The Federal Council: Members of the Federal Government
The Swiss system of government has hardly changed since 1848; the principles of collegiality and of primus inter pares apply to this day. Federal councillors have a dual function. They are members of the government and therefore jointly responsible for governing. But they also head a department and represent its interests in the governing college, the Federal Council.
Federal Council
Tags: State and Politics, Executive, Politics, State
Spatial extent: Switzerland
Times: since 1848, 1848–1874, 1875–1899, 1900–1924, 1925–1949, 1950–1974, 1975–1999, 2000-2024, 2024
Distinction: according to parties, according to years of office, according to year of taking up office
Map objects: Aargau, Adolf Deucher, Adolf Ogi, Adrien Lachenal, Alain Berset, Albert Meyer, Albert Rösti, Alphons Egli, Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Arnold Koller, Arthur Hoffmann, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Beat Jans, Berne, Bernhard Hammer, Camille Decoppet, Christoph Blocher, Constant Fornerod, Daniel-Henri Druey, Didier Burkhalter, Doris Leuthard, Edmund Schulthess, Eduard Müller, Eduard von Steiger, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Elisabeth Kopp, Emil Frey, Emil Welti, Enrico Celio, Ernest Chuard, Ernst Brenner, Ernst Brugger, Ernst Nobs, Ernst Wetter, Eugène Borel, Eugène Ruffy, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Felix-Louis Calonder, Flavio Cotti, Fribourg, Fridolin Anderwert, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, Fritz Honegger, Geneva, Georges-André Chevallaz, Giovanni Battista Pioda, Giuseppe Lepori, Giuseppe Motta, Glarus, Grisons, Gustave Ador, Guy Parmelin, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Hans Hürlimann, Hans Schaffner, Hans Streuli, Heinrich Häberlin, Hermann Obrecht, Ignazio Cassis, Jakob Dubs, Jakob Stämpfli, Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Jean-Marie Musy, Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Jean Bourgknecht, Joachim Heer, Johann Jakob Scherer, Johann Schneider-Ammann, Johannes Baumann, Jonas Furrer, Josef Anton Schobinger, Josef Escher, Joseph Deiss, Joseph Zemp, Jura, Karin Keller-Sutter, Karl Kobelt, Karl Schenk, Karl Scheurer, Kaspar Villiger, Kurt Furgler, Leon Schlumpf, Louis Perrier, Lucerne, Ludwig Forrer, Ludwig von Moos, Marc-Emile Ruchet, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, Markus Feldmann, Martin Josef Munzinger, Max Petitpierre, Max Weber, Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Moritz Leuenberger, Nello Celio, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Numa Droz, Obwalden, Otto Stich, Pascal Couchepin, Paul Cérésole, Paul Chaudet, Philipp Etter, Pierre Aubert, Pierre Graber, René Felber, Robert Comtesse, Robert Haab, Rodolphe Rubattel, Roger Bonvin, Rudolf Friedrich, Rudolf Gnägi, Rudolf Minger, Ruth Dreifuss, Ruth Metzler-Arnold, Samuel Schmid, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Simeon Bavier, Simonetta Sommaruga, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Stefano Franscini, Thomas Holenstein, Thurgau, Ticino, Ueli Maurer, Ulrich Ochsenbein, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Victor Ruffy, Viola Amherd, Walter Hauser, Walther Stampfli, Wilhelm Hertenstein, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Willi Ritschard, Willy Spühler, Zug, Zurich