police • Military |
CVP/PDC |
1990 1997 |
|
F11
|
| 96
|
Flavio Cotti |
 |
TI |
10 December 1986 |
13 January 1999 |
Home Affairs • Foreign Affairs |
CVP/PDC |
1991 1998 |
|
E16
|
| 97
|
René Felber |
 |
NE |
9 December 1987 |
31 March 1993 |
Foreign Affairs |
SPS/PSS |
1992 |
|
A16
|
| 98
|
Adolf Ogi |
 |
BE |
9 December 1987 |
31 December 2000 |
Transport, Energy, Communications • Military |
SVP/UDC |
1993 2000 |
|
B12
|
| 99
|
Kaspar Villiger |
 |
LU |
1 February 1989 |
31 December 2003 |
Military • Finance |
FDP/PRD |
1995 2002 |
|
G15
|
| 100
|
Ruth Dreifuss |
 |
GE |
10 March 1993 |
31 December 2002 |
Home Affairs |
SPS/PSS |
1999 |
Elected after Francis Matthey declined the election. |
A17
|
| 101
|
Moritz Leuenberger |
 |
ZH |
27 September 1995 |
1 November 2010 |
Transport, Energy, Communications |
SPS/PSS |
2001 2006 |
|
C17
|
| 102
|
Pascal Couchepin |
 |
VS |
11 March 1998 |
31 October 2009 |
Economic Affairs • Home Affairs |
FDP/PRD |
2003 2008 |
|
D14
|
| 103
|
Ruth Metzler |
 |
AI |
11 March 1999 |
31 December 2003 |
Justice and Police |
CVP/PDC |
— |
Not reelected. |
F12
|
| 104
|
Joseph Deiss |
 |
FR |
11 March 1999 |
31 July 2006 |
Foreign Affairs • Economic Affairs |
CVP/PDC |
2004 |
|
E17
|
| 105
|
Samuel Schmid |
 |
BE |
6 December 2000 |
31 December 2008 |
Defence, Civil Protection and Sport |
SVP/UDC |
2005 |
Switched to the BDP/PBD in 2008. |
B13
|
| 106
|
Micheline Calmy-Rey |
 |
GE |
4 December 2002 |
31 December 2011 |
Foreign Affairs |
SPS/PSS |
2007 2011 |
|
A18
|
| 107
|
Christoph Blocher |
 |
ZH |
10 December 2003 |
31 December 2007 |
Justice and Police |
SVP/UDC |
— |
Not reelected. |
F13
|
| 108
|
Hans-Rudolf Merz |
 |
AR |
10 December 2003 |
1 November 2010 |
Finance |
FDP/PRD |
2009 |
|
G16
|
| 109
|
Doris Leuthard |
 |
AG |
14 June 2006 |
31 December 2018 |
Economic Affairs • Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications |
CVP/PDC |
2010 2017 |
|
E18
|
| 110
|
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
 |
GR |
12 December 2007 |
31 December 2015 |
Justice and Police • Finance |
BDP/PBD |
2012 |
First elected for the SVP/UDC, switched in 2008. |
F14
|
| 111
|
Ueli Maurer |
 |
ZH |
10 December 2008 |
31 December 2022 |
Defence, Civil Protection and Sport • Finance |
SVP/UDC |
2013 2019 |
|
B14
|
| 112
|
Didier Burkhalter |
 |
NE |
16 September 2009 |
31 October 2017 |
Home Affairs • Foreign Affairs |
FDP/PLR |
2014 |
|
D15
|
| 113
|
Simonetta Sommaruga |
 |
BE |
22 September 2010 |
31 December 2022 |
Justice and Police • Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications |
SPS/PSS |
2015 2020 |
|
C18
|
| 114
|
Johann Schneider-Ammann |
 |
BE |
22 September 2010 |
31 December 2018 |
Economic Affairs |
FDP/PLR |
2016 |
|
G17
|
| 115
|
Alain Berset |
 |
FR |
14 December 2011 |
31 December 2023 |
Home Affairs |
SPS/PSS |
2018 2023 |
|
A19
|
| 116
|
Guy Parmelin |
 |
VD |
9 December 2015 |
Incumbent |
Defence, Civil Protection and Sport • Economic Affairs, Education and Research |
SVP/UDC |
2021 |
|
F15
|
| 117
|
Ignazio Cassis |
 |
TI |
20 September 2017 |
Incumbent |
Foreign Affairs |
FDP/PLR |
2022 |
|
D16
|
| 118
|
Viola Amherd |
 |
VS |
5 December 2018 |
Incumbent |
Defence, Civil Protection and Sport |
CVP/PDC |
2024 |
The CVP/PDC merged into The Centre in 2021. |
E19
|
| 119
|
Karin Keller-Sutter |
 |
SG |
5 December 2018 |
Incumbent |
Justice and Police • Finance |
FDP/PLR |
2025 |
|
G18
|
| 120
|
Albert Rösti |
 |
BE |
7 December 2022 |
Incumbent |
Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications |
SVP/UDC |
– |
|
B15
|
| 121
|
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider |
 |
JU |
7 December 2022 |
Incumbent |
Justice and Police・Home Affairs |
SPS/PSS |
– |
|
C19
|
| 122
|
Beat Jans |
 |
BS |
13 December 2023 |
Incumbent |
Justice and Police |
SPS/PSS |
– |
|
A20
|