List of the Council of States of the Canton of Bern
This list shows all members of the Council of States from the Canton of Bern since the state was founded in 1848 until today.
Party abbreviations
- BDP: Bourgeois Democratic Party
- BGB: farmers, trade and citizens' party
- FDP: Liberal Democratic Party , since 2009 FDP. The Liberals
- Liberals: Liberals or radicals , party (or party-like group) in the canton of Bern in the 19th century, predecessor of the FDP
- Conservatives: Protestant conservatives, party (or party-like grouping) in the canton of Bern in the 19th century
- SP: Social Democratic Party
- SVP: Swiss People's Party
Council of States
Surname | Party / parliamentary group | Term of office | Born | Died |
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Adrian Amstutz | SVP | 2011 | 1953 | |
Christine Beerli | FDP | 1991-2003 | 1953 | |
Franz Bigler | FDP | 1898-1906 | 1847 | 1919 |
Albert Bitzius | Free minded | 1879-1882 | 1835 | 1882 |
Eduard Eugen Blösch | conservative | 1850-1851 | 1807 | 1866 |
Constant Bodenheimer | Free minded | 1874-1878 | 1836 | 1893 |
Abraham Boivin | conservative | 1851-1855 | 1815 | 1885 |
Dewet Buri | BGB | 1957-1971 | 1901 | 1995 |
Paul Charmillot | FDP | 1919-1932 | 1865 | 1932 |
Friedrich Eggli | Free minded | 1885-1895 | 1838 | 1895 |
Peter Gerber | SVP | 1979-1987 | 1923 | 2012 |
Charles Albert Gobat | Free minded | 1884-1890 | 1843 | 1914 |
Arthur Hänsenberger | FDP | 1979-1991 | 1927 | 2014 |
Johann Friedrich Hofer | Free minded | 1876-1877 | 1832 | 1894 |
Charles Jeanneret | FDP | 1959-1967 | 1892 | 1979 |
Karl Gustav King | independent | 1867-1868 | 1828 | 1892 |
Fritz Krauchthaler | SVP | 1971-1979 | 1915 | 2002 |
Gottfried Kunz | FDP | 1907-1919 | 1859 | 1930 |
Christoph Albert Kurz | conservative | 1851-1854 | 1806 | 1864 |
Hans Lauri | SVP | 2001-2007 | 1944 | |
Johann Ulrich Lehmann | Free minded | 1862-1865 | 1817 | 1876 |
Jakob Leuenberger | Free minded | 1860-1861 | 1823 | 1871 |
Hermann Lienhard | FDP | 1890-1895 | 1851 | 1905 |
Werner Luginbühl | SVP / BDP | 2007-2019 | 1958 | |
Leo Merz | FDP | 1918-1919 | 1869 | 1952 |
Johann Friedrich Michel | Free minded | 1877-1879 | 1825 | 1889 |
Paul Migy | Free minded | 1848-1851 | 1814 | 1879 |
Georges Moeckli | SP | 1948-1959 | 1889 | 1974 |
Niklaus Morgenthaler | FDP | 1903-1908 | 1853 | 1928 |
Carl Moser | BGB | 1919-1935 | 1867 | 1959 |
Henri Mouttet | FDP | 1932-1948 | 1883 | 1975 |
Niklaus Niggeler | Free minded | 1848-1850 1855-1860 |
1817 | 1872 |
Maurice Péquignot | FDP | 1967-1979 | 1918 | 2013 |
Johannes Ritschard | FDP | 1895-1903 | 1845 | 1908 |
Aimé Rossel | Free minded | 1856 | 1820 | 1877 |
Christian Sahli | Free minded | 1864-1866 1868-1874 1879-1885 |
1825 | 1897 |
Werner Salzmann | SVP | 2019– | 1962 | |
Karl Schenk | Free minded | 1857-1863 | 1823 | 1895 |
Alfred Scheurer | FDP | 1879 1882-1883 1896-1897 |
1840 | 1921 |
Samuel Schmid | SVP | 1999-2000 | 1947 | |
Jean Sessler | Free minded | 1865-1868 | 1822 | 1897 |
Simonetta Sommaruga | SP | 2003-2010 | 1960 | |
Jakob Stämpfli | Free minded | 1854 | 1820 | 1879 |
Hans Stöckli | SP | 2011– | 1952 | |
Adolf von Steiger | FDP | 1908-1918 | 1859 | 1925 |
Jakob Rudolf Weber | BGB | 1935-1957 | 1887 | 1972 |
Johann Weber | Free minded | 1868-1875 | 1828 | 1878 |
Ulrich Zimmerli | SVP | 1987-1999 | 1942 |