# List of presidents of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland

This is a list of presidents of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. It includes all presiding judges of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland since 1848.
Until the Swiss Constitution of 1874, members of the Federal Assembly (Council of States, National Council) could be judges and many of the presidents of the Federal Supreme Court were also members of the Federal Assembly.
| Name | Canton | From | To |
| Johann Konrad Kern | Thurgau | 1848 | 1850 |
| Casimir Pfyffer | Lucerne | 1851 | 1851 |
| Johann Konrad Kern | Thurgau | 1852 | 1852 |
| Casimir Pfyffer | Lucerne | 1853 | 1853 |
| Johann Jakob Rüttimann | Zürich | 1854 | 1854 |
| Johann Jakob Trog | Solothurn | 1854 | 1854 |
| Eduard Blösch | Bern | 1855 | 1855 |
| Casimir Pfyffer | Lucerne | 1856 | 1856 |
| Jakob Dubs | Zürich | 1857 | 1857 |
| Johann Jakob Blumer | Glarus | 1858 | 1858 |
| Casimir Pfyffer | Lucerne | 1859 | 1859 |
| Gottlieb Jäger | St. Gallen | 1860 | 1860 |
| Casimir Pfyffer | Lucerne | 1861 | 1861 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli | St. Gallen | 1862 | 1862 |
| Eduard Blösch | Bern | 1863 | 1863 |
| Josef Wilhelm Viktor Vigier | Solothurn | 1864 | 1864 |
| Nicolaus Hermann | Obwalden | 1865 | 1865 |
| Eduard Häberlin | Thurgau | 1866 | 1866 |
| Victor Ruffy | Vaud | 1867 | 1867 |
| Johann Jakob Blumer | Glarus | 1868 | 1868 |
| Edouard Carlin | Jura | 1869 | 1869 |
| Jost Weber | Lucerne | 1870 | 1870 |
| Johann Jakob Blumer | Glarus | 1871 | 1871 |
| Eugène Borel | Neuchâtel | 1872 | 1872 |
| Josef Wilhelm Viktor Vigier | Solothurn | 1873 | 1873 |
| Johann Jakob Blumer | Glarus | 1874 | 1874 |
| Jules Roguin | Vaud | 1876 | 1876 |
| Josef Karl Pankraz Morel | St. Gallen | 1879 | 1880 |
| Johann Conrad Weber | Aargau | 1881 | 1882 |
| Jules Roguin | Vaud | 1883 | 1884 |
| Gaudenzio Olgiati | Grisons | 1885 | 1886 |
| Alois Kopp | Lucerne | 1887 | 1888 |
| Heinrich Stamm | Schaffhausen | 1889 | 1890 |
| Josef Bläsi | Solothurn | 1891 | 1892 |
| Heinrich Hafner | Zürich | 1893 | 1894 |
| Johann Broye | Fribourg | 1895 | 1896 |
| Charles-Henri Soldan | Vaud | 1897 | 1898 |
| Emil Rott | Bern | 1899 | 1900 |
| Johannes Winkler | Lucerne | 1901 | 1902 |
| Jakob Huldreich Bachmann | Thurgau | 1903 | 1904 |
| Agostino Soldati | Ticino | 1904 | 1904 |
| Frédéric Auguste Monnier | Neuchâtel | 1905 | 1906 |
| Carl Jäger | St. Gallen | 1907 | 1908 |
| Emile Perrier | Fribourg | 1909 | 1910 |
| Viktor Merz | Bern | 1911 | 1912 |
| Heinrich Honegger | Zürich | 1915 | 1916 |
| Albert Ursprung | Aargau | 1918 | 1919 |
| Ernest Picot | Geneva | 1919 | 1920 |
| Fritz Ostertag | Basel-Stadt | 1921 | 1922 |
| Franz Schmid | Uri | 1923 | 1923 |
| Albert Affolter | Solothurn | 1924 | 1924 |
| Alfred Stooss | Bern | 1925 | 1925 |
| Emil Kirchhofer | Schaffhausen | 1927 | 1928 |
| Virgile Rossel | Bern | 1929 | 1930 |
| Hans Müri | Aargau | 1931 | 1932 |
| Henri Thelin | Vaud | 1933 | 1934 |
| Arthur Couchepin | Valais | 1935 | 1936 |
| Josef Jakob Strebel | Aargau | 1937 | 1938 |
| Robert Fazy | Geneva | 1939 | 1940 |
| Léon Robert | Neuchâtel | 1941 | 1942 |
| Hans Steiner | Schwyz | 1943 | 1944 |
| Plinio Bolla | Ticino | 1945 | 1946 |
| Georg Leuch | Bern | 1947 | 1948 |
| Eugen Blocher | Basel-Stadt | 1949 | 1950 |
| Walter Nägeli | Zürich | 1951 | 1952 |
| Louis Python | Fribourg | 1953 | 1954 |
| Robert Petitmermet | Vaud | 1955 | 1956 |
| Wilhelm Stauffer | Bern | 1957 | 1958 |
| Carlo Pometta | Ticino | 1959 | 1960 |
| Wilhelm Schönenberger | St. Gallen | 1961 | 1962 |
| Franz Fässler | Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1963 | 1964 |
| Fritz Häberlin | Thurgau | 1965 | 1966 |
| André Panchaud | Vaud | 1967 | 1968 |
| Silvio Giovanoli | Grisons | 1969 | 1970 |
| Paul Schwartz | Basel-Stadt | 1971 | 1972 |
| Hans Tschopp | Zürich | 1973 | 1974 |
| Pierre Cavin | Vaud | 1975 | 1976 |
| André Grisel | Neuchâtel | 1977 | 1978 |
| Harald Huber | St. Gallen | 1979 | 1980 |
| Rolando Forni | Ticino | 1981 | 1982 |
| Otto Konstantin Kaufmann | St. Gallen | 1983 | 1984 |
| Arthur Haefliger | Solothurn | 1985 | 1986 |
| Erhard Schweri | Zürich | 1987 | 1988 |
| Rolf Raschein | Grisons | 1989 | 1990 |
| Robert Patry | Geneva | 1991 | 1992 |
| Jean-François Egli | Neuchâtel | 1993 | 1994 |
| Claude Rouiller | Valais | 1995 | 1996 |
| Peter Alexander Müller | Valais | 1997 | 1998 |
| Martin Schubarth | Basel-Stadt | 1999 | 2000 |
| Hans Peter Walter | Bern | 2001 | 2002 |
| Heinz Aemisegger | Schaffhausen | 2003 | 2004 |
| Giusep Nay | Grisons | 2005 | 2006 |
| Arthur Aeschlimann | Bern | 2007 | 2008 |
| Lorenz Meyer | Bern | 2009 | 2012 |
| Gilbert Kolly | Fribourg | 2013 | 2016 |
| Ulrich Meyer | Bern | 2017 | |