Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
List of party Presidents
Table:
Name

Canton

Years

1st

Christian Friedrich Göttisheim

Basel-Stadt

1894–1896

2nd

Ernst Brenner

Basel-Stadt

1896–1897

3rd

Johannes Stössel

Zurich

1897–1898

4th

Johann Hirter

Bern

1898–1903

5th

Paul Scherrer

Basel-Stadt

1904–1906

6th

Walter Bissegger

Zurich

1907–1910

7th

Camille Decoppet

Vaud

1911–1912

8th

Félix Bonjour

Vaud

1912–1913

9th

Emil Lohner

Bern

1914–1918

10th

Robert Schöpfer

Solothurn

1919–1923

11th

Albert Meyer

Zurich

1923–1929

12th

Hermann Schüpbach

Bern

1929–1934

13th

Ernest Béguin

Neuchâtel

1934–1940

14th

Max Wey

Luzern

1940–1948

15th

Aleardo Pini

Ticino

1948–1954

16th

Eugen Dietschi

Basel-Stadt

1954–1960

17th

Nello Celio

Ticino

1960–1964

18th

Pierre Glasson

Fribourg

1964–1968

19th

Henri Schmitt

Geneva

1968–1974

20th

Fritz Honegger

Zurich

1974–1977

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Christian Friedrich Fritz Göttisheim ( 28 March 1837 - 12 July 1896 ) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States ( 1891/1892 ) .
The canton of Basel-Stadt ( German : Kanton Basel-Stadt ( help·info ) , English : canton of Basel-City , French : canton de Bâle-Ville , Italian : Cantone di Basilea Città , Romansh : chantun Basilea-Citad ) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland , and the smallest of the cantons by area . The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory .
Ernst Brenner ( 9 December 1856 - 11 March 1911 ) was a Swiss politician . He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 25 March 1897 and died in office on 11 March 1911 . He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party . During his office time he held the following departments :
Johannes Stössel ( 8 May 1837 , Bäretswil - 7 November 1919 ) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss National Council ( 1884/1885 ) .
The canton of Zürich ( German : Kanton Zürich ( help·info ) ) is a Swiss canton in the northeastern part of the country . With a population of 1,520,968 ( as of 31 December 2018 ) , it is the most populated canton in the country . Its capital is the city of Zürich . The official language is German . The local Swiss German dialect , called Züritüütsch , is commonly spoken . In English the name of the canton and its capital is often written without an umlaut .
Johann Daniel Hirter ( 5 May 1855 , Bern - 4 October 1926 ) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss National Council ( 1905/06 ) . From 1906 to 1923 , he presided over the Bank Council of the Swiss National Bank .
The canton of Bern or Berne ( German : Kanton Bern ; French : canton de Berne ) is the second-largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population . Located in west-central Switzerland , it borders the canton of Jura and the canton of Solothurn to the north . To the west lie the canton of Neuchâtel , the canton of Fribourg and canton of Vaud . To the south lies the canton of Valais . East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri , Nidwalden , Obwalden , Lucerne and Aargau . The canton of Bern is bilingual and has a population ( as of 31 December 2018 ) of 1,034,977 . As of 2007 [ update ] , the population included 119,930 ( or 12.45% ) foreigners . The cantonal capital , also the federal city of Switzerland , is Bern . Other major cities are Thun and Biel/Bienne .
Paul Scherrer ( 20 April 1862 - 10 March 1935 ) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States ( 1907/1908 ) .
Camille Decoppet ( 4 June 1862 , Suscévaz - 14 January 1925 ) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1912-1919 ) .
The canton of Vaud ( /voʊ/ VOH , French : [ vo ] ; German : Waadt , pronounced [ vat ] ( listen ) or [ vaːt ] ) is the third largest of the Swiss cantons by population and fourth by size . It is located in Romandy , the French-speaking western part of the country ; and borders the canton of Neuchâtel to the north , the cantons of Fribourg and Bern to the east , Valais and Lake Geneva to the south , the canton of Geneva to the south-west and France ( Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ) to the west . The capital and biggest city is Lausanne , officially designated Olympic Capital by the International Olympic Committee and hosts many international sports organizations . Other main cities are Yverdon-les-Bains and Montreux . As of 2018 the canton has a population of 799,145 .
The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure ( German : Kanton Solothurn ) is a canton of Switzerland . It is located in the northwest of Switzerland . The capital is Solothurn .
Albert Meyer ( March 13 , 1870 - October 22,1953 ) was a Swiss politician , editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung ( 1915-1930 ) and member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1929-1938 ) . He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 12 December 1929 and handed over office on 31 December 1938 . He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party . During his time in office he held the Department of Home Affairs from 1930 to 1934 and the Department of Finance from 1934 to 1938 and was President of the Confederation in 1936 .
The Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel ( French : la République et Canton de Neuchâtel , IPA : [ kɑ̃tɔ̃ də nøʃɑtɛl ] ) is a French-speaking canton in western Switzerland . In 2007 , its population was 169,782 , of whom 39,654 ( or 23.4% ) were foreigners . The capital is Neuchâtel .
The canton of Lucerne ( German : Kanton Luzern ) is a canton of Switzerland . It is located in the centre of Switzerland . The population of the canton ( as of 31 December 2018 ) is 409,557 . As of 2007 [ update ] , the population included 57,268 foreigners , or about 15.8% of the total population . The cantonal capital is Lucerne .
The canton of Ticino ( /tɪˈtʃiːnoʊ/ ) , formally the Republic and Canton of Ticino , [ a ] is the southernmost canton of Switzerland . Ticino borders the canton of Uri to the north , the canton of Valais to the west ( through the Novena Pass ) , the canton of Graubünden to the northeast , Italy 's regions of Piedmont and Lombardy to the south and it surrounds the small Italian enclave of Campione d'Italia . Named after the river Ticino , it is the only canton where Italian is the sole official language and represents the bulk of the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland along with the southern parts of Graubünden . The land now occupied by the canton was annexed from Italian cities in the 15th century by various Swiss forces in the last transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy . In the Helvetic Republic , established 1798 , it was divided between the two new cantons of Bellinzona and Lugano . The creation of the Swiss Confederation in 1803 saw these two cantons combine to form the modern canton of Ticino .
Nello Celio ( 12 February 1914 - 29 December 1995 ) was a Swiss politician representing Canton Ticino . He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 15 December 1966 and handed over office on 31 December 1973 . He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party . During his office time he held the following departments :
The canton of Fribourg , also canton of Friburg ( French : canton de Fribourg , German : Kanton Freiburg ( help·info ) ) is located in western Switzerland . The canton is bilingual , with French spoken by two thirds of the citizens and German by about one third . Both are official languages in the canton . The canton takes its name from its capital city of Fribourg .
The Republic and canton of Geneva ( French : République et canton de Genève ; Arpitan : Rèpublica et canton de Geneva ; German : Republik und Kanton Genf ; Italian : Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra ; Romansh : Republica e chantun Genevra ) is the French-speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland , surrounded on almost all sides by France ( Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ) . As is the case in several other Swiss cantons ( canton of Ticino , canton of Neuchâtel , and canton of Jura ) , this canton is referred to as a republic within the Swiss Confederation . The canton of Geneva is located in the southwestern corner of Switzerland and is considered one of the most cosmopolitan areas of the country . As a center of the Calvinist Reformation , the city of Geneva has had a great influence on the canton , which essentially consists of the city and its hinterlands .
Fritz Honegger ( 25 July 1917 - 4 March 1999 ) was a Swiss politician . He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 7 December 1977 and handed over office on 31 December 1982 . He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party . During his time in office he held the Federal Department of Economic Affairs and was President of the Confederation in 1982 .