Switzerland
1801–194 recorded officeholder spells across 5 offices, led today by Swiss Federal Council (Pres.).
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First Landammann of the Helvetic Republic
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Alois von Reding | 1801 | 1802 |
Statthalter of the Helvetic Republic (acting head)
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Vinzenz Rüttimann | 1802 | 1802 |
Landammann of the Helvetic Republic
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Rudolf Dolder | 1802 | 1803 |
Landammann of Switzerland
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Hans von Reinhard | 1813 | 1813 |
| Peter Burckhardt | 1812 | 1813 |
| Heinrich Grimm von Wartenfels | 1811 | 1812 |
| Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl | 1810 | 1811 |
| Louis d'Affry | 1809 | 1810 |
| Vinzenz Rüttimann | 1808 | 1809 |
| Hans von Reinhard | 1807 | 1808 |
| Andreas Merian | 1806 | 1807 |
| Peter Glutz-Ruchti | 1805 | 1806 |
| Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl | 1804 | 1805 |
| Louis d'Affry | 1803 | 1804 |
President of the Swiss Confederation
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Swiss Federal Council | 2026 | present |
| Guy Parmelin | 2026 | 2026 |
| Karin Keller-Sutter | 2025 | 2025 |
| Viola Amherd | 2024 | 2024 |
| Alain Berset | 2023 | 2023 |
| Ignazio Cassis | 2022 | 2022 |
| Guy Parmelin | 2021 | 2021 |
| Simonetta Sommaruga | 2020 | 2020 |
| Ueli Maurer | 2019 | 2019 |
| Alain Berset | 2018 | 2018 |
| Doris Leuthard | 2017 | 2017 |
| Johann Schneider-Ammann | 2016 | 2016 |
| Simonetta Sommaruga | 2015 | 2015 |
| Didier Burkhalter | 2014 | 2014 |
| Ueli Maurer | 2013 | 2013 |
| Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | 2012 | 2012 |
| Micheline Calmy-Rey | 2011 | 2011 |
| Doris Leuthard | 2010 | 2010 |
| Hans-Rudolf Merz | 2009 | 2009 |
| Pascal Couchepin | 2008 | 2008 |
| Micheline Calmy-Rey | 2007 | 2007 |
| Moritz Leuenberger | 2006 | 2006 |
| Samuel Schmid | 2005 | 2005 |
| Joseph Deiss | 2004 | 2004 |
| Pascal Couchepin | 2003 | 2003 |
| Kaspar Villiger | 2002 | 2002 |
| Moritz Leuenberger | 2001 | 2001 |
| Adolf Ogi | 2000 | 2000 |
| Ruth Dreifuss | 1999 | 1999 |
| Flavio Cotti | 1998 | 1998 |
| Arnold Koller | 1997 | 1997 |
| Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | 1996 | 1996 |
| Kaspar Villiger | 1995 | 1995 |
| Otto Stich | 1994 | 1994 |
| Adolf Ogi | 1993 | 1993 |
| René Felber | 1992 | 1992 |
| Flavio Cotti | 1991 | 1991 |
| Arnold Koller | 1990 | 1990 |
| Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | 1989 | 1989 |
| Otto Stich | 1988 | 1988 |
| Pierre Aubert | 1987 | 1987 |
| Alphons Egli | 1986 | 1986 |
| Kurt Furgler | 1985 | 1985 |
| Leon Schlumpf | 1984 | 1984 |
| Pierre Aubert | 1983 | 1983 |
| Fritz Honegger | 1982 | 1982 |
| Kurt Furgler | 1981 | 1981 |
| Georges-André Chevallaz | 1980 | 1980 |
| Hans Hürlimann | 1979 | 1979 |
| Willi Ritschard | 1978 | 1978 |
| Kurt Furgler | 1977 | 1977 |
| Rudolf Gnägi | 1976 | 1976 |
| Pierre Graber | 1975 | 1975 |
| Ernst Brugger | 1974 | 1974 |
| Roger Bonvin | 1973 | 1973 |
| Nello Celio | 1972 | 1972 |
| Rudolf Gnägi | 1971 | 1971 |
| Hans-Peter Tschudi | 1970 | 1970 |
| Ludwig von Moos | 1969 | 1969 |
| Willy Spühler | 1968 | 1968 |
| Roger Bonvin | 1967 | 1967 |
| Hans Schaffner | 1966 | 1966 |
| Hans-Peter Tschudi | 1965 | 1965 |
| Ludwig von Moos | 1964 | 1964 |
| Willy Spühler | 1963 | 1963 |
| Paul Chaudet | 1962 | 1962 |
| Friedrich Traugott Wahlen | 1961 | 1961 |
| Max Petitpierre | 1960 | 1960 |
| Paul Chaudet | 1959 | 1959 |
| Thomas Holenstein | 1958 | 1958 |
| Hans Streuli | 1957 | 1957 |
| Markus Feldmann | 1956 | 1956 |
| Max Petitpierre | 1955 | 1955 |
| Rodolphe Rubattel | 1954 | 1954 |
| Philipp Etter | 1953 | 1953 |
| Karl Kobelt | 1952 | 1952 |
| Eduard von Steiger | 1951 | 1951 |
| Max Petitpierre | 1950 | 1950 |
| Ernst Nobs | 1949 | 1949 |
| Enrico Celio | 1948 | 1948 |
| Philipp Etter | 1947 | 1947 |
| Karl Kobelt | 1946 | 1946 |
| Eduard von Steiger | 1945 | 1945 |
| Walther Stampfli | 1944 | 1944 |
| Enrico Celio | 1943 | 1943 |
| Philipp Etter | 1942 | 1942 |
| Ernst Wetter | 1941 | 1941 |
| Marcel Pilet-Golaz | 1940 | 1940 |
| Philipp Etter | 1939 | 1939 |
| Johannes Baumann | 1938 | 1938 |
| Giuseppe Motta | 1937 | 1937 |
| Albert Meyer | 1936 | 1936 |
| Rudolf Minger | 1935 | 1935 |
| Marcel Pilet-Golaz | 1934 | 1934 |
| Edmund Schulthess | 1933 | 1933 |
| Giuseppe Motta | 1932 | 1932 |
| Heinrich Häberlin | 1931 | 1931 |
| Jean-Marie Musy | 1930 | 1930 |
| Robert Haab | 1929 | 1929 |
| Edmund Schulthess | 1928 | 1928 |
| Giuseppe Motta | 1927 | 1927 |
| Heinrich Häberlin | 1926 | 1926 |
| Jean-Marie Musy | 1925 | 1925 |
| Ernest Chuard | 1924 | 1924 |
| Karl Scheurer | 1923 | 1923 |
| Robert Haab | 1922 | 1922 |
| Edmund Schulthess | 1921 | 1921 |
| Giuseppe Motta | 1920 | 1920 |
| Gustave Ador | 1919 | 1919 |
| Felix Calonder | 1918 | 1918 |
| Edmund Schulthess | 1917 | 1917 |
| Camille Decoppet | 1916 | 1916 |
| Giuseppe Motta | 1915 | 1915 |
| Arthur Hoffmann | 1914 | 1914 |
| Eduard Müller | 1913 | 1913 |
| Ludwig Forrer | 1912 | 1912 |
| Marc-Émile Ruchet | 1911 | 1911 |
| Robert Comtesse | 1910 | 1910 |
| Adolf Deucher | 1909 | 1909 |
| Ernst Brenner | 1908 | 1908 |
| Eduard Müller | 1907 | 1907 |
| Ludwig Forrer | 1906 | 1906 |
| Marc-Émile Ruchet | 1905 | 1905 |
| Robert Comtesse | 1904 | 1904 |
| Adolf Deucher | 1903 | 1903 |
| Josef Zemp | 1902 | 1902 |
| Ernst Brenner | 1901 | 1901 |
| Walter Hauser | 1900 | 1900 |
| Eduard Müller | 1899 | 1899 |
| Eugène Ruffy | 1898 | 1898 |
| Adolf Deucher | 1897 | 1897 |
| Adrien Lachenal | 1896 | 1896 |
| Josef Zemp | 1895 | 1895 |
| Emil Frey | 1894 | 1894 |
| Karl Schenk | 1893 | 1893 |
| Walter Hauser | 1892 | 1892 |
| Emil Welti | 1891 | 1891 |
| Louis Ruchonnet | 1890 | 1890 |
| Bernhard Hammer | 1889 | 1889 |
| Wilhelm Hertenstein | 1888 | 1888 |
| Numa Droz | 1887 | 1887 |
| Adolf Deucher | 1886 | 1886 |
| Karl Schenk | 1885 | 1885 |
| Emil Welti | 1884 | 1884 |
| Louis Ruchonnet | 1883 | 1883 |
| Simeon Bavier | 1882 | 1882 |
| Numa Droz | 1881 | 1881 |
| Emil Welti | 1880 | 1880 |
| Bernhard Hammer | 1879 | 1879 |
| Karl Schenk | 1878 | 1878 |
| Joachim Heer | 1877 | 1877 |
| Emil Welti | 1876 | 1876 |
| Johann Jakob Scherer | 1875 | 1875 |
| Karl Schenk | 1874 | 1874 |
| Paul Cérésole | 1873 | 1873 |
| Emil Welti | 1872 | 1872 |
| Karl Schenk | 1871 | 1871 |
| Jakob Dubs | 1870 | 1870 |
| Emil Welti | 1869 | 1869 |
| Jakob Dubs | 1868 | 1868 |
| Constant Fornerod | 1867 | 1867 |
| Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | 1866 | 1866 |
| Karl Schenk | 1865 | 1865 |
| Jakob Dubs | 1864 | 1864 |
| Constant Fornerod | 1863 | 1863 |
| Jakob Stämpfli | 1862 | 1862 |
| Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | 1861 | 1861 |
| Friedrich Frey-Herosé | 1860 | 1860 |
| Jakob Stämpfli | 1859 | 1859 |
| Jonas Furrer | 1858 | 1858 |
| Constant Fornerod | 1857 | 1857 |
| Jakob Stämpfli | 1856 | 1856 |
| Jonas Furrer | 1855 | 1855 |
| Friedrich Frey-Herosé | 1854 | 1854 |
| Wilhelm Matthias Naeff | 1853 | 1853 |
| Jonas Furrer | 1852 | 1852 |
| Josef Munzinger | 1851 | 1851 |
| Henri Druey | 1850 | 1850 |
| Jonas Furrer | 1849 | 1849 |
| Jonas Furrer | 1848 | 1848 |