Swiss Presidents

The President of the Swiss Confederation is an annually rotating office among the seven members of the executive, the so-called Federal Council and is elected by the parliament. The President chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and represents the country in external affairs and does not have more authority than the other Federal Councillors. The first Swiss President took office in 1848 when the modern Swiss Confederation was founded.

Some of them were President for more than one year

*The Free Democratic Party (FDP) did not formally exist until 1894 but emerged from the liberal radical movement all of the previous presidents were part of

Some parties changed their name over time

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Year	Party	Answer
1848	FDP*	Jonas Furrer
1849	FDP*	Jonas Furrer
1850	FDP*	Daniel-Henry Druey
1851	FDP*	Martin J. Munzinger
1852	FDP*	Jonas Furrer
1853	FDP*	Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
1854	FDP*	Friedrich Frey-Herosé
1855	FDP*	Jonas Furrer
1856	FDP*	Jakob Stämpfli
1857	FDP*	Constant Fornerod
1858	FDP*	Jonas Furrer
1859	FDP*	Jakob Stämpfli
1860	FDP*	Friedrich Frey-Herosé
1861	FDP*	Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
1862	FDP*	Jakob Stämpfli
1863	FDP*	Constant Fornerod
1864	FDP*	Jakob Dubs
1865	FDP*	Karl Schenk
1866	FDP*	Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
1867	FDP*	Constant Fornerod
1868	FDP*	Jakob Dubs
1869	FDP*	Emil Welti
1870	FDP*	Jakob Dubs
1871	FDP*	Karl Schenk
1872	FDP*	Emil Welti
1873	FDP*	Paul Ceresole
1874	FDP*	Karl Schenk
1875	FDP*	Johann Jakob Scherer
1876	FDP*	Emil Welti
1877	FDP*	Joachim Heer
1878	FDP*	Karl Schenk
1879	FDP*	Bernhard Hammer
1880	FDP*	Emil Welti
1881	FDP*	Numa Droz
1882	FDP*	Simeon Bavier
1883	FDP*	Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet
1884	FDP*	Emil Welti
1885	FDP*	Karl Schenk
1886	FDP*	Adolf Deucher
1887	FDP*	Numa Droz
1888	FDP*	Wilhelm Hertenstein
1889	FDP*	Bernhard Hammer
1890	FDP*	Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet
1891	FDP*	Emil Welti
1892	FDP*	Walter Hauser
1893	FDP*	Karl Schenk
1894	FDP	Emil Frey
1895	Catholic People's Party	Joseph Zemp
1896	FDP	Adrien Lachenal
1897	FDP	Adolf Deucher
1898	FDP	Eugène Ruffy
1899	FDP	Eduard Müller
1900	FDP	Walter Hauser
1901	FDP	Ernst Brenner
1902	Catholic People's Party	Joseph Zemp
1903	FDP	Adolf Deucher
1904	FDP	Robert Comtesse
1905	FDP	Marc-Emile Ruchet
1906	FDP	Ludwig Forrer
1907	FDP	Eduard Müller
1908	FDP	Ernst Brenner
1909	FDP	Adolf Deucher
1910	FDP	Robert Comtesse
1911	FDP	Marc-Emile Ruchet
1912	FDP	Ludwig Forrer
1913	FDP	Eduard Müller
1914	FDP	Arthur Hoffmann
1915	Conservative People's Party	Giuseppe Motta
1916	FDP	Camille Decoppet
1917	FDP	Edmund Schulthess
1918	FDP	Felix-Louis Calonder
1919	LP	Gustave Ador
1920	Conservative People's Party	Giuseppe Motta
1921	FDP	Edmund Schulthess
1922	FDP	Robert Haab
1923	FDP	Karl Scheurer
1924	FDP	Ernest Chuard
1925	Conservative People's Party	Jean-Marie Musy
1926	FDP	Heinrich Häberlin
1927	Conservative People's Party	Giuseppe Motta
1928	FDP	Edmund Schulthess
1929	FDP	Robert Haab
1930	Conservative People's Party	Jean-Marie Musy
1931	FDP	Heinrich Häberlin
1932	Conservative People's Party	Giuseppe Motta
1933	FDP	Edmund Schulthess
1934	FDP	Marcel Pilet-Golaz
1935	BGB	Rudolf Minger
1936	FDP	Albert Meyer
1937	Conservative People's Party	Giuseppe Motta
1938	FDP	Johannes Baumann
1939	Conservative People's Party	Philipp Etter
1940	FDP	Marcel Pilet-Golaz
1941	FDP	Ernst Wetter
1942	Conservative People's Party	Philipp Etter
1943	Conservative People's Party	Enrico Celio
1944	FDP	Walther Stampfli
1945	BGB	Eduard von Steiger
1946	FDP	Karl Kobelt
1947	Conservative People's Party	Philipp Etter
1948	Conservative People's Party	Enrico Celio
1949	SP	Ernst Nobs
1950	FDP	Max Petitpierre
1951	BGB	Eduard von Steiger
1952	FDP	Karl Kobelt
1953	Conservative People's Party	Philipp Etter
1954	FDP	Rodolphe Rubattel
1955	FDP	Max Petitpierre
1956	BGB	Markus Feldmann
1957	FDP	Hans Streuli
1958	Conservative Christian Social People's Party	Thomas Holenstein
1959	FDP	Paul Chaudet
1960	FDP	Max Petitpierre
1961	BGB	Friedrich Traugott Wahlen
1962	FDP	Paul Chaudet
1963	SP	Willy Spühler
1964	Conservative Christian Social People's Party	Ludwig von Moos
1965	SP	Hans-Peter Tschudi
1966	FDP	Hans Schaffner
1967	Conservative Christian Social People's Party	Roger Bonvin
1968	SP	Willy Spühler
1969	Conservative Christian Social People's Party	Ludwig von Moos
1970	SP	Hans-Peter Tschudi
1971	SVP	Rudolf Gnägi
1972	FDP	Nello Celio
1973	CVP	Roger Bonvin
1974	FDP	Ernst Brugger
1975	SP	Pierre Graber
1976	SVP	Rudolf Gnägi
1977	CVP	Kurt Furgler
1978	SP	Willi Ritschard
1979	CVP	Hans Hürlimann
1980	FDP	Georges-André Chevallaz
1981	CVP	Kurt Furgler
1982	FDP	Fritz Honegger
1983	SP	Pierre Aubert
1984	SVP	Leon Schlumpf
1985	CVP	Kurt Furgler
1986	CVP	Alphons Egli
1987	SP	Pierre Aubert
1988	SP	Otto Stich
1989	FDP	Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
1990	CVP	Arnold Koller
1991	CVP	Flavio Cotti
1992	SP	René Felber
1993	SVP	Adolf Ogi
1994	SP	Otto Stich
1995	FDP	Kaspar Villiger
1996	FDP	Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
1997	CVP	Arnold Koller
1998	CVP	Flavio Cotti
1999	SP	Ruth Dreifuss
2000	SVP	Adolf Ogi
2001	SP	Moritz Leuenberger
2002	FDP	Kaspar Villiger
2003	FDP	Pascal Couchepin
2004	CVP	Joseph Deiss
2005	SVP	Samuel Schmid
2006	SP	Moritz Leuenberger
2007	SP	Micheline Calmy-Rey
2008	FDP	Pascal Couchepin
2009	FDP	Hans-Rudolf Merz
2010	CVP	Doris Leuthard
2011	SP	Micheline Calmy-Rey
2012	BDP	Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
2013	SVP	Ueli Maurer
2014	FDP	Didier Burkhalter
2015	SP	Simonetta Sommaruga
2016	FDP	Johann N. Schneider-Ammann
2017	CVP	Doris Leuthard
2018	SP	Alain Berset
2019	SVP	Ueli Maurer
2020	SP	Simonetta Sommaruga
2021	SVP	Guy Parmelin
2022	FDP	Ignazio Cassis
2023	SP	Alain Berset
2024	Centre	Viola Amherd

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