List of government councilors in the canton of Zurich

This list shows all members of the government council of the Canton of Zurich .

Party abbreviations

• BGB: farmers, trade and citizens' party
• BP: Farmers Party
• CSP: Christian Social Party
• CVP: Christian Democratic People's Party
• DP: Democratic Party
• FDP: Liberal Democratic Party
• GLP: Green Liberal Party
• GP: Green Party
• LdU: State ring of the independents
• LP: Liberal Party
• SP: Social Democratic Party
• SVP: Swiss People's Party

Government councils

Surname	Party / parliamentary group	Term of office	Born	Died
Regine Aeppli	SP	2003-2015	1952
Hartmann fear	Aristocrats	1816-1829	1759	1829
Arthur Bachmann	SP	1967-1983	1922	1983
Rudolf Benz	liberal	1848-1869	1810	1872
Eduard Billeter	liberal	1848-1852	1808	1865
Johann Jakob Bindschädler	k. A.	1839-1841	1792	1860
Conrad Bleuler-Hüni	LP	1893-1911	1847	1921
Johann Caspar Bluntschli	Conservative Liberals	1839-1845	1808	1881
Salomon Bodmer	Aristocrats	1803-1804	1749	1827
Rudolf Boller	liberal	1846-1854	1815	1855
Ferdinand Brändli	DP	1869-1875	1828	1878
Heinrich Braendlin	k. A.	1832-1844	1777	1848
Robert Briner	DP	1935-1951	1885	1960
Ernst Brugger	FDP	1959-1969	1914	1998
David Bürgi	Liberal radicals	1832-1839	1801	1874
Urs Bürgi	CSP	1963-1975	1909	1989
Ernst Buschor	CVP	1993-2003	1943
Paul Corrodi	BP	1939-1947	1892	1964
Verena servant	GP / GLP	1995-2007	1949
Jakob Dubs	liberal	1854-1861	1822	1879
Hans Caspar Egg	Aristocrats	1803-1814	1764	1846
Franz Egger	SP	1950-1967	1899	1971
Heinrich Ernst	SP	1897-1920	1847	1934
Alfred Escher	liberal	1848-1855	1819	1882
Felix Escher	Aristocrats	1803-1805	1746	1805
Hans Conrad von Escher	Aristocrats	1803-1814	1743	1814
Hans Conrad Escher from Linth	liberal	1814-1823	1767	1823
Heinrich Escher (legal scholar)	Conservative Liberals	1833-1839	1789	1870
Heinrich Escher-Schulthess	conservative	1831-1832, 1839-1840	1777	1840
Johann Conrad von Escher	Aristocrats	1803-1830	1761	1833
Johannes Eschmann	LP	1879-1896	1834	1896
Melchior Esslinger	liberal	1839, 1845-1848	1803	1855
Jacqueline Fehr	SP	2015–	1963
Mario Fehr	SP	2011–	1958
Heinrich Fenner	liberal	1857-1867	1814	1891
Dorothée Fierz	FDP	1999-2006	1947
Johann Jakob Fierz	liberal	1832-1839, 1845-1848	1787	1861
Hans Conrad Finsler	Aristocrats	1803-1829	1765	1839
Johannes Frick	DP	1878-1879	1828	1885
Hans Caspar Fries	Aristocrats	1803-1805	1739	1805
Rita Fuhrer	SVP	1995-2010	1953
Heinrich Furrer	k. A.	1839-1843	1784	1855
Jonas Furrer	liberal	1845-1848	1805	1861
Hans Jacob Füssli	Aristocrats	1815-1831	1766	1844
Johann Heinrich Füssli	k. A.	1803	1745	1832
Alfred Gilgen	LdU	1971-1995	1930	2018
Konrad Gisler	SVP	1977-1987	1924	2018
Martin Graf	GP	2011-2015	1954
Johann Heinrich von Grebel	Aristocrats	1804-1831	1749	1833
Johann Emanuel Grob	DP	1882-1901	1834	1909
Alois Günthard	BGB / SVP	1963-1976	1913	1976
Ursula Gut-Winterberger	FDP	2006-2015	1953
Robert Haab	LP	1908-1912	1865	1939
Karl Hafner	FDP	1929-1943	1878	1947
Adam Halter	LP	1877-1882	1834	1914
Franz Hagenbuch	liberal	1856-1869	1819	1888
Ulrich Hauser	Liberal radicals	1831-1839	1793	1870
Walter Hauser	DP	1881-1888	1837	1902
Johannes Hegetschweiler	liberal	1831-1839	1789	1839
Ulrich Hegner	liberal	1814-1815	1759	1840
Thomas Heiniger	FDP	2007-2019	1957
Josef Henggeler	SP	1938-1950	1889	1950
Wilhelm Hertenstein	LP	1872-1879	1825	1888
Johann Jakob Hess	liberal	1832-1840	1791	1857
Jakob Heusser	BGB	1949-1963	1895	1989
Conrad Melchior Hirzel	liberal	1831-1839	1793	1843
Heinrich Hirzel	k. A.	1816-1831	1766	1840
Johann Jacob Hirzel	Aristocrats	1803-1829	1770	1829
Hans Caspar Hirzel-Escher	conservative	1831-1832, 1835-1840	1792	1851
Hans Hofmann	SVP	1987-1999	1939
Hans Hollenstein	CVP	2005-2011	1949
Ernst Homberger	FDP	1991-1999	1937
Heinrich Homberger	liberal	1806-1819	1754	1819
Eric Honegger	FDP	1987-1999	1946
Heinrich Honegger	liberal	1867-1868	1832	1889
Johann Kaspar Horner	Aristocrats	1829-1831	1774	1834
Johann Jakob Hottinger	Conservative Liberals	1831-1832	1783	1860
Heinrich Hotz	k. A.	1819-1831	1773	1852
Heinrich Hotz	k. A.	1832-1839	1796	1852
Christian Huber	SVP	1999-2005	1944
Hans Jakob Huber	k. A.	1832-1839	1779	1847
Karl Adolf Huber	liberal	1861-1869	1811	1889
Heinrich Hüni-Nägeli	Liberal radicals	1831-1850	1790	1854
Heinrich Hüni-Stettler	liberal	1855-1856	1813	1876
Johann Jakob Hürlimann	k. A.	1839	1796	1853
Ruedi Jeker	FDP	1999-2007	1944
Jakob Kägi	SP	1939-1950	1886	1950
Markus Kägi	SVP	2007-2019	1954
Christoph Kaufmann	Aristocrats	1823-1831	1783	1835
Hans Ulrich Kaufmann	Aristocrats	1803-1804	1744	1810
Gustav Keller	LP / FDP	1911-1922	1867	1932
Hartmann Keller	k. A.	1816-1839	1772	1840
Hans Jacob Kern	k. A.	1829-1831	1774	1840
Heinrich Kern	LP	1896-1908	1853	1923
Johannes Kienast	conservative	1839-1840, 1842-1845	1802	1879
Walter König	LdU	1951-1971	1908	1985
Hartmann Krauer	k. A.	1838-1839	1803	1839
Hans Jakob Kündig	conservative	1839-1845	1790	1859
Hans Künzi	FDP	1970-1991	1924	2004
Heinrich Landolt	k. A.	1814-1831	1763	1850
Johann Rudolf Landolt	k. A.	1814-1839	1771	1850
Johann Ulrich Landolt	DP	1878-1881	1821	1881
Hedi Lang	SP	1983-1995	1931	2004
Diethelm Lavater	Aristocrats	1803-1826	1743	1826
Moritz Leuenberger	SP	1991-1995	1946
Albert Locher	DP	1893-1914	1849	1914
Jakob Lutz	DP	1901-1919	1845	1921
Rudolf Maurer	BP	1920-1939	1872	1963
Rudolf Meier	BP / BGB	1947-1971	1907	1986
Paul Meierhans	SP	1950-1963	1895	1976
Hans Conrad von Meiss	Aristocrats	1804-1831	1764	1845
Jakob Heinrich Master	Aristocrats	1803	1744	1826
Ferdinand Meyer	Conservative Liberals	1831-1832, 1839-1840	1799	1840
Ludwig Meyer von Knonau	liberal	1805-1839	1769	1841
Albert Mossdorf	FDP	1967-1979	1911	2001
Heinrich Mousson	LP / FDP	1912-1929	1866	1944
Johann Mousson	conservative	1839-1845	1803	1869
Johann Heinrich Müller	DP	1869-1877	1829	1891
Johann Jakob Müller	liberal	1851-1855	1812	1872
Hans Conrad von Muralt	Conservative Liberals	1823-1832, 1839-1844	1779	1869
Heinrich Nägeli	LP / FDP	1885-1920	1850	1932
Johann Heinrich Nägeli	conservative	1839-1840	1801	1873
Kaspar Nägeli	k. A.	1845-1849	1785	1849
Martin Neukom	GP	2019–	1986
Heinrich Nievergelt	Aristocrats	1803-1814	1742	1815
Ernst Nobs	SP	1935-1942	1886	1957
Markus Notter	SP	1996-2011	1960
Heinrich von Orelli	k. A.	1829-1831	1783	1860
Caspar Ott	Aristocrats	1804-1818	1758	1818
Friedrich Salomon Ott	conservative	1856-1861	1813	1871
Hans Caspar Ott	Aristocrats	1803-1815	1764	1820
Hans Caspar Ott	Aristocrats	1818-1828	1780	1856
Hans Conrad Ott	k. A.	1815-1816	1767	1818
Fritz Ottiker	DP	1917-1929	1865	1929
Hans Jacob Pestalozzi	Aristocrats	1803-1831	1749	1831
Hans Conrad Pestalozzi-Hirzel	conservative	1844-1846	1793	1860
Johann Caspar Pfenninger	liberal	1803-1838	1760	1838
Johann Jakob Pfenninger	DP	1869-1878	1841	1891
Otto Pfister	SP	1929-1939	1875	1939
Salomon Rahn	Aristocrats	1803-1832	1766	1836
Rudolf Rebmann	liberal	1803-1834	1759	1837
Emil Reich	DP	1954-1959	1900	1959
Hans von Reinhard	Aristocrats	1803-1831	1755	1835
Natalie Rickli	SVP	2019–	1976
Heinrich Rüegg	liberal	1832-1835	1801	1871
Johann Heinrich Rusterholz	liberal	1803-1804	1760	1806
Georg Rutishauser	DP	1943-1945	1901	1981
Johann Jakob Rüttimann	liberal	1844-1856	1813	1876
Heinrich Schäppi	Liberal radicals	1834-1839	1799	1884
Hans Jacob Schärer	Aristocrats	1803-1816	1732	1816
Johann Jakob Scherer	DP	1866-1872	1825	1878
Hans Caspar Schinz	Aristocrats	1803-1831	1755	1839
Heinrich Schinz	k. A.	1832-1838	1785	1855
Heinrich Schnyder	LdU	1942-1943	1897	1974
Johann Caspar Sieber	DP	1869-1878	1821	1878
Johannes Sigg	SP	1929-1935	1874	1939
Albert Sigrist	FDP	1979-1987	1923	2005
Heinrich Spiller	DP	1882-1885	1831	1911
Johann Jakob Spiller	LP	1879-1893	1823	1894
Sigmund Spondli	Aristocrats	1827-1832, 1839-1845	1780	1845
Carl Emanuel Steiner	Aristocrats	1814-1819	1771	1846
Johann Heinrich Steiner	Aristocrats	1803-1804	1747	1827
Silvia Steiner	CVP	2015–	1958
Ernst Stocker	SVP	2010–	1955
Johannes Stössel	DP	1875-1917	1837	1919
Adolf Streuli	FDP	1922-1935	1868	1953
Hans Streuli	FDP	1935-1954	1892	1970
Johann Jakob Streuli	k. A.	1848-1850	1801	1850
Rudolf Streuli	BP	1926-1937	1871	1943
Jakob Stucki	BGB / SVP	1971-1991	1924	2006
Heinrich Studer	liberal	1866-1869	1815	1890
Eduard Sulzer	liberal	1831-1850	1789	1857
Johann Heinrich Sulzer	k. A.	1819-1823	1765	1823
Johann Jakob Sulzer	liberal	1851-1857	1821	1897
Johann Rudolf Sulzer	liberal	1845-1848	1789	1850
Melchior Friedrich Sulzer	Liberal radicals	1831-1850	1791	1853
Friedrich von Sulzer-Wart	conservative	1839-1844	1806	1857
Eduard Suter	liberal	1861-1869	1820	1891
Ernst Tobler	BP	1919-1926	1889	1966
Johann Jakob Treichler	liberal	1856-1869	1822	1906
Johann Martin Usteri	k. A.	1815-1827	1763	1827
Paul Usteri	liberal	1803-1831	1768	1831
Ernst father louse	FDP	1945-1959	1891	1976
David Vogel	liberal	1803-1831	1760	1849
Johann Jacob Walder	Aristocrats	1803-1806	1750	1817
Karl Felix Walder	DP	1869-1893	1821	1898
Carmen Walker Spah	FDP	2015–	1958
Emil Walter	Grütlians	1920-1929	1872	1939
Heinrich Weiss	Liberal radicals	1831-1833, 1838-1839	1789	1848
Johann Caspar Weiss	k. A.	1827-1831	1773	1836
Oscar Wettstein	DP	1914-1935	1866	1952
Peter Wiederkehr	CVP	1975-1993	1938
Johann Jakob Wieland	liberal	1845-1848	1783	1848
Felix Wild	conservative	1839-1845, 1849-1869	1809	1889
Heinrich Wipf	DP	1889-1896	1841	1897
Hans Jacob Wolf	k. A.	1804-1814	1754	1818
David from Wyss	Aristocrats	1803-1832	1763	1839
Salomon von Wyss	Aristocrats	1803	1769	1827
Ulrich Zehnder	Liberal radicals	1834-1839, 1843-1866	1798	1877
Gottlieb Ziegler	DP	1869-1877	1828	1898
Jacob Christoph Ziegler	Aristocrats	1805-1815	1768	1859
Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler	conservative	1840-1866	1800	1882
Johann Kaspar Zollinger	LP	1877-1882	1820	1882
Robert Zumbühl	FDP	1959-1967	1901	1974

See also

• List of Presidents of the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich

Web links

• The cantonal government and its members since 1803

Individual evidence

1. ^ Announcement of resignation as of April 2010 on August 27, 2009; see. Zurich government councilor Fuhrer resigns , NZZ Online, accessed on August 27, 2009