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For a chronological list of Councillors serving together, see List of members of the Swiss Federal Council by date.

The seven members of the Swiss Federal Council (Template:Lang-de; Template:Lang-fr; Template:Lang-it; Template:Lang-rm) constitute the federal government of Switzerland and serve as the country's head of state. Each of the seven Councillors heads a department of the Swiss federal administration.[1]

The members of the Federal Council are elected for a term of four years by both chambers of the federal parliament sitting together as the Federal Assembly. Each Councillor is elected individually by secret ballot by an absolute majority of votes. A person elected to the Council by the Federal Assembly is considered a Federal Councillor even if he or she declines the election.[2] Accordingly, the five persons who did so and never assumed office are listed in a separate table below. For the same reason, the principal table only records the date of election, and not the date on which the Councillors assumed their office.

Once elected for a four-year-term, Federal Councillors can neither be voted out of office by a motion of no confidence nor can they be impeached. Re-election is possible for an indefinite number of terms. Parliament has decided not to re-elect a sitting Councillor only four times, and only twice (in 2003 and 2007) since the beginning of the 20th century. In practice, therefore, Councillors serve until they decide to resign and retire to private life, usually after three to five terms of office.[3]

Members

№ Name Portrait Canton[4] Election Left office Department headed[5] Party Presidency Notes Seq[6]
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 Jonas Furrer Jonas Furrer ZH 16 November 1848 25 July 1861 Foreign affairs,[7] Justice FDP/PRD 1848–49
1852
1855
1858		 Died in office A01
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 Ulrich Ochsenbein BE 16 November 1848 6 December 1854 Defence FDP/PRD — Not re-elected[8] B01
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 Henri Druey VD 16 November 1848 29 March 1855 Justice, Foreign affairs,[7] Finance FDP/PRD 1850 Died in office C01
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 Josef Munzinger SO 16 November 1848 6 February 1855 Finance, Foreign affairs,[7]
Posts and Construction,
Trade and Customs		 FDP/PRD 1851 Died in office D01
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 Stefano Franscini TI 16 November 1848 19 July 1857 Home affairs FDP/PRD — Died in office E01
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 6 Friedrich Frey-Herosé AG 16 November 1848 31 December 1866 Trade and Customs, Foreign affairs,[7]
Defence		 FDP/PRD 1854
1860		 F01
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 Wilhelm Matthias Naeff SG 16 November 1848 31 December 1875 Posts and Construction, Foreign affairs,[7]
Trade and Customs, Posts,
Finance, Railway and Trade		 FDP/PRD 1853 G01
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 8 Jakob Stämpfli BE 6 December 1854 31 December 1863 Justice, Foreign affairs,[7]
Finance, Defence		 FDP/PRD 1856
1859
1862		 B02
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 Constant Fornerod VD 11 July 1855 31 October 1867 Trade and Customs, Foreign affairs,[7]
Finance, Defence		 FDP/PRD 1857
1863
1867		 C02
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 10 Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel LU 14 July 1855 31 December 1875 Finance, Trade and Customs, Justice,
Foreign affairs,[7] Home affairs		 FDP/PRD 1861
1866		 Elected after Johann Jakob Stehlin declined the election D02
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 11 Giovanni Battista Pioda TI 30 July 1857 26 January 1864 Home affairs FDP/PRD — E02
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 12 Jakob Dubs ZH 30 July 1861 28 May 1872 Justice, Foreign affairs,[7]
Home affairs, Posts		 FDP/PRD 1864
1868
1870		 A02
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 13 Karl Schenk BE 12 December 1863 18 July 1895 Home affairs, Finance,
Railway and Trade		 FDP/PRD 1865
1871
1874
1878
1885
1893		 Died in office B03
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 14 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel GE 12 July 1864 7 December 1872 Finance, Posts FDP/PRD — Not re-elected[9] E03
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 15 Emil Welti AG 8 December 1866 31 December 1891 Defence, Trade and Customs,
Posts and Telegraph,
Posts and Railways, Justice		 FDP/PRD 1869
1872
1876
1880
1884
1891		 F02
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 16 Victor Ruffy VD 6 December 1867 29 December 1869 Finance, Defence FDP/PRD — Died in office C03
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 17 Paul Cérésole VD 1 February 1870 31 December 1875 Finance, Defence,
Foreign affairs,[7] Justice		 FDP/PRD 1873 C04
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 18 Johann Jakob Scherer ZH 12 July 1872 23 December 1878 Finance, Railway and Trade,
Foreign affairs,[7] Defence		 FDP/PRD 1875 Died in office A03
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 19 Eugène Borel NE 7 December 1872 31 December 1875 Posts and Telegraph FDP/PRD — E04
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 20 Joachim Heer GL 10 December 1875 31 December 1878 Posts and Telegraph, Foreign affairs,[7]
Railway and Trade		 FDP/PRD 1877 D03
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 21 Fridolin Anderwert TG 10 December 1875 25 December 1880 Justice FDP/PRD — Died in office
(committed suicide)[10]		 G02
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 22 Bernhard Hammer SO 10 December 1875 31 December 1890 Finance, Defence FDP/PRD 1879
1889		 E05
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 23 Numa Droz NE 18 December 1875 18 December 1892 Home affairs, Trade and Agriculture,
Foreign affairs		 FDP/PRD 1881
1887		 Elected after Louis Ruchonnet and Charles Estoppey declined the election. C05
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 24 Simeon Bavier GR 10 December 1878 5 January 1883 Finance, Posts and Railways, Foreign affairs[7] FDP/PRD 1882 D04
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 25 Wilhelm Hertenstein ZH 21 March 1879 27 November 1888 Defence FDP/PRD 1888 Died in office A04
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 26 Louis Ruchonnet VD 3 March 1881 14 September 1893 Economic affairs, Justice, Foreign affairs[7] FDP/PRD 1883
1890		 Elected after Karl Hoffmann declined his election. Died in office G03
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 27 Adolf Deucher TG 10 April 1883 10 July 1912 Justice, Posts and Railways, Economic affairs, Foreign affairs[7] FDP/PRD 1886
1897
1903
1909		 Died in office D05
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 28 Walter Hauser ZH 13 December 1888 22 October 1902 Defence, Finance, Foreign affairs[7] FDP/PRD 1892
1900		 Died in office A05
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 29 Emil Frey BL 11 December 1890 11 March 1897 Defence FDP/PRD 1894 E06
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 30 Josef Zemp LU 17 December 1891 17 June 1908 Posts and Railways, Foreign affairs[7] CVP/PDC 1895
1902		 F03
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 31 Adrien Lachenal GE 15 December 1892 31 December 1899 Foreign affairs, Economic affairs, Home affairs FDP/PRD 1896 C06
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 32 Eugène Ruffy VD 14 December 1893 31 October 1899 Justice, Home affairs,
Foreign affairs,[7] Defence		 FDP/PRD 1898 G04
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 33 Eduard Müller BE 16 August 1895 9 November 1919 Justice, Defence,
Foreign affairs[7]		 FDP/PRD 1899
1907
1913		 Died in office B04
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 34 Ernst Brenner BS 25 March 1897 11 March 1911 Justice, Foreign affairs[7] FDP/PRD 1901
1908		 Died in office E07
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 35 Robert Comtesse NE 14 December 1899 4 March 1912 Finance, Justice,
Posts and Railways, Foreign affairs[7]		 FDP/PRD 1904
1910		 C07
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 36 Marc-Emile Ruchet File:Ruchet40.gif VD 14 December 1899 9 July 1912 Home affairs, Finance,
Foreign affairs[7]		 FDP/PRD 1905
1911		 G05
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 37 Ludwig Forrer ZH 11 December 1902 7 December 1917 Economic affairs, Home affairs, Foreign affairs,[7] Defence, Justice, Posts and Railways FDP/PRD 1906
1912		 A06
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 38 Josef Anton Schobinger LU 17 June 1908 27 November 1911 Justice, Economic affairs, Finance, Home affairs CVP/PDC — F04
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 39 Arthur Hoffmann SG 4 April 1911 19 June 1917 Justice, Defence,
Foreign affairs		 FDP/PRD 1914 E08
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 40 Giuseppe Motta TI 14 December 1911 23 January 1940 Finance, Foreign affairs CVP/PDC 1915
1920
1927
1932
1937		 F05
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 41 Louis Perrier NE 12 March 1912 16 May 1913 Posts and Railways, Home affairs FDP/PRD — C08
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 42 Camille Decoppet VD 17 July 1912 7 November 1919 Home affairs, Justice, Defence FDP/PRD 1916 G06
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 43 Edmund Schulthess AG 17 July 1912 15 April 1935 Economic affairs, Economic affairs FDP/PRD 1917
1921
1928
1933		 D06
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 44 Felix Calonder GR 12 June 1913 12 February 1920 Home affairs, Foreign affairs[7] FDP/PRD 1918 C09
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 45 Gustave Ador GE 26 June 1917 31 December 1919 Foreign affairs, Home affairs LPS/PLS 1919 E09
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 46 Robert Haab ZH 13 December 1917 31 December 1929 Posts and Railways FDP/PRD 1922
1929		 A07
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 47 Karl Scheurer BE 11 December 1919 14 November 1929 Defence FDP/PRD 1923 Died in office B05
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 48 Ernest Chuard VD 11 December 1919 31 December 1928 Home affairs FDP/PRD 1924 G07
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 49 Jean-Marie Musy FR 11 December 1919 30 April 1934 Finance CVP/PDC 1925
1930		 E10
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 50 Heinrich Häberlin TG 12 February 1920 12 March 1934 Justice FDP/PRD 1926
1931		 C10
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 51 Marcel Pilet-Golaz VD 13 December 1928 7 November 1944 Home affairs, Posts and Railways,
Foreign affairs		 FDP/PRD 1934
1940		 G08
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 52 Rudolf Minger BE 12 December 1929 31 December 1940 Defence SVP/UDC 1935 B06
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 53 Albert Meyer ZH 12 December 1929 31 December 1938 Home affairs, Finance FDP/PRD 1936 A08
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 54 Johannes Baumann AR 22 March 1934 31 December 1940 Justice FDP/PRD 1938 C11
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 55 Philipp Etter ZG 28 March 1934 19 November 1959 Home affairs CVP/PDC 1939
1942
1947
1953		 E11
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 56 Hermann Obrecht SO 4 April 1935 20 June 1940 Economic affairs FDP/PRD — D07
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 57 Ernst Wetter ZH 15 December 1938 31 December 1943 Finance FDP/PRD 1941 A09
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 58 Enrico Celio TI 22 February 1940 23 June 1950 Posts and Railways CVP/PDC 1943
1948		 F06
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 59 Walther Stampfli SO 18 July 1940 18 November 1947 Economic affairs FDP/PRD 1944 D08
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 60 Eduard von Steiger BE 10 December 1940 9 November 1951 Justice SVP/UDC 1945
1951		 B07
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 61 Karl Kobelt SG 10 December 1940 5 November 1954 Defence FDP/PRD 1946
1952		 C12
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 62 Ernst Nobs ZH 15 December 1943 13 November 1951 Finance SPS/PSS 1949 A10
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 63 Max Petitpierre NE 14 December 1944 30 June 1961 Foreign affairs FDP/PRD 1950
1955
1960		 G09
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 64 Rodolphe Rubattel VD 11 December 1947 1 November 1954 Economic affairs FDP/PRD 1954 D09
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 65 Josef Escher VS 14 September 1950 26 November 1954 Posts and Railways CVP/PDC — F07
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 66 Markus Feldmann BE 13 December 1951 3 November 1958 Justice SVP/UDC 1956 B08
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 67 Max Weber ZH 13 December 1951 8 December 1953 Finance SPS/PSS — A11
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 68 Hans Streuli ZH 22 December 1953 19 November 1959 Finance FDP/PRD 1957 A12
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 69 Thomas Holenstein SG 16 December 1954 20 November 1959 Economic affairs CVP/PDC 1958 F08
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 70 Paul Chaudet VD 16 December 1954 28 November 1966 Defence FDP/PRD 1959
1962		 D10
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 71 Giuseppe Lepori TI 16 December 1954 24 November 1959 Posts and Railways CVP/PDC — C13
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 72 Friedrich Traugott Wahlen BE 11 December 1958 31 December 1965 Justice, Economic affairs,
Foreign affairs		 SVP/UDC 1961 B09
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 73 Jean Bourgknecht FR 17 December 1959 3 September 1962 Finance CVP/PDC — E12
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 74 Willy Spühler ZH 17 December 1959 31 January 1970 Posts and Railways,
Transport, Energy, Communications,
Foreign affairs		 SPS/PSS 1963
1968		 A13
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 75 Ludwig von Moos OW 17 December 1959 31 December 1971 Justice CVP/PDC 1964
1969		 F09
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 76 Hans-Peter Tschudi BS 17 December 1959 31 December 1973 Home affairs SPS/PSS 1965
1970		 C14
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 77 Hans Schaffner AG 15 June 1961 31 December 1969 Economic affairs FDP/PRD 1966 G10
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 78 Roger Bonvin VS 27 September 1962 31 December 1973 Finance,
Transport, Energy, Communications		 CVP/PDC 1967
1973		 E13
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 79 Rudolf Gnägi BE 8 December 1965 31 December 1979 Transport, Energy, Communications,
Defence		 SVP/UDC 1971
1976		 B10
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 80 Nello Celio TI 15 December 1966 31 December 1973 Defence, Finance FDP/PRD 1972 D11
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 81 Pierre Graber NE 10 December 1969 31 January 1978 Foreign affairs SPS/PSS 1975 A14
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 82 Ernst Brugger ZH 10 December 1969 31 January 1978 Economic affairs FDP/PRD 1974 G11
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 83 Kurt Furgler SG 8 December 1971 31 December 1986 Justice, Economic affairs CVP/PDC 1977
1981
1985		 F10
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 84 Willi Ritschard SO 5 December 1973 3 October 1983 Transport, Energy, Communications,
Finance		 SPS/PSS 1978 Died in office C15
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 85 Hans Hürlimann ZG 5 December 1973 31 December 1982 Home affairs CVP/PDC 1979 E14
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 86 Georges-André Chevallaz VD 5 December 1973 31 December 1983 Finance, Defence FDP/PRD 1980 D12
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 87 Fritz Honegger ZH 7 December 1977 31 December 1982 Economic affairs FDP/PRD 1982 G12
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 88 Pierre Aubert NE 7 December 1977 31 December 1987 Foreign affairs SPS/PSS 1983
1987		 A15
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 89 Leon Schlumpf GR 5 December 1979 31 December 1987 Transport, Energy, Communications SVP/UDC 1984 B11
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 90 Alphons Egli LU 8 December 1982 31 December 1986 Home affairs CVP/PDC 1986 E15
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 91 Rudolf Friedrich ZH 8 December 1982 20 October 1984 Justice FDP/PRD — G13
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 92 Otto Stich SO 7 December 1983 31 October 1995 Finance SPS/PSS 1988
1994		 C16
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 93 Jean-Pascal Delamuraz VD 7 December 1983 30 March 1998 Defence, Economic affairs FDP/PRD 1989
1996		 D13
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 94 Elisabeth Kopp ZH 2 October 1984 12 January 1989 Justice FDP/PRD — G14
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 95 Arnold Koller AI 10 December 1986 13 January 1999 Justice, Defence CVP/PDC 1990
1997		 F11
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 96 Flavio Cotti TI 10 December 1986 13 January 1999 Home affairs, Foreign affairs CVP/PDC 1991
1998		 E16
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 97 René Felber NE 9 December 1987 31 March 1993 Foreign affairs SPS/PSS 1992 A16
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 98 Adolf Ogi BE 9 December 1987 31 December 2000 Transport, Energy, Communications,
Defence		 SVP/UDC 1993
2000		 B12
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 99 Kaspar Villiger LU 1 February 1989 31 December 2003 Defence, Finance FDP/PRD 1995
2002		 G15
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 100 Ruth Dreifuss GE 10 March 1993 31 December 2002 Home affairs SPS/PSS 1999 Elected after Francis Matthey declined the election. A17
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 101 Moritz Leuenberger ZH 27 September 1995 1 November 2010 Transport, Energy, Communications SPS/PSS 2001
2006		 C17
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 102 Pascal Couchepin VS 11 March 1998 31 October 2009 Economic affairs, Home affairs FDP/PRD 2003
2008		 D14
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 103 Ruth Metzler-Arnold AI 11 March 1999 31 December 2003 Justice CVP/PDC — Not re-elected[11] F12
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 104 Joseph Deiss FR 11 March 1999 31 July 2006 Foreign affairs, Economic affairs CVP/PDC 2004 E17
style="background:Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color;"| 105 Samuel Schmid BE 6 December 2000 31 December 2008[12] Defence BDP 2005 Elected for SVP/UDC B13
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 106 Micheline Calmy-Rey GE 4 December 2002 31 December 2011 Foreign affairs SPS/PSS 2007
2011		 A18
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 107 Christoph Blocher ZH 10 December 2003 31 December 2007 Justice SVP/UDC — Not re-elected.[13] F13
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 108 Hans-Rudolf Merz AR 10 December 2003 1 November 2010 Finance FDP/PRD 2009 G16
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white"| 109 Doris Leuthard AG 14 June 2006 Incumbent Economic Affairs, Transport, Energy, Communications CVP/PDC 2010 E18
style="background:Template:Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color;"| 110 Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf GR 12 December 2007 31 December 2015 Justice, Finance BDP 2012 Initially elected for SVP/UDC F14
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 111 Ueli Maurer ZH 10 December 2008 Incumbent Defence, Finance SVP/UDC 2013 B14
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 112 Didier Burkhalter NE 16 September 2009 Incumbent Home affairs, Foreign affairs FDP/PRD 2014 D15
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 113 Simonetta Sommaruga BE 22 September 2010 Incumbent Justice SPS/PSS 2015 C18
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 114 Johann Schneider-Ammann BE 22 September 2010 Incumbent Economic affairs FDP/PRD 2016 G17
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 115 Alain Berset FR 14 December 2011 Incumbent Home affairs SPS/PSS — A19
style="background:Template:Swiss People's Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 116 Guy Parmelin VD 9 December 2015 Incumbent Defence SVP/UDC – F15

Legend:
     Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) after 1894; previously a more or less coherent group of Liberals, Radicals and Democrats[14]
     Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)
     Liberal Party (LPS/PLS)
     Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) after 1971; previously Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB/PAI) and associated minor parties
     Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS)
     Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) The Councillors currently serving are indicated with bold type.

Members who declined their election

Five people have declined their election to the Federal Council by the Federal Assembly. Their number here is that of the Federal Councillor in the list above who was later elected in their place.

№ Name Canton Election Party Notes
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 10 Johann Jakob Stehlin BS 11 July 1855 FDP/PRD
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 23 Louis Ruchonnet VD 10 December 1875 FDP/PRD Later elected as 26th member.
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 23 Charles Estoppey VD 18 December 1875 FDP/PRD
style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 26 Karl Hoffmann SG 22 February 1881 FDP/PRD
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color; color:white;"| 100 Francis Matthey NE 3 March 1993 SPS/PSS

Notes and references

  1. ^ Swiss Federal Constitution / Bundesverfassung (BV) / Constitution fédérale (Cst.) / Costituzione federale (Cost.) of 1999-02-07, SR/RS 101 (E·D·F·I), art. 177 (E·D·F·I).
  2. ^ This is the prevailing reading of the relevant constitutional provision: Swiss Federal Constitution / Bundesverfassung (BV) / Constitution fédérale (Cst.) / Costituzione federale (Cost.) of 1999-02-07, SR/RS 101 (E·D·F·I), art. 175 (E·D·F·I).
  3. ^ Federal Council in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ For the abbreviations, see Data codes for Switzerland: Cantons. Up until 1987, the Federal Chancellery recorded the Councillors' legal place of origin. From 1987 on, the canton in which the Councillors live has been recorded, or, for councillors who were members of the Federal Assembly, the canton whose population they represented.
  5. ^ The names of the federal departments have changed over the years. Generic names have been used as much as possible.
  6. ^ The sequence number indicates to which of the seven seats (denoted by the letters A to G) the Councillor was elected.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x As President of the Confederation. The department used to be held by councillors during the annually changing office of President of the Confederation.
  8. ^ Ulrich Ochsenbein in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  9. ^ Philippe Chenaux: Jean-Jacques Challet (-Venel) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2003-09-16.
  10. ^ Fridolin Anderwert in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  11. ^ Franz Xaver Bischof: Ruth Metzler (-Arnold) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2007-11-27.
  12. ^ "Schmid announces resignation". Swissinfo. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  13. ^ "Blocher ousted by Swiss parliament". Swissinfo. 12 December 2007.
  14. ^ Beginnings of the Free Democratic Party in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.Error in template * invalid parameter (Template:HDS): "1"
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