Federal Chancellor (Switzerland)
The Federal Chancellor is the Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation and heads the Federal Chancellery (BK). The Federal Chancellor is the Federal Council's chief of staff and takes on various tasks for the Federal Council.
Function and competence
In his role, he and the two Vice Chancellors take part in the weekly meetings of the Federal Council , the Swiss federal government. He has an advisory voice and can make applications. The Federal Chancellor is the Swiss government's chief of staff. In the Swiss concordance democracy , in which all major parties have been represented in government since the 1940s, the Federal Chancellor performs a non-partisan function. Although the Federal Chancellors are members of a political party, they did not perform any important party political functions prior to their election (not even as members of the federal parliament), but were chief officials in the federal administration.
The Federal Chancellor supports the Federal Council and in particular the incumbent Federal President in their daily work. The two Vice Chancellors support the Chancellor in his work, help plan the business of the Federal Council, take part in Federal Council meetings and run the Federal Chancellery together with the Chancellor.
The election of the Federal Chancellor takes place on the same day as the election of the Federal Council by the United Federal Assembly for a period of four years. The Federal Chancellor, like the Federal Councilors, is a magistrate and thus part of the government, and not a federal employee (such as the Vice Chancellor, the State Secretaries or the heads of the federal offices ).
history
The Federal Chancellor is the oldest institution of the Swiss Confederation that still exists today. In 1803 decided the Diet , a Federal Chancellor to use that with the establishment of the state from 1848 to Chancellor was. The Federal Chancellor was at the side of the Chancellor from the beginning ( Vice Chancellor since 1852 ). There has also been a second Vice Chancellor since 1896.
Official
| Years | Chancellor | Political party | Canton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1803-1830 | Jean-Marc Mousson |
 Vaud
|
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| 1831-1847 | Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn | liberal |
 Lucerne
|
| 1847-1848 | Albrecht Weyermann (interim) | liberal |
 Bern
|
| 1848-1881 | Johann Ulrich Schiess | liberal |
 Appenzell Ausserrhoden
|
| 1882-1909 | Gottlieb Ringier | FDP |
 Aargau
|
| 1910-1918 | Hans Schatzmann | FDP |
Aargau
|
| 1919-1925 | Adolf von Steiger | FDP |
Bern
|
| 1925-1934 | Robert Käslin | FDP |
 Nidwalden
|
| 1934-1943 | George Bovet | FDP |
 Neuchâtel
|
| 1944-1951 | Oskar Leimgruber | CIP |
 Freiburg
|
| 1951-1967 | Charles Oser | FDP |
 Basel city
|
| 1968-1981 | Karl Huber | CVP |
 St. Gallen
|
| 1981-1991 | Walter Buser | SP |
 Solothurn
|
| 1991-1999 | François Couchepin | FDP |
 Valais
|
| 2000-2007 | Annemarie Huber-Hotz | FDP |
 train
|
| 2008-2015 | Corina Casanova | CVP |
 Grisons
|
| 2016– | Walter Thurnherr | CVP |
Aargau
|
Vice Chancellor
The Federal Chancellor is supported by two Vice Chancellors who head several departments of the Federal Chancellery. From 1848 to 1896 there was a Vice Chancellor, and since then there have always been two.
See also
Presidia of other federal state bodies:
- Federal President
- National Council President
- President of the Council of States
- President of the Federal Supreme Court
Web links
- Official website of the Swiss Federal Chancellery
- Hans-Urs Wili : Federal Chancellor. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .