List of Presidents of the Council of States

The list of presidents of the Council of States lists all 193 presidents of the Council of States since 1848. The President of the Council of States chairs the meetings of the Council of States .

President of the Council of States of the Swiss Confederation since 1848

year	Surname	Canton
1848	Jonas Furrer	Zurich
1848-50	François Briatte	Vaud
1850/51	Johann Jakob Rüttimann	Zurich
1851	Paul Migy	Bern
1851/52	Johann Karl Kappeler	Thurgau
1852/53	François Briatte	Vaud
1853/54	Johann Jakob Blumer	Glarus
1854	James Fazy	Geneva
1854/55	Johann Karl Kappeler	Thurgau
1855	Constant Fornerod	Vaud
1855/56	Samuel Black	Aargau
1856	Aimé Humbert	Neuchâtel
1856	Jakob Dubs	Zurich
1856/57	François Briatte	Vaud
1857	Johann Baptist Weder	St. Gallen
1857/58	August Stähelin	Basel city
1858/59	Niklaus Niggeler	Bern
1859/60	François Briatte	Vaud
1860	Emil Welti	Aargau
1860/61	Johann Jakob Blumer	Glarus
1861/62	Nicolaus Hermann	Obwalden
1862/63	Wilhelm Vigier	Solothurn
1863	Eduard Häberlin	Thurgau
1863/64	Karl Schenk	Bern
1864/65	Jules Roguin	Vaud
1865/66	Johann Jakob Rüttimann	Zurich
1866	Emil Welti	Aargau
1866/67	Christian Sahli	Bern
1867/68	Johann Jakob Blumer	Glarus
1868/69	Arnold Otto Aepli	St. Gallen
1869	Eugène Borel	Neuchâtel
1869/70	Johann Weber	Bern
1870/71	Abraham Stocker	Lucerne
1871/72	Augustin Keller	Aargau
1872	Johann Karl Kappeler	Thurgau
1872/73	Jules Roguin	Vaud
1873/74	Alois Kopp	Lucerne
1874/75	Alphons Koechlin	Basel city
1875	Gottlieb Ringier	Bern
1875/76	Numa Droz	Neuchâtel
1876	Johann Jakob Sulzer	Zurich
1876/77	Paul Nagel	Thurgau
1877/78	Karl J. Hoffmann	St. Gallen
1878	Antoine Vessaz	Vaud
1878/79	Florian Gengel	Grisons
1879/80	Karl Rudolf Stehlin	Basel city
1880/81	Christian Sahli	Bern
1881	Johann Karl Kappeler	Thurgau
1881/82	Auguste Cornaz	Neuchâtel
1882/83	Wilhelm Vigier	Solothurn
1883/84	Walter Hauser	Zurich
1884	Martin Birmann	Basel-Country
1884/85	Theodor Wirz	Obwalden
1885/86	Esaja's doubts	Glarus
1886/87	Alphonse Bory	Vaud
1887	Albert Scherb	Thurgau
1887	Adam Herzog-Weber	Lucerne
1887/88	Alexandre Gavard	Geneva
1888/89	Gustav Schoch	Schaffhausen
1889/90	Karl J. Hoffmann	St. Gallen
1890	Gustav Muheim	Uri
1890/91	Armin Kellersberger	Aargau
1891/92	Christian Friedrich Göttisheim	Basel city
1892/93	Henri Schaller	Freiburg
1893	Friedrich Eggli	Bern
1893/94	Oskar Munzinger	Solothurn
1894/95	Henri de Torrenté	Valais
1895/96	Adolphe Jordan-Martin	Vaud
1896	Johann Jakob Hohl	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
1896/97	Othmar Blumer	Zurich
1897/98	Luzius Raschein	Grisons
1898/99	Josef Hildebrand	train
1899	Rinaldo Simen	Ticino
1899/00	Arnold Robert	Neuchâtel
1900/01	Johann Georg Leumann	Thurgau
1901/02	Karl Reichlin	Schwyz
1902	Casimir of Arx	Solothurn
1902/03	Arthur Hoffmann	St. Gallen
1903/04	Adrien Lachenal	Geneva
1904/05	Emil Isler	Aargau
1905/06	Albert Ammann	Schaffhausen
1906/07	Adalbert Wirz	Obwalden
1907/08	Paul Scherrer	Basel city
1908/09	Adrien Thélin	Vaud
1909/10	Paul Usteri	Zurich
1910/11	Josef Winiger	Lucerne
1911/12	Felix Calonder	Grisons
1912/13	Gottfried Kunz	Bern
1913/14	Marc-Eugène Richard	Geneva
1914/15	Johannes Geel	St. Gallen
1915/16	Georges Python	Freiburg
1916/17	Philippe Mercier	Glarus
1917/18	Beat Heinrich Bolli	Schaffhausen
1918/19	Friedrich Brugger	Grisons
1919/20	Auguste Pettavel	Neuchâtel
1920/21	Johannes Baumann	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
1921/22	Josef Räber	Schwyz
1922/23	Albert Bohi	Thurgau
1923/24	Henri Simon	Vaud
1924/25	Josef Andermatt	train
1925/26	Gottfried Keller	Aargau
1926/27	Robert Creator	Solothurn
1927/28	Émile Savoy	Freiburg
1928/29	Oskar Wettstein	Zurich
1929/30	Anton Messmer	St. Gallen
1930/31	Paul Charmillot	Bern
1931/32	Jakob Sigrist	Lucerne
1932/33	Andreas Laely	Grisons
1933/34	Antonio Riva	Ticino
1934/35	Ernest Béguin	Neuchâtel
1935/36	Walter Amstalden	Obwalden
1936/37	Edwin Hauser	Glarus
1937/38	Bernard Weck	Freiburg
1938/39	Ernst Löpfe	St. Gallen
1939/40	Albert condition	Lucerne
1940/41	Albert Malche	Geneva
1941/42	Hans Fricker	Aargau
1942/43	Norbert Bosset	Vaud
1943/44	Adolf Suter	Schwyz
1944/45	Paul Altwegg	Thurgau
1945/46	Joseph Piller	Freiburg
1946/47	Walter Ackermann	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
1947/48	Alphons Iten	train
1948/49	Gustav Wenk	Basel city
1949/50	Paul Haefelin	Solothurn
1950/51	Gotthard Egli	Lucerne
1951/52	Bixio Bossi	Ticino
1952/53	Johann Schmuki	St. Gallen
1953/54	Jean-Louis Barrelet	Neuchâtel
1954/55	Armin Locher	Appenzell Innerrhoden
1955/56	Rudolf Weber	Bern
1956/57	Kurt Schoch	Schaffhausen
1957/58	Fritz Stahli	Schwyz
1958/59	Augustin Lusser	train
1959/60	Gabriel Despland	Vaud
1960/61	Antonio Antognini	Ticino
1961/62	Ernst father louse	Zurich
1962/63	Frédéric Fauquex	Vaud
1963/64	Ludwig Danioth	Uri
1964/65	Jakob Müller	Thurgau
1965/66	Dominik Auf der Maur	Schwyz
1966/67	Willi Rohner	St. Gallen
1967/68	Emil Wipfli	Uri
1968/69	Christian Clavadetscher	Lucerne
1969/70	Paul Torche	Freiburg
1970/71	Arno Theus	Grisons
1971/72	Ferruccio Bolla	Ticino
1972/73	Marius Lampert	Valais
1973/74	Kurt Bächtold	Schaffhausen
1974/75	Heinrich Oechslin	Schwyz
1975/76	Willi Wenk	Basel city
1976/77	Hans Munz	Thurgau
1977/78	Robert Reimann	Aargau
1978/79	Ulrich Luder	Solothurn
1979/80	Josef Ulrich	Schwyz
1980/81	Peter Hefti	Glarus
1981/82	Jost Dillier	Obwalden
1982	Pierre Dreyer	Freiburg
1982/83	Walter Weber	Solothurn
1983/84	Édouard Debétaz	Vaud
1984/85	Markus Kündig	train
1985/86	Peter Gerber	Bern
1986/87	Alois Dobler	Schwyz
1987/88	Franco Masoni	Ticino
1988/89	Hubert Reymond	Vaud
1989/90	Luregn Mathias Cavelty	Grisons
1990/91	Max Affolter	Solothurn
1991	Arthur Hänsenberger	Bern
1991/92	Josi Meier	Lucerne
1992/93	Otto Piller	Freiburg
1993/94	Riccardo Jagmetti	Zurich
1994/95	Niklaus Küchler	Obwalden
1995/96	Otto Schoch	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
1996/97	Edouard Delalay	Valais
1997/98	Ulrich Zimmerli	Bern
1998/99	René Rhinow	Basel-Country
1999/00	Carlo Schmid	Appenzell Innerrhoden
2000/01	Françoise Saudan	Geneva
2001/02	Anton Cottier	Freiburg
2002/03	Gian-Reto Plattner	Basel city
2003/04	Fritz Schiesser	Glarus
2004/05	Bruno Frick	Schwyz
2005/06	Rolf Büttiker	Solothurn
2006/07	Peter Bieri	train
2007/08	Christoffel Brändli	Grisons
2008/09	Alain Berset	Freiburg
2009/10	Erika Forster-Vannini	St. Gallen
2010/11	Hansheiri Inderkum	Uri
2011/12	Hans Altherr	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
2012/13	Filippo Lombardi	Ticino
2013/14	Hannes Germann	Schaffhausen
2014/15	Claude Hêche	law
2015/16	Raphael Comte	Neuchâtel
2016/17	Ivo Bischofberger	Appenzell Innerrhoden
2017/18	Karin Keller-Sutter	St. Gallen
2018/19	Jean-René Fournier	Valais
2019/20	Hans Stöckli	Bern

statistics

Presidents of the Council of States by canton

presidential companies	Canton
17th	Vaud
15th	Bern
12	St. Gallen  Thurgau
11	Freiburg  Zurich
10	Aargau  Solothurn
9	Lucerne  Neuchâtel
8th	Basel city  Grisons  Schwyz
7th	Glarus  Ticino
6th	Geneva  Obwalden  Schaffhausen  train
5	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
4th	Uri  Valais
3	Appenzell Innerrhoden
2	Basel-Country
1	law
0	Nidwalden

See also

• List of Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland)
• President of the National Council (Switzerland)

Web links

• Chronology of the presidents and the vice-presidents of the Council of States
• Fact sheet President of the Council of States (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Armin Locher , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 11/1955 of March 7, 1955, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available)