List of members of the Swiss Federal Council
Members
Legend: Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) after 1894; previously a more or less coherent group of Liberals, Radicals and Democrats 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.

List of members of the Swiss Federal Council

Section Title: Members
Table Section Text: Legend: Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) after 1894; previously a more or less coherent group of Liberals, Radicals and Democrats 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.

№	Name	Portrait	Canton	Election	Left office	Department headed	Party	Presidency	Notes	Seq

1	Jonas Furrer	Jonas Furrer	ZH	16 November 1848	25 July 1861	Foreign affairs, Justice	FDP/PRD	1848–49 1852 1855 1858	Died in office	A01

2	Ulrich Ochsenbein	-	BE	16 November 1848	6 December 1854	Defence	FDP/PRD	—	Not re-elected	B01

3	Henri Druey	-	VD	16 November 1848	29 March 1855	Justice, Foreign affairs, Finance	FDP/PRD	1850	Died in office	C01

4	Josef Munzinger	-	SO	16 November 1848	6 February 1855	Finance, Foreign affairs, 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, Foreign affairs, Defence	FDP/PRD	1854 1860	F01

7	Wilhelm Matthias Naeff	-	SG	16 November 1848	31 December 1875	Posts and Construction, Foreign affairs, Trade and Customs, Posts, Finance, Railway and Trade	FDP/PRD	1853	G01

8	Jakob Stämpfli	-	BE	6 December 1854	31 December 1863	Justice, Foreign affairs, Finance, Defence	FDP/PRD	1856 1859 1862	B02

9	Constant Fornerod	-	VD	11 July 1855	31 October 1867	Trade and Customs, Foreign affairs, Finance, Defence	FDP/PRD	1857 1863 1867	C02

10	Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel	-	LU	14 July 1855	31 December 1875	Finance, Trade and Customs, Justice, Foreign affairs, 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, Foreign affairs, Home affairs, Posts	FDP/PRD	1864 1868 1870	A02

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

14	Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel	-	GE	12 July 1864	7 December 1872	Finance, Posts	FDP/PRD	—	Not re-elected	E03

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

16	Victor Ruffy	-	VD	6 December 1867	29 December 1869	Finance, Defence	FDP/PRD	—	Died in office	C03

17	Paul Cérésole	-	VD	1 February 1870	31 December 1875	Finance, Defence, Foreign affairs, Justice	FDP/PRD	1873	C04

18	Johann Jakob Scherer	-	ZH	12 July 1872	23 December 1878	Finance, Railway and Trade, Foreign affairs, Defence	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, Foreign affairs, Railway and Trade	FDP/PRD	1877	D03

21	Fridolin Anderwert	-	TG	10 December 1875	25 December 1880	Justice	FDP/PRD	—	Died in office (committed suicide)	G02

22	Bernhard Hammer	-	SO	10 December 1875	31 December 1890	Finance, Defence	FDP/PRD	1879 1889	E05

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

24	Simeon Bavier	-	GR	10 December 1878	5 January 1883	Finance, Posts and Railways, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1882	D04

25	Wilhelm Hertenstein	-	ZH	21 March 1879	27 November 1888	Defence	FDP/PRD	1888	Died in office	A04

26	Louis Ruchonnet	-	VD	3 March 1881	14 September 1893	Economic affairs, Justice, Foreign affairs	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, Posts and Railways, Economic affairs, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1886 1897 1903 1909	Died in office	D05

28	Walter Hauser	-	ZH	13 December 1888	22 October 1902	Defence, Finance, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1892 1900	Died in office	A05

29	Emil Frey	-	BL	11 December 1890	11 March 1897	Defence	FDP/PRD	1894	E06

30	Josef Zemp	-	LU	17 December 1891	17 June 1908	Posts and Railways, Foreign affairs	CVP/PDC	1895 1902	F03

31	Adrien Lachenal	-	GE	15 December 1892	31 December 1899	Foreign affairs, Economic affairs, Home affairs	FDP/PRD	1896	C06

32	Eugène Ruffy	-	VD	14 December 1893	31 October 1899	Justice, Home affairs, Foreign affairs, Defence	FDP/PRD	1898	G04

33	Eduard Müller	-	BE	16 August 1895	9 November 1919	Justice, Defence, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1899 1907 1913	Died in office	B04

34	Ernst Brenner	-	BS	25 March 1897	11 March 1911	Justice, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1901 1908	Died in office	E07

35	Robert Comtesse	-	NE	14 December 1899	4 March 1912	Finance, Justice, Posts and Railways, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1904 1910	C07

36	Marc-Emile Ruchet	-	VD	14 December 1899	9 July 1912	Home affairs, Finance, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1905 1911	G05

37	Ludwig Forrer	-	ZH	11 December 1902	7 December 1917	Economic affairs, Home affairs, Foreign affairs, Defence, Justice, Posts and Railways	FDP/PRD	1906 1912	A06

38	Josef Anton Schobinger	-	LU	17 June 1908	27 November 1911	Justice, Economic affairs, Finance, Home affairs	CVP/PDC	—	F04

39	Arthur Hoffmann	-	SG	4 April 1911	19 June 1917	Justice, Defence, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1914	E08

40	Giuseppe Motta	-	TI	14 December 1911	23 January 1940	Finance, Foreign affairs	CVP/PDC	1915 1920 1927 1932 1937	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, Defence	FDP/PRD	1916	G06

43	Edmund Schulthess	-	AG	17 July 1912	15 April 1935	Economic affairs, Economic affairs	FDP/PRD	1917 1921 1928 1933	D06

44	Felix Calonder	-	GR	12 June 1913	12 February 1920	Home affairs, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1918	C09

45	Gustave Ador	-	GE	26 June 1917	31 December 1919	Foreign affairs, 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	Defence	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	CVP/PDC	1925 1930	E10

50	Heinrich Häberlin	-	TG	12 February 1920	12 March 1934	Justice	FDP/PRD	1926 1931	C10

51	Marcel Pilet-Golaz	-	VD	13 December 1928	7 November 1944	Home affairs, Posts and Railways, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	1934 1940	G08

52	Rudolf Minger	-	BE	12 December 1929	31 December 1940	Defence	SVP/UDC	1935	B06

53	Albert Meyer	-	ZH	12 December 1929	31 December 1938	Home affairs, Finance	FDP/PRD	1936	A08

54	Johannes Baumann	-	AR	22 March 1934	31 December 1940	Justice	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	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	SVP/UDC	1945 1951	B07

61	Karl Kobelt	-	SG	10 December 1940	5 November 1954	Defence	FDP/PRD	1946 1952	C12

62	Ernst Nobs	-	ZH	15 December 1943	13 November 1951	Finance	SPS/PSS	1949	A10

63	Max Petitpierre	-	NE	14 December 1944	30 June 1961	Foreign affairs	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	SVP/UDC	1956	B08

67	Max Weber	-	ZH	13 December 1951	8 December 1953	Finance	SPS/PSS	—	A11

68	Hans Streuli	-	ZH	22 December 1953	19 November 1959	Finance	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	Defence	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, Economic affairs, Foreign affairs	SVP/UDC	1961	B09

73	Jean Bourgknecht	-	FR	17 December 1959	3 September 1962	Finance	CVP/PDC	—	E12

74	Willy Spühler	-	ZH	17 December 1959	31 January 1970	Posts and Railways, Transport, Energy, Communications, Foreign affairs	SPS/PSS	1963 1968	A13

75	Ludwig von Moos	-	OW	17 December 1959	31 December 1971	Justice	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, Transport, Energy, Communications	CVP/PDC	1967 1973	E13

79	Rudolf Gnägi	-	BE	8 December 1965	31 December 1979	Transport, Energy, Communications, Defence	SVP/UDC	1971 1976	B10

80	Nello Celio	-	TI	15 December 1966	31 December 1973	Defence, Finance	FDP/PRD	1972	D11

81	Pierre Graber	-	NE	10 December 1969	31 January 1978	Foreign affairs	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, 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, Defence	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	Foreign affairs	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	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	Defence, Economic affairs	FDP/PRD	1989 1996	D13

94	Elisabeth Kopp	-	ZH	2 October 1984	12 January 1989	Justice	FDP/PRD	—	G14

95	Arnold Koller	-	AI	10 December 1986	13 January 1999	Justice, Defence	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, Defence	SVP/UDC	1993 2000	B12

99	Kaspar Villiger	-	LU	1 February 1989	31 December 2003	Defence, 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-Arnold	-	AI	11 March 1999	31 December 2003	Justice	CVP/PDC	—	Not re-elected	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	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	SVP/UDC	—	Not re-elected.	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, Transport, Energy, Communications	CVP/PDC	2010 2017	E18

110	Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf	-	GR	12 December 2007	31 December 2015	Justice, Finance	BDP/PBD	2012	Initially elected for SVP/UDC	F14

111	Ueli Maurer	-	ZH	10 December 2008	Incumbent	Defence, Finance	SVP/UDC	2013 2019	B14

112	Didier Burkhalter	-	NE	16 September 2009	31 October 2017	Home affairs, Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	2014	D15

113	Simonetta Sommaruga	-	BE	22 September 2010	Incumbent	Justice, Transport, Energy, Communications	SPS/PSS	2015	C18

114	Johann Schneider-Ammann	-	BE	22 September 2010	31 December 2018	Economic affairs	FDP/PRD	2016	G17

115	Alain Berset	-	FR	14 December 2011	Incumbent	Home affairs	SPS/PSS	2018	A19

116	Guy Parmelin	-	VD	9 December 2015	Incumbent	Defence, Economic affairs	SVP/UDC	–	F15

117	Ignazio Cassis	-	TI	20 September 2017	Incumbent	Foreign affairs	FDP/PRD	–	D16

118	Viola Amherd	-	VS	5 December 2018	Incumbent	Defence	CVP/PDC	E19

119	Karin Keller-Sutter	-	SG	5 December 2018	Incumbent	Justice	FDP/PRD	G18

Sentence(s)

Paul Cérésole was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1870–1875).

final_sentence: Paul Cérésole was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1870–1875).