# List of members of the Swiss Federal Council by date

This is a list of members of the Swiss Federal Council, in chronological order and for any given year since inauguration of the Federal Council, from 1848 to present. Its seven members constitute the federal government of Switzerland and collectively serve as the country's head of state. Each of the seven Federal Councillors heads a department of the Swiss federal administration.
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 United Federal Assembly. Each Federal Councillor is elected individually by secret ballot by an absolute majority of votes. 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. Reelection is possible for an indefinite number of terms. Parliament has decided not to reelect a sitting Federal Councillor only four times and only twice (in 2003 and 2007) since 1872. In practice, therefore, Federal Councillors serve until they decide to resign and retire to private life, usually after three to five terms of office.

## Chronological, global

| Decade | First day in office | Federal Councillors | Federal Councillors | Federal Councillors | Federal Councillors | Federal Councillors | Federal Councillors | Federal Councillors |
| 1848 | 16 November 1848 | Ulrich Ochsenbein | Jonas Furrer | Josef Munzinger | Henri Druey | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Stefano Franscini |
| 1850s | | Ulrich Ochsenbein | Jonas Furrer | Josef Munzinger | Henri Druey | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Stefano Franscini |
| 1850s | 31 December 1854 | Jakob Stämpfli | Jonas Furrer | Josef Munzinger | Henri Druey | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Stefano Franscini |
| 1850s | 11 July 1855 | Jakob Stämpfli | Jonas Furrer | Josef Munzinger | Constant Fornerod | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Stefano Franscini |
| 1850s | 14 July 1855 | Jakob Stämpfli | Jonas Furrer | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Constant Fornerod | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Stefano Franscini |
| 1850s | 30 July 1857 | Jakob Stämpfli | Jonas Furrer | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Constant Fornerod | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Giovanni Battista Pioda |
| 1860s | | Jakob Stämpfli | Jonas Furrer | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Constant Fornerod | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Giovanni Battista Pioda |
| 1860s | 30 July 1861 | Jakob Stämpfli | Jakob Dubs | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Constant Fornerod | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Giovanni Battista Pioda |
| 1860s | 31 December 1863 | Karl Schenk | Jakob Dubs | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Constant Fornerod | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Giovanni Battista Pioda |
| 1860s | 12 July 1864 | Karl Schenk | Jakob Dubs | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Constant Fornerod | Friedrich Frey-Herosé | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel |
| 1860s | 31 December 1866 | Karl Schenk | Jakob Dubs | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Constant Fornerod | Emil Welti | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel |
| 1860s | 31 October 1867 | Karl Schenk | Jakob Dubs | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Victor Ruffy | Emil Welti | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel |
| 1870s | | Karl Schenk | Jakob Dubs | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Victor Ruffy | Emil Welti | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel |
| 1870s | 1 February 1870 | Karl Schenk | Jakob Dubs | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Paul Cérésole | Emil Welti | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel |
| 1870s | 28 May 1872 | Karl Schenk | Johann Jakob Scherer | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Paul Cérésole | Emil Welti | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel |
| 1870s | 31 December 1872 | Karl Schenk | Johann Jakob Scherer | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | Paul Cérésole | Emil Welti | Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | Eugène Borel |
| 1870s | 31 December 1875 | Karl Schenk | Johann Jakob Scherer | Joachim Heer | Numa Droz | Emil Welti | Fridolin Anderwert | Bernhard Hammer |
| 1870s | 31 December 1878 | Karl Schenk | Johann Jakob Scherer | Simeon Bavier | Numa Droz | Emil Welti | Fridolin Anderwert | Bernhard Hammer |
| 1880s | | Karl Schenk | Johann Jakob Scherer | Simeon Bavier | Numa Droz | Emil Welti | Fridolin Anderwert | Bernhard Hammer |
| 1880s | 3 March 1881 | Karl Schenk | Johann Jakob Scherer | Simeon Bavier | Numa Droz | Emil Welti | Louis Ruchonnet | Bernhard Hammer |
| 1880s | 10 April 1883 | Karl Schenk | Johann Jakob Scherer | Adolf Deucher | Numa Droz | Emil Welti | Louis Ruchonnet | Bernhard Hammer |
| 1880s | 13 December 1888 | Karl Schenk | Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein | Adolf Deucher | Numa Droz | Emil Welti | Louis Ruchonnet | Bernhard Hammer |
| 1890s | | Karl Schenk | Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein | Adolf Deucher | Numa Droz | Emil Welti | Louis Ruchonnet | Bernhard Hammer |
| 1890s | 31 December 1890 | Karl Schenk | Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein | Adolf Deucher | Numa Droz | Emil Welti | Louis Ruchonnet | Emil Frey |
| 1890s | 31 December 1891 | Karl Schenk | Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein | Adolf Deucher | Numa Droz | Josef Zemp | Louis Ruchonnet | Emil Frey |
| 1890s | 31 December 1892 | Karl Schenk | Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein | Adolf Deucher | Adrien Lachenal | Josef Zemp | Louis Ruchonnet | Emil Frey |
| 1890s | 14 December 1893 | Karl Schenk | Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein | Adolf Deucher | Adrien Lachenal | Josef Zemp | Eugène Ruffy | Emil Frey |
| 1890s | 16 August 1895 | Eduard Müller | Walter Hauser | Adolf Deucher | Adrien Lachenal | Josef Zemp | Eugène Ruffy | Emil Frey |
| 1890s | 31 March 1897 | Eduard Müller | Walter Hauser | Adolf Deucher | Adrien Lachenal | Josef Zemp | Eugène Ruffy | Ernst Brenner |
| 1890s | 14 December 1899 | Eduard Müller | Walter Hauser | Adolf Deucher | Adrien Lachenal | Josef Zemp | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Ernst Brenner |
| 1900s | 31 December 1899 | Eduard Müller | Walter Hauser | Adolf Deucher | Robert Comtesse | Josef Zemp | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Ernst Brenner |
| 1900s | 11 December 1902 | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Adolf Deucher | Robert Comtesse | Josef Zemp | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Ernst Brenner |
| 1900s | 17 June 1908 | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Adolf Deucher | Robert Comtesse | Josef Anton Schobinger | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Ernst Brenner |
| 1910s | | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Adolf Deucher | Robert Comtesse | Josef Anton Schobinger | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Ernst Brenner |
| 1910s | 4 April 1911 | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Adolf Deucher | Robert Comtesse | Josef Anton Schobinger | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Arthur Hoffmann |
| 1910s | 14 December 1911 | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Adolf Deucher | Robert Comtesse | Giuseppe Motta | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Arthur Hoffmann |
| 1910s | 12 March 1912 | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Adolf Deucher | Louis Perrier | Giuseppe Motta | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Arthur Hoffmann |
| 1910s | 17 July 1912 | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Edmund Schulthess | Louis Perrier | Giuseppe Motta | Camille Decoppet | Arthur Hoffmann |
| 1910s | 12 June 1913 | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Edmund Schulthess | Felix-Louis Calonder | Giuseppe Motta | Camille Decoppet | Arthur Hoffmann |
| 1910s | 26 June 1917 | Eduard Müller | Ludwig Forrer | Edmund Schulthess | Felix-Louis Calonder | Giuseppe Motta | Camille Decoppet | Gustave Ador |
| 1910s | 31 December 1917 | Eduard Müller | Robert Haab | Edmund Schulthess | Felix-Louis Calonder | Giuseppe Motta | Camille Decoppet | Gustave Ador |
| 1910s | 11 December 1919 | Karl Scheurer | Robert Haab | Edmund Schulthess | Felix-Louis Calonder | Giuseppe Motta | Camille Decoppet | Gustave Ador |
| 1910s | 31 December 1919 | Karl Scheurer | Robert Haab | Edmund Schulthess | Felix-Louis Calonder | Giuseppe Motta | Ernest Chuard | Jean-Marie Musy |
| 1920s | | Karl Scheurer | Robert Haab | Edmund Schulthess | Felix-Louis Calonder | Giuseppe Motta | Ernest Chuard | Jean-Marie Musy |
| 1920s | 12 February 1920 | Karl Scheurer | Robert Haab | Edmund Schulthess | Heinrich Häberlin | Giuseppe Motta | Ernest Chuard | Jean-Marie Musy |
| 1920s | 31 December 1928 | Karl Scheurer | Robert Haab | Edmund Schulthess | Heinrich Häberlin | Giuseppe Motta | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Jean-Marie Musy |
| 1920s | 12 December 1929 | Rudolf Minger | Albert Meyer | Edmund Schulthess | Heinrich Häberlin | Giuseppe Motta | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Jean-Marie Musy |
| 1930s | | Rudolf Minger | Albert Meyer | Edmund Schulthess | Heinrich Häberlin | Giuseppe Motta | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Jean-Marie Musy |
| 1930s | 30 April 1934 | Rudolf Minger | Albert Meyer | Edmund Schulthess | Johannes Baumann | Giuseppe Motta | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1930s | 15 April 1935 | Rudolf Minger | Albert Meyer | Hermann Obrecht | Johannes Baumann | Giuseppe Motta | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1930s | 31 December 1938 | Rudolf Minger | Ernst Wetter | Hermann Obrecht | Johannes Baumann | Giuseppe Motta | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1940s | | Rudolf Minger | Ernst Wetter | Hermann Obrecht | Johannes Baumann | Giuseppe Motta | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1940s | 22 February 1940 | Rudolf Minger | Ernst Wetter | Hermann Obrecht | Johannes Baumann | Enrico Celio | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1940s | 31 July 1940 | Rudolf Minger | Ernst Wetter | Hermann Obrecht | Johannes Baumann | Enrico Celio | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1940s | 10 December 1940 | Eduard von Steiger | Ernst Wetter | Walther Stampfli | Johannes Baumann | Enrico Celio | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1940s | 31 December 1940 | Eduard von Steiger | Ernst Wetter | Walther Stampfli | Karl Kobelt | Enrico Celio | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1940s | 31 December 1943 | Eduard von Steiger | Ernst Nobs | Walther Stampfli | Karl Kobelt | Enrico Celio | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Philipp Etter |
| 1940s | 31 December 1944 | Eduard von Steiger | Ernst Nobs | Walther Stampfli | Karl Kobelt | Enrico Celio | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1940s | 31 December 1947 | Eduard von Steiger | Ernst Nobs | Rodolphe Rubattel | Karl Kobelt | Enrico Celio | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1950s | | Eduard von Steiger | Ernst Nobs | Rodolphe Rubattel | Karl Kobelt | Enrico Celio | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1950s | 15 October 1950 | Eduard von Steiger | Ernst Nobs | Rodolphe Rubattel | Karl Kobelt | Josef Escher | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1950s | 13 December 1951 | Markus Feldmann | Ernst Nobs | Rodolphe Rubattel | Karl Kobelt | Josef Escher | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1950s | 31 December 1951 | Markus Feldmann | Max Weber | Rodolphe Rubattel | Karl Kobelt | Josef Escher | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1950s | 9 December 1954 | Markus Feldmann | Max Weber | Rodolphe Rubattel | Karl Kobelt | Thomas Holenstein | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1950s | 31 December 1954 | Markus Feldmann | Hans Streuli | Paul Chaudet | Giuseppe Lepori | Thomas Holenstein | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1950s | 11 December 1958 | Friedrich Traugott Wahlen | Hans Streuli | Paul Chaudet | Giuseppe Lepori | Thomas Holenstein | Max Petitpierre | Philipp Etter |
| 1960s | 31 December 1959 | Friedrich Traugott Wahlen | Willy Spühler | Paul Chaudet | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Ludwig von Moos | Max Petitpierre | Jean Bourgknecht |
| 1960s | 30 June 1961 | Friedrich Traugott Wahlen | Willy Spühler | Paul Chaudet | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Ludwig von Moos | Hans Schaffner | Jean Bourgknecht |
| 1960s | 30 September 1962 | Friedrich Traugott Wahlen | Willy Spühler | Paul Chaudet | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Ludwig von Moos | Hans Schaffner | Roger Bonvin |
| 1960s | 31 December 1965 | Rudolf Gnägi | Willy Spühler | Paul Chaudet | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Ludwig von Moos | Hans Schaffner | Roger Bonvin |
| 1960s | 31 December 1966 | Rudolf Gnägi | Willy Spühler | Nello Celio | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Ludwig von Moos | Hans Schaffner | Roger Bonvin |
| 1970s | 31 December 1969 | Rudolf Gnägi | Willy Spühler | Nello Celio | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Ludwig von Moos | Ernst Brugger | Roger Bonvin |
| 1970s | 31 January 1970 | Rudolf Gnägi | Pierre Graber | Nello Celio | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Ludwig von Moos | Ernst Brugger | Roger Bonvin |
| 1970s | 31 December 1971 | Rudolf Gnägi | Pierre Graber | Nello Celio | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Kurt Furgler | Ernst Brugger | Roger Bonvin |
| 1970s | 1 December 1973 | Rudolf Gnägi | Pierre Graber | Nello Celio | Willi Ritschard | Kurt Furgler | Ernst Brugger | Roger Bonvin |
| 1970s | 31 December 1973 | Rudolf Gnägi | Pierre Graber | Georges-André Chevallaz | Willi Ritschard | Kurt Furgler | Ernst Brugger | Hans Hürlimann |
| 1970s | 31 January 1978 | Rudolf Gnägi | Pierre Aubert | Georges-André Chevallaz | Willi Ritschard | Kurt Furgler | Fritz Honegger | Hans Hürlimann |
| 1980s | 31 December 1979 | Leon Schlumpf | Pierre Aubert | Georges-André Chevallaz | Willi Ritschard | Kurt Furgler | Fritz Honegger | Hans Hürlimann |
| 1980s | 31 December 1982 | Leon Schlumpf | Pierre Aubert | Georges-André Chevallaz | Willi Ritschard | Kurt Furgler | Rudolf Friedrich | Alphons Egli |
| 1980s | 7 December 1983 | Leon Schlumpf | Pierre Aubert | Georges-André Chevallaz | Otto Stich | Kurt Furgler | Rudolf Friedrich | Alphons Egli |
| 1980s | 31 December 1983 | Leon Schlumpf | Pierre Aubert | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | Otto Stich | Kurt Furgler | Rudolf Friedrich | Alphons Egli |
| 1980s | 20 October 1984 | Leon Schlumpf | Pierre Aubert | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | Otto Stich | Kurt Furgler | Elisabeth Kopp | Alphons Egli |
| 1980s | 31 December 1986 | Leon Schlumpf | Pierre Aubert | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | Otto Stich | Arnold Koller | Elisabeth Kopp | Flavio Cotti |
| 1980s | 31 December 1987 | Adolf Ogi | René Felber | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | Otto Stich | Arnold Koller | Elisabeth Kopp | Flavio Cotti |
| 1980s | 12 January 1989 | Adolf Ogi | René Felber | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | Otto Stich | Arnold Koller | Kaspar Villiger | Flavio Cotti |
| 1990s | 1 January 1990 | Adolf Ogi | René Felber | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | Otto Stich | Arnold Koller | Kaspar Villiger | Flavio Cotti |
| 1990s | 1 April 1993 | Adolf Ogi | Ruth Dreifuss | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | Otto Stich | Arnold Koller | Kaspar Villiger | Flavio Cotti |
| 1990s | 1 November 1995 | Adolf Ogi | Ruth Dreifuss | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | Moritz Leuenberger | Arnold Koller | Kaspar Villiger | Flavio Cotti |
| 1990s | 1 April 1998 | Adolf Ogi | Ruth Dreifuss | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Arnold Koller | Kaspar Villiger | Flavio Cotti |
| 1990s | 1 May 1999 | Adolf Ogi | Ruth Dreifuss | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Ruth Metzler | Kaspar Villiger | Joseph Deiss |
| 2000s | | Adolf Ogi | Ruth Dreifuss | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Ruth Metzler | Kaspar Villiger | Joseph Deiss |
| 2000s | 1 January 2001 | Samuel Schmid | Ruth Dreifuss | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Ruth Metzler | Kaspar Villiger | Joseph Deiss |
| 2000s | 1 January 2003 | Samuel Schmid | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Ruth Metzler | Kaspar Villiger | Joseph Deiss |
| 2000s | 1 January 2004 | Samuel Schmid | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Christoph Blocher | Hans-Rudolf Merz | Joseph Deiss |
| 2000s | 1 August 2006 | Samuel Schmid | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Christoph Blocher | Hans-Rudolf Merz | Doris Leuthard |
| 2000s | 1 January 2008 | Samuel Schmid | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Hans-Rudolf Merz | Doris Leuthard |
| 2000s | 1 November 2008 | Samuel Schmid | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Hans-Rudolf Merz | Doris Leuthard |
| 2000s | 1 January 2009 | Ueli Maurer | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Pascal Couchepin | Moritz Leuenberger | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Hans-Rudolf Merz | Doris Leuthard |
| 2000s | 1 November 2009 | Ueli Maurer | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Didier Burkhalter | Moritz Leuenberger | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Hans-Rudolf Merz | Doris Leuthard |
| 2010s | | Ueli Maurer | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Didier Burkhalter | | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | | Doris Leuthard |
| 2010s | 1 November 2010 | Ueli Maurer | Micheline Calmy-Rey | Didier Burkhalter | Simonetta Sommaruga | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Johann Schneider-Ammann | Doris Leuthard |
| 2010s | 1 January 2012 | Ueli Maurer | Alain Berset | Didier Burkhalter | Simonetta Sommaruga | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Johann Schneider-Ammann | Doris Leuthard |
| 2010s | 1 January 2016 | Ueli Maurer | Alain Berset | Didier Burkhalter | Simonetta Sommaruga | Guy Parmelin | Johann Schneider-Ammann | Doris Leuthard |
| 2010s | 1 November 2017 | Ueli Maurer | Alain Berset | Ignazio Cassis | Simonetta Sommaruga | Guy Parmelin | Johann Schneider-Ammann | Doris Leuthard |
| 2010s | 1 January 2019 | Ueli Maurer | Alain Berset | Ignazio Cassis | Simonetta Sommaruga | Guy Parmelin | Karin Keller-Sutter | Viola Amherd |
| 2020s | | Ueli Maurer | Alain Berset | Ignazio Cassis | Simonetta Sommaruga | Guy Parmelin | Karin Keller-Sutter | Viola Amherd |
| 2020s | 1 January 2021 | Ueli Maurer | Alain Berset | Ignazio Cassis | Simonetta Sommaruga | Guy Parmelin | Karin Keller-Sutter | Viola Amherd |
| 2020s | 1 January 2023 | Albert Rösti | Alain Berset | Ignazio Cassis | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider | Guy Parmelin | Karin Keller-Sutter | Viola Amherd |
| 2020s | 1 January 2024 | Albert Rösti | Beat Jans | Ignazio Cassis | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider | Guy Parmelin | Karin Keller-Sutter | Viola Amherd |
| 2020s | 1 January 2025 | Albert Rösti | Beat Jans | Ignazio Cassis | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider | Guy Parmelin | Karin Keller-Sutter | Viola Amherd |