List of the city presidents of Bern

The list of the mayor of Bern displays chronologically all the Mayor of Bern , the Swiss capital of Switzerland , on. This official title was created in 1871; before the function was as mayor called.

The official seat of the mayor of Bern is in Erlacherhof on Junkerngasse in Bern's old town .

Abbreviations for party affiliation or political direction

• BGB: Citizens 'Party of the City of Bern (City of Bern section of the farmers, trade and citizens' party , until 1971, then → SVP)
• FDP: Liberal Party, Liberal Democratic Party (from 1894)
• GFL: Green Free List
• VF: United Liberals of the City of Bern (1881–1895, then → FDP)
• PK: Protestant - conservative
• SP: Social Democratic Party (from 1888)
• SVP: Swiss People's Party (from 1971)

List of mayor presidents

Surname	direction	Term of office	Born	Died
Karl Zeerleder	PK	1832-1848	1780	1851
Friedrich Ludwig Effinger	PK	1849-1863	1795	1867
Christoph Albert Kurz	PK	1864	1806	1864
Rudolf Otto von Büren	PK	1864-1871	1822	1888

List of city presidents

Surname	Party / direction	Term of office	Born	Died
Rudolf Otto von Büren	PK	1871-1888	1822	1888
Eduard Müller	VF / FDP	1888-1895	1848	1919
Franz Lindt	FDP	1895-1899	1844	1901
Adolf von Steiger	FDP	1900-1918	1859	1925
Gustav Müller	SP	1918-1920	1860	1921
Hermann Lindt	BGB	1920-1937	1872	1937
Ernst Bärtschi	FDP	1937-1951	1882	1976
Otto Steiger	BGB	1952-1958	1890	1958
Eduard Freimüller	SP	1958-1966	1898	1966
Reynold Tschäppät	SP	1966-1979	1917	1979
Werner Bircher	FDP	1979-1992	1928	2017
Klaus Baumgartner	SP	1993-2004	1937	2015
Alexander Tschäppät	SP	2005-2016	1952	2018
Alec von Graffenried	GFL	2017–	1962

Web links

Commons : City Presidents of Bern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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• Overview of dates of birth and death .
• Robert Barth, Emil Erne, Christian Lüthi (eds.): Bern - the history of the city in the 19th and 20th centuries. Bern 2003, ISBN 3-7272-1271-3 , p. 340 ff.
• Municipality and City Presidents 1832–2005 City Archives of the City of Bern