List of government councilors in the canton of St. Gallen
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
- CVP: Christian Democratic People's Party (from 1912)
- dem .: democratic
- FD:
- FDP: Liberal Party, Liberal Democratic Party (from 1894)
- freis .: liberal
- Cons .: conservative
- KVP: Swiss Conservative People's Party
- lib .: Liberal Party, Liberal Democratic Party (from 1894)
- lib., cons .: liberal conservative
- soc .: social
- SP: Social Democratic Party (from 1888)
- SVP: Swiss People's Party (from 1971)
Government councils
Surname | Party / parliamentary group | Term of office | Born | Died | Citizenship | Landammann District President |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ^ Hans Stadler: Landammann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 21, 2016 .
- ↑ State calendar of the Canton of St. Gallen 2015/16 under 3. Government from pp. 27 to 30.