List of Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland)

The list of presidents of the National Council lists all 195 National Council presidents since 1848. The President of the National Council chairs the meetings of the National Council and the meetings of the United Federal Assembly .

President of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation since 1848

year	Surname	Canton
1848	Ulrich Ochsenbein	Bern
1848/49	Jakob Robert Steiger	Lucerne
1849/50	Alfred Escher	Zurich
1850/51	Johann Konrad Kern	Thurgau
1851	Jakob Stämpfli	Bern
1851/52	Johann Jakob Trog	Solothurn
1852/53	Johann Matthias Hungerbühler	St. Gallen
1853/54	Giovanni Battista Pioda	Ticino
1854	Jakob Dubs	Zurich
1854/55	Casimir Pfyffer	Lucerne
1855/56	Eduard Eugen Blösch	Bern
1856	Samuel Friedrich Siegfried	Aargau
1856	Jules Martin	Vaud
1856/57	Alfred Escher	Zurich
1857	Paul Migy	Bern
1857/58	Augustin Keller	Aargau
1858/59	Johann Jakob Stehlin	Basel city
1859/60	Friedrich Peyer in the courtyard	Schaffhausen
1860	Johann Baptist Weder	St. Gallen
1860/61	Edouard Dapples	Vaud
1861/62	Karl Karrer	Bern
1862/63	Alfred Escher	Zurich
1863	Joachim Heer	Glarus
1863/64	Victor Luffy	Vaud
1864/65	Gottlieb Jäger	Aargau
1865/66	Andreas Rudolf von Planta	Grisons
1866	Niklaus Niggeler	Bern
1866/67	Jules Philippin	Neuchâtel
1867/68	Johann Jakob Stehlin	Basel city
1868/69	Simon Kaiser	Solothurn
1869	Louis Ruchonnet	Vaud
1869/70	Joachim Heer	Glarus
1870/71	Fridolin other value	Thurgau
1871/72	Rudolf Brunner	Bern
1872	Charles Friderich	Geneva
1872/73	Daniel Wirth-Sand	St. Gallen
1873/74	Gottlieb Ziegler	Zurich
1874	Carl Feer-Duke	Aargau
1874/75	Louis Ruchonnet	Vaud
1875	Jakob Stämpfli	Bern
1875/76	Emil Frey	Basel-Country
1876/77	Arnold Otto Aepli	St. Gallen
1877/78	Eduard Marti	Bern
1878	Jules Philippin	Neuchâtel
1878/79	Melchior Romans	Zurich
1879/80	Arnold Künzli	Aargau
1880/81	Karl Burckhardt-Iselin	Basel city
1881	Antoine Vessaz	Vaud
1881/82	Carl Samuel Zyro	Bern
1882/83	Adolf Deucher	Thurgau
1883/84	Simon Kaiser	Solothurn
1884	Georges Favon	Geneva
1884/85	Johannes Stössel	Zurich
1885/86	Andreas Bezzola	Grisons
1886/87	Henri Morel	Neuchâtel
1887	Josef Zemp	Lucerne
1887/88	Erwin Kurz	Aargau
1888/89	Eugène Luffy	Vaud
1889/90	Heinrich Häberlin	Thurgau
1890	August Suter	St. Gallen
1890/91	Eduard Müller	Bern
1891/92	Adrien Lachenal	Geneva
1892/93	Albert Brosi	Solothurn
1893	Ludwig Forrer	Zurich
1893/94	Robert Comtesse	Neuchâtel
1894/95	Ernst Brenner	Basel city
1895/96	Jakob Huldreich Bachmann	Thurgau
1896	Joseph Stockmar	Bern
1896	Rudolf Gallati	Glarus
1896/97	Johann Joseph Keel	St. Gallen
1897/98	Robert Grieshaber	Schaffhausen
1898/99	Adrien Thélin	Vaud
1899	Hermann Heller	Lucerne
1899/00	Rudolf Geilinger	Zurich
1900/01	Fritz Bühlmann	Bern
1901/02	Gustave Ador	Geneva
1902	Ulrich master jr.	Zurich
1902	Klemens Iten	train
1902/03	Konrad Zschokke	Aargau
1903/04	Louis-Alexandre Martin	Neuchâtel
1904/05	Josef Anton Schobinger	Lucerne
1905/06	Johann Hirter	Bern
1906/07	Camille Decoppet	Vaud
1907/08	Paul Speiser	Basel city
1908/09	Adolf Germann	Thurgau
1909/10	Virgile Rossel	Bern
1910/11	Josef Kuntschen sr.	Valais
1911/12	Karl Emil Wild	St. Gallen
1912/13	Carl Spahn	Schaffhausen
1913/14	Alfred von Planta	Grisons
1914/15	Félix Bonjour	Vaud
1915/16	Arthur Eugster	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
1916/17	Josef Anton Ferdinand Büeler	Schwyz
1917/18	Henri Calame	Neuchâtel
1918/19	Heinrich Häberlin	Thurgau
1919/20	Eduard Blumer	Glarus
1920/21	Evaristo Garbani-Nerini	Ticino
1921/22	Emil Klöti	Zurich
1922/23	Johann Jenny	Bern
1923/24	Raymond Evéquoz	Valais
1924/25	Albert Mächler	St. Gallen
1925/26	Emil Hofmann	Thurgau
1926/27	Paul Maillefer	Vaud
1927/28	Rudolf Minger	Bern
1928/29	Heinrich Walther	Lucerne
1929/30	Ernest-Paul Graber	Neuchâtel
1930/31	Hans Sträuli	Zurich
1931/32	Heinrich Roman Abbot	Aargau
1932/33	Ruggero Dollfus	Ticino
1933/34	Johannes Huber	St. Gallen
1934/35	Hermann Schüpbach	Bern
1935/36	Rudolf Reichling	Zurich
1936/37	Maurice Troillet	Valais
1937/38	Fritz Hauser	Basel city
1938/39	Henry Vallotton	Vaud
1939/40	Hans Stahli	Bern
1940/41	Emil Nietlispach	Aargau
1941/42	Charles Rosselet	Geneva
1942/43	Emil Keller	Aargau
1943/44	Paul Gysler	Zurich
1944/45	Pierre Aeby	Freiburg
1945/46	Robert Grimm	Bern
1946/47	Max Wey	Lucerne
1947/48	Albert Picot	Geneva
1948/49	Josef Escher	Valais
1949/50	Jacques Schmid	Solothurn
1950/51	Aleardo Pini	Ticino
1951/52	Karl Renold	Aargau
1952/53	Thomas Holenstein	St. Gallen
1953/54	Henri Perret	Neuchâtel
1954/55	Hermann Häberlin	Zurich
1955/56	Paul Burgdorfer	Bern
1956/57	Joseph Condrau	Grisons
1957/58	Robert Bratschi	Bern
1958/59	Eugen Dietschi	Basel city
1959/60	Gaston Clottu	Neuchâtel
1960/61	Emil fragrance	Zurich
1961/62	Walther Bringolf	Schaffhausen
1962/63	André Guinand	Geneva
1963/64	Otto Hess	Thurgau
1964/65	Franz Josef Kurmann	Lucerne
1965/66	Pierre Graber	Vaud
1966/67	Alfred Schaller	Basel city
1967/68	Hans Conzett	Zurich
1968/69	Max Aebischer	Freiburg
1969/70	Mathias Eggenberger	St. Gallen
1970/71	Alfred Weber	Uri
1971/72	William Vontobel	Zurich
1972/73	Enrico Franzoni	Ticino
1973/74	Anton Muheim	Lucerne
1974/75	Simon Kohler	Bern
1975/76	Rudolf Etter	Bern
1976/77	Hans Wyer	Valais
1977	Elisabeth Blunschy	Schwyz
1977/78	Alfred Bussey	Vaud
1978/79	Luigi Generali	Ticino
1979/80	Hanspeter Fischer	Thurgau
1980/81	Laurent Butty	Freiburg
1981/82	Hedi Lang	Zurich
1982/83	Franz Eng	Solothurn
1983/84	André Gautier	Geneva
1984/85	Arnold Koller	Appenzell Innerrhoden
1985/86	Martin Bundi	Grisons
1986/87	Jean-Jacques Cevey	Vaud
1987/88	Rudolf Reichling	Zurich
1988/89	Joseph Iten	Nidwalden
1989/90	Victor Luffy	Vaud
1990/91	Ulrich Bremi	Zurich
1991/92	Hans-Rudolf Nebiker	Basel-Country
1992/93	Paul Schmidhalter	Valais
1993/94	Gret Haller	Bern
1994/95	Claude Frey	Neuchâtel
1995/96	Jean-François Leuba	Vaud
1996/97	Judith tribe	Lucerne
1997/98	Ernst Leuenberger	Solothurn
1998/99	Trix Heberlein	Zurich
1999/00	Hanspeter Seiler	Bern
2000/01	Peter Hess	train
2001/02	Liliane Maury Pasquier	Geneva
2002/03	Yves Christians	Vaud
2003/04	Max Binder	Zurich
2004/05	Jean-Philippe Maitre	Geneva
2005	Thérèse Meyer	Freiburg
2005/06	Claude Janiak	Basel-Country
2006/07	Christine Egerszegi-Obrist	Aargau
2007/08	André Bugnon	Vaud
2008/09	Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi	Ticino
2009/10	Pascale Bruderer	Aargau
2010/11	Jean-René Germanier	Valais
2011/12	Hansjörg Walter	Thurgau
2012/13	Maya Count	Basel-Country
2013/14	Ruedi Lustenberger	Lucerne
2014/15	Stéphane Rossini	Valais
2015/16	Christa Markwalder	Bern
2016/17	Jürg Stahl	Zurich
2017/18	Dominique de Buman	Freiburg
2018/19	Marina Carobbio Guscetti	Ticino
2019/20	Isabelle Moret	Vaud

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Alfred Escher was President of the National Council in 1849/50, 1856/57 and 1862/63.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jakob Stämpfli was President of the National Council in 1851 and 1875.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Jakob Stehlin was President of the National Council in 1858/59 and 1867/68.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Joachim Heer was President of the National Council in 1863 and 1869/70.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Jules Philippin was President of the National Council in 1866/67 and 1878.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Simon Kaiser was President of the National Council in 1868/69 and 1883/84.
7. ^ ^{A b} Louis Ruchonnet was President of the National Council in 1869 and 1874/75.
8. ↑ Jean-Philippe Maitre was President of the National Council from November 29, 2004 to February 28, 2005, resigned due to illness.

statistics

National Council presidents by canton

presidential companies	Canton
27	Bern
24	Zurich
20th	Vaud
13	Aargau
12	St. Gallen
11	Thurgau
10	Geneva  Lucerne  Neuchâtel
9	Ticino
8th	Basel city  Valais
7th	Solothurn
5	Freiburg  Grisons
4th	Basel-Country  Glarus  Schaffhausen
2	Schwyz  train
1	Appenzell Innerrhoden  Appenzell Ausserrhoden  Nidwalden  Uri
0	law  Obwalden

See also

• List of Presidents of the Council of States
• President of the Council of States

Web links

• The presidents, the vice-presidents and the senior committee of the National Council
• Fact sheet President of the National Council (PDF)