List of government councilors in the canton of Solothurn

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This list shows all members of the government council of the canton of Solothurn since 1856.

Party abbreviations

Government councils

Surname Party / parliamentary group Term of office Born Died
Josef Ackermann FdP 1857-1873
Albert Affolter FdP 1884-1892 1856 1932
Amanz Kaspar Affolter FdP 1856-1861 1825 1861
Ferdinand Affolter FdP 1882-1884 1847 1926
Hans Affolter SP 1917-1931 1870 1936
Remo Ankli FdP 2013– 1973
Ferdinand von Arx FdP 1914-1936 1868 1944
Rudolf von Arx FdP 1886-1908 1851 1938
Rudolf Bachmann SP 1969-1985 1921 2020
Bonaventure Baumgartner FdP 1861-1873, 1875-1884 1822 1884
Albert Brosi FdP 1875-1882 1836 1911
Walter Bürgi FdP 1979-1987 1934 2019
Eugen Büttiker FdP 1897-1912
Hermann Dietler FdP 1866-1871 1839 1924
Urs Dietschi FdP 1937-1966 1901 1982
Max Egger CVP 1985-1992 1927 2019
Hans Erzer FdP 1961-1981 1915 2009
Klaus Fischer CVP 2005-2013 1948
Cornelia Füeg FdP 1987-1997 1941
Roland Prince CVP 2013– 1961
Esther Gassler FdP 2005-2017 1951
Ruth Gisi FdP 1997-2005 1951
Viktor Gisiger FdP 1856-1861
Peter Gomm SP 2005-2017 1959
Franz Josef Hänggi CVP 1887-1908 1846 1908
Peter Hänggi CVP 1991-1997 1942
Siegfried Emmanuel Hartmann CVP 1908-1930 1871 1941
Roland Heim CVP 2013– 1955
Urs Viktor Heutschi FdP 1871-1885 1843 1899
Franz Josef Jeger CVP 1961-1973 1909 1997
Amanz Jeker FdP 1848-1850, 1861-1866, 1869-1875 1817 1875
Werner Kaiser FdP 1906-1910 1868 1926
Hans Kaufmann FdP 1910-1937 1871 1940
Gottfried Klaus SP 1949-1963 1899 1963
R. Kyburz FdP 1884-1914
Oskar Munzinger FdP 1886-1906 1849 1932
Hermann Obrecht FdP 1909-1917 1882 1940
Max Obrecht CVP 1930-1961 1894 1965
Rolf Ritschard SP 1987-2005 1944 2007
Willi Ritschard SP 1963-1973 1918 1983
Alfred Rötheli CVP 1973-1991 1925 2005
Susanne Schaffner SP 2017– 1962
Friedrich Schenker FdP 1850-1869 1810 1873
Jacques Schmid SP 1931-1949 1882 1960
Fritz Schneider FdP 1981-1995 1930 2003
Robert Creator FdP 1912-1933 1869 1941
Jakob Sieber FdP 1874-1887 1845 1915
Oskar Stampfli FdP 1933-1952 1886 1973
Otto Stampfli FdP 1936-1961 1894 1972
Walter Straumann CVP 1997-2013 1943
Max Studer FdP 1892-1897 1865 1947
Wilhelm Vigier FdP 1856-1886 1823 1886
Peter Vogt FdP 1873-1874 1822 1886
Werner Vogt SP 1952-1969 1905 2000
Thomas Wallner CVP 1992-2003 1938
Christian Wanner FdP 1995-2013 1947
Alfred Wyser FdP 1966-1979 1922 2010
Alois Wyser FdP 1856-1857
Brigit Wyss GPS 2017– 1960
Gottfried Wyss SP 1974-1987 1921 2019
Roberto Zanetti SP 2003-2005 1954

statistics

Parties to the government councils

As of August 5, 2017

Political party Government councils
FDP. The Liberals , Free Democratic Party, predecessor groups 37
Christian Democratic People's Party , Solothurn People's Party, Conservatives 12
SP 11
Green 1

Longest term of office

Years Surname
31 Max Obrecht
30th R. Kyburz , Wilhelm Vigier
29 Urs Dietschi
27 Hans Kaufmann
25th Otto Stampfli
22nd Ferdinand von Arx , Rudolf von Arx , Siegfried Hartmann
21st Franz Josef Hänggi , Robert Schöpfer
20th Hans Erzer , Oskar Munzinger , Oskar Stampfli

Shortest term of office

Acting councilors are shown in bold .

Years Surname
1 Peter Vogt , Alois Wyser
2 Ferdinand Affolter , Roberto Zanetti
3 Susanne Schaffner , Brigit Wyss
4th Werner Kaiser
5 Amanz Kaspar Affolter , Hermann Dietler , Viktor Gisiger , Max Studer

Choice of women

year Name
(life data) 		Political party
1987 Cornelia Füeg
(* 1941) 		FDP
1997 Ruth Gisi
(* 1951) 		FDP
2005 Esther Gassler
(* 1951) 		FDP
2017 Susanne Schaffner
(* 1962) 		SP
2017 Brigit Wyss
(* 1960) 		GPS

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