List of government councilors in the canton of St. Gallen

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This list shows all former and current members of the government of the Canton of St. Gallen since 1815.

Originally, the executive of the Canton of St. Gallen was Little Council called later cantonal government and since 2002 only government , the individual members of Government , respectively Councilor . From 1831 to 2001 the chairman of the St. Gallen executive was named Landammann , and since 2002 regional president .

Party abbreviations or political direction

Government councils

Surname Party / parliamentary group Term of office Born Died Citizenship Landammann
District President
Hermann von Fels - 1803/04,
1808-1815,
1829-1832		 1766 1838 St. Gallen 1829, 1830/31, 1831
Johann Kaspar Bolt - 1803-1808 1760 1808 Krummenau -
Karl Heinrich Gschwend - 1803-1808 1736 1809 Altstätten -
Pankraz Germann - 1803-1815 1764 1828 Lichtensteig -
Dominik Gmür - 1803-1815,
1816-1833		 1765 1835 Schänis -
Jakob Laurenz Messmer - 1803-1826 1768 1826 Rheineck -
Julius Hieronymus Zollikofer - 1803-1829 1766 1829 St. Gallen 1816/17, 1818/19,
1820/21, 1822/23,
1824/25, 1826/27,
1828/29
Karl von Müller-Friedberg - 1803-1831 1755 1836 Lichtensteig 1815/16, 1817/18,
1819/20, 1821/22,
1823/24, 1825/26,
1827/28, 1829/30
Joachim Pankraz Reutti - 1803-1838 1769 1839 Wil 1833
Kaspar Girtanner - 1804-1808 1741 1808 St. Gallen -
Joseph Anton Dudli - 1808-1824 1739 1824 Jonschwil -
Peter Alois Falk cons. 1808-1851 1767 1851 St. Peterzell -
Franz Joseph Büeler - 1815-1816 1751 1816 Rapperswil -
Johann Jakob Specker - 1815-1816 1773 1817 St. Gallen -
Johann Melchior Kubli the. 1815-1830 1750 1835 Fifths -
Kaspar Bernet - 1816-1821 1756 1821 St. Gallen -
Johann Bartolome Mayer cons. 1821-1831 1784 1838 St. Gallen -
Klemens Saylern - 1824-1831 1783 1859 Wil -
Matthias Näff - 1826-1827 1773 1853 Altstätten -
Joh. Conrad Custer - 1827-1830 1780 1830 Rheineck -
Wilhelm Matthias Näff lib. 1830-1848 1802 1881 Altstätten 1834, 1836, 1837,
1839, 1842, 1844,
1846, 1848
Gallus Jakob Baumgartner lib., cons. 1831-1841,
1843-1847,
1859-1864		 1797 1869 Altstätten, Rorschach 1832, 1833, 1835,
1836, 1838, 1839,
1841, 1843, 1846,
1859, 1861, 1863
Johannes Stadler lib. 1831-1849 1797 1849 Flawil 1832, 1834, 1835,
1837, 1838, 1840,
1841, 1843, 1845,
1847, 1848
Daniel Steinmann lib. 1832-1839 1779 1839 St. Gallen -
Felix Helbling lib. 1833-1835,
1851-1859		 1802 1873 Rapperswil 1851, 1854, 1855
Franz Bernold lib. 1835-1839 1803 1840 Walenstadt -
Matthias Hungerbühler lib. 1838-1859,
1862-1864,
1873-1878		 1805 1884 Wittenbach 1847, 1850, 1852,
1853, 1856, 1858,
1863, 1873, 1876,
1878
Basil Ferdinand Curti lib. 1839-1859 1804 1888 Rapperswil 1845, 1849, 1853,
1855, 1858
Christian Friedrich Fels lib. 1839-1861 1794 1862 St. Gallen 1840, 1842, 1844,
1850
Johann Baptist Müller cons. 1841-1843,
1859-1867		 1806 1874 Weesen, Rorschach 1866
Johann Baptist Weder lib. 1847-1851
1861-1863		 1800 1872 Oberriet 1849, 1862
Franz Eduard Erpf lib. 1849-1851 1807 1851 St. Gallen -
Peter Steiger FD 1849-1861 1804 1868 Flawil 1851, 1852, 1854,
1857, 1859, 1860
Josef Marzell Hoffmann lib. 1851-1859,
1863-1870		 1809 1888 Rorschach 1857, 1867
Otto Aepli lib. 1851-1873 1816 1897 St. Gallen 1856, 1861, 1862,
1864, 1865, 1869,
1871
Johann Jakob Zingg lib. 1859-1861 1810 1879 Kaltbrunn -
Anton Höfliger cons. 1859-1861,
1864-1870		 1811 1886 Rapperswil 1860
Jonas Näf lib. 1861 1826 1867 Oberuzwil -
Eduard Steiger lib. 1861-1873 1821 1881 Flawil 1866
Adolf Saxer lib. 1862-1870 1831 1909 Altstätten 1864, 1868, 1870
Georg Sailer lib. 1864-1870 1817 1870 Wil 1865, 1867, 1869,
1870
Johann Zünd cons. 1867-1873 1816 1873 Altstätten 1868, 1871
Friedrich von Tschudi lib. 1870-1873,
1875-1885		 1820 1886 St. Gallen 1872, 1877, 1880
Sigismund Zäch lib. 1870-1875 1822 1901 Oberriet 1872, 1874
Johann Josef Keel cons. 1870-1902 1837 1902 Rorschach, Rebstein 1875, 1881, 1883,
1886, 1890, 1892/93
Flavian Bislin lib. 1871-1873 1830 1890 Pfäfers 1873
Hermann Seifert lib. 1873-1875 1841 1909 Wartau 1874
Kaspar Pfänder lib. 1873-1890 1829 1890 Flawil 1875, 1880, 1883,
1887, 1890
Ferdinand Curti lib. 1873-1891 1836 1921 Rapperswil 1877, 1882, 1885,
1887, 1889, 1891
Ludwig Zollikofer lib. 1873-1906 1839 1923 St. Gallen 1876, 1879, 1882,
1885, 1888,
1891/92, 1897/98,
1903/04
Otto Thuli lib. 1875-1885 1833 1893 Vilters 1878, 1884
Thomas Thoma lib. 1878-1891 1822 1895 Amden 1879, 1881, 1884,
1889
Johannes Segmüller cons. 1885-1890 1822 1895 Altstätten 1888
Adolf Fehr lib. 1885-1891 1842 1894 St. Gallen 1886
Joseph Scherrer-Füllemann the. 1891-1894 1847 1924 Kirchberg 1893/94
Eduard Scherrer free. 1891-1902 1862 1947 St. Gallen 1894/95, 1900/01
Johann Baptist Rukstuhl cons. 1891-1906 1840 1906 Sirnach TG 1898/99, 1904/05
Adolf Kaiser the. 1891-1911 1836 1913 Beaver is SO 1896/97, 1902/03,
1909/10
Johann Baptist Schubiger cons. 1891-1920 1848 1920 Uznach 1894/95, 1901/02,
1913 / 14.1919 / 20 (25.11.)
Theodor Curti dem./soz. 1894-1902 1848 1914 Rapperswil 1899/1900
Anton Messmer cons. 1902-1912 1858 1937 Thal 1907/08
Heinrich Scherrer soz. 1902-1919 1847 1919 Nesslau 1906/07, 1912/13,
1919/20 (July – Nov.)
Albert Mächler free. 1902-1936 1868 1937 Rapperswil 1905/06, 1911/12,
1918/19, 1925/26,
1931/32
Alfred Riegg free. 1906-1933 1863 1946 Eichberg 1908/09, 1914/15,
1920/21, 1927/28
Edwin Rukstuhl cons. 1906-1936 1867 1939 Sirnach TG 1910/11, 1917/18,
1921/22, 1928/29,
1935/36
Emil Gmür free. 1911/12 1881 1912 Amden -
Johann Hauser cons. 1912-1920 1853 1921 Häggenschwil 1915/16
Gottlieb Baumgartner free. 1912-1938 1873 1948 Wildhaus 1916/17, 1923/24,
1929/30, 1934/35
Otto Weber SP 1920-1930 1872 1962 Russikon ZH 1922/23
Emil Mäder CIP 1920-1936 1875 1936 Sirnach TG 1924/25, 1930/31
Emil Grünenfelder CIP 1920-1942 1873 1971 Vilters 1926/27, 1932/33,
1937/38
Valentin Keel SP 1930-1943 1874 1945 Rebstein 1933/34, 1938/39
Karl Kobelt FDP 1933-1940 1891 1968 Marbach 1936/37
Albert Gemperli CIP 1936-1960 1893 1982 Oberuzwil 1942/43, 1949/50,
1956/57
Josef Riedener CIP 1936-1960 1892 1965 Untereggen 1940/41, 1944/45,
1951/52, 1958/59
Adolf Roemer FDP 1936-1960 1890 1960 Amden 1939/40, 1945/46,
1950/51, 1957/58
Johann Jakob Gabathuler FDP 1938-1951 1883 1958 Wartau 1941/42, 1948/49
Ernst Graf FDP 1941-1949 1884 1949 Rebstein 1943/44
Alfred Kessler SP 1942-1951 1885 1951 Lustdorf-Thundorf TG 1946/47
Paul Muller CIP 1942-1964 1895 1966 Henau 1947/48, 1953/54,
1960/61
Simon Frick FDP 1950-1972 1914 2011 Sennwald 1952/53, 1959/60,
1966/67
Walter Clavadetscher FDP 1951-1957 1904 1997 Malan's GR 1955/56
Mathias Eggenberger SP 1951-1969 1905 1975 Grabs 1954/55, 1961/62,
1968/69
Hans Schneider FDP 1957-1972 1904 1997 Wilen-Rickenbach TG 1962/63, 1969/70
Albert Scherrer CIP 1960-1968 1907 1983 Mosnang 1965/66
Guido Eigenmann FDP 1960-1969 1910 2003 Waldkirch 1964/65
Gottfried Hoby CVP 1960-1980 1915 2005 Walenstadt-Berschis 1963/64, 1970/71,
1977/78
Edwin Koller CVP 1964-1988 1921 2005 Gossau, Oberbueren 1967/68, 1974/75,
1979/80, 1986/87
August Schmuki CVP 1968-1988 1911 1998 Lichtensteig, Eschenbach 1972/73
Florian Vetsch SP 1970-1972 1921 1972 Grabs -
Willy Herrmann FDP 1970-1984 1917 1992 Wattwil 1971/72, 1978/79
Florian Schlegel SP 1972-1985 1935 1993 Sevelen 1975/76, 1982/83
Ernst Rüesch FDP 1972-1988 1928 2015 Gaiserwald 1976/77, 1983/84
Willi Geiger FDP 1972-1992 1924 1999 St. Gallen, Ermatingen TG 1973/74, 1980/81,
1985/86
Paul Gemperli CVP 1979-1992 1930 2015 Oberuzwil 1981/82, 1988/89
Karl Mätzler CVP 1980-1996 1931 Sargans, Berneck 1984/85, 1991/92
Burkhard Vetsch FDP 1984-1996 1937 Grabs 1987/88, 1992/93
Hans Rohrer SP 1986-2000 1936 Box 1989/90, 1996/97
Hans Ulrich Stöckling FDP 1988-2008 1941 Luetisburg 1990/91, 1997/98,
2003/04
Alex Oberholzer CVP 1988-1996 1931 Goldingen 1993/94
Peter Schönenberger CVP 1992-2008 1940 Kirchberg 1995/96, 2002/03
Walter Kägi FDP 1992-2000 1935 Bauma ZH 1994/95, 1999/2000
Anton Grüninger CVP 1996-2004 1947 Widnau, Berneck 2000/01
Kathrin Hilber SP 1996-2012 1951 Degersheim 2001/02, 2007/08
Rita Roos-Niedermann CVP 1996-2000 1951 Lichtensteig, Romoos LU 1998/99
Willi Haag FDP 2000-2016 1947 Götighofen TG 2005/06, 2010/11
Josef Keller CVP 2000-2011 1947 Eschenz TG 2004/05, 2009/10
Karin Keller-Sutter FDP 2000-2012 1963 Jonschwil, Kirchberg SG 2006/07
Heidi Hanselmann SP 2004-2020 1961 Sennwald-Frümsen 2008/09, 2014/15,
2019/20
Martin Gehrer CVP 2008-2016 1957 St. Gallen-Rotmonten 2012/13
Stefan Koelliker SVP 2008– 1970 Rohrbach BE 2013/14, 2018/19
Benedict Würth CVP 2011-2020 1968 Mountain SG 2015/16
Martin Klöti FDP 2012-2020 1954 Wald ZH, Kloten 2016/17
Fredy Fassler SP 2012– 1959 Appenzell AI 2017/18
Bruno Damann CVP 2016–  1957 Homburg TG -
Marc Mächler FDP 2016–  1970 Glarus GL -
Susanne Hartmann CVP 2020– 1970 -
Beat Tinner FDP 2020– 1971 Wartau, Sennwald-Frümsen -
Laura Bucher SP 2020– 1984 -

source

  • New Year's Gazette, State Calendar; Official Journal (from: Sankt-Galler Geschichte 2003. Ed .: Scientific Commission of the Sankt-Gallen Canton History; Project Leader: Silvio Bucher. St. Gallen: Office for Culture, 2003 [9 volumes]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Stadler: Landammann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ State calendar of the Canton of St. Gallen 2015/16 under 3. Government from pp. 27 to 30.