thumb|250px|The Swiss Federal Council and the [[Federal Chancellor of Switzerland|Federal Chancellor as of January 2024. From left to right: Viktor Rossi, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider, Ignazio Cassis, Karin Keller-Sutter, Viola Amherd, Guy Parmelin, Albert Rösti, and Beat Jans.]]
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This is a list of members of the Swiss Federal Council, in chronological order and for any given year since inauguration of the Federal Council, from 1848 to present. Its seven members constitute the federal government of Switzerland and collectively serve as the country's head of state. Each of the seven Federal Councillors heads a department of the Swiss federal administration.
The members of the Federal Council are elected for a term of four years by both chambers of the federal parliament sitting together as the United Federal Assembly. Each Federal Councillor is elected individually by secret ballot by an absolute majority of votes. Once elected for a four-year-term, Federal Councillors can neither be voted out of office by a motion of no confidence nor can they be impeached. Reelection is possible for an indefinite number of terms. Parliament has decided not to reelect a sitting Federal Councillor only four times and only twice (in 2003 and 2007) since 1872. In practice, therefore, Federal Councillors serve until they decide to resign and retire to private life, usually after three to five terms of office.
Chronological, global
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! style="width:4%;" | Decade
! style="width:14%;" | First day in office
! colspan=7 | Federal Councillors
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| 1848
| 16 November 1848
| rowspan="2" style="width:11%;" style="background:;"| Ulrich Ochsenbein
| rowspan="7" style="width:11%;" style="background:;"| Jonas Furrer
| rowspan="4" style="width:11%;" style="background:;"| Josef Munzinger
| rowspan="3" style="width:11%;" style="background:;"| Henri Druey
| rowspan="10" style="width:11%;" style="background:;"| Friedrich Frey-Herosé
| rowspan="16" style="width:11%;" style="background:;"| Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
| rowspan="5" style="width:11%;" style="background:;"| Stefano Franscini
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| rowspan="5" | 1850s
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| 31 December 1854
| rowspan="6" style="background:;" | Jakob Stämpfli
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| 11 July 1855
| rowspan="8" style="background:;"| Constant Fornerod
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| 14 July 1855
| rowspan="12" style="background:;" | Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
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| 30 July 1857
| rowspan="4" style="background:;" | Giovanni Battista Pioda
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| rowspan="6" | 1860s
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| 30 July 1861
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Jakob Dubs
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| 31 December 1863
| rowspan="19" style="background:;" | Karl Schenk
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| 12 July 1864
| rowspan="6" style="background:;" | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel
| style="background:;"| Joachim Heer
| rowspan="9" style="background:;"| Numa Droz
| rowspan="3" style="background:;"| Fridolin Anderwert
| rowspan="7" style="background:;"| Bernhard Hammer
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| 31 December 1878
| rowspan="6" style="background:;" | Willy Spühler
| rowspan="8" style="background:;" | Hans-Peter Tschudi
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Ludwig von Moos
| rowspan="2" style="background:;" | Jean Bourgknecht
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| 30 June 1961
| rowspan="4" style="background:;"| Hans Schaffner
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| 30 September 1962
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Roger Bonvin
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| 31 December 1965
| rowspan="8" style="background:;" | Rudolf Gnägi
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| 31 December 1966
| rowspan="5" style="background:;"| Nello Celio
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| rowspan="6" | 1970s
| 31 December 1969
| rowspan="5" style="background:;"| Ernst Brugger
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| 31 January 1970
| rowspan="4" style="background:;" | Pierre Graber
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| 31 December 1971
| rowspan="9" style="background:;" | Kurt Furgler
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| 1 December 1973
| rowspan="5" style="background:;" | Willi Ritschard
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| 31 December 1973
| rowspan="5" style="background:;"| Georges-André Chevallaz
| rowspan="3" style="background:;" | Hans Hürlimann
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| 31 January 1978
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Pierre Aubert
| rowspan="2" style="background:;"| Fritz Honegger
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| rowspan="8" | 1980s
| 31 December 1979
| rowspan="6" style="background:;" | Leon Schlumpf
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| 31 December 1982
| rowspan="3" style="background:;"| Rudolf Friedrich
| rowspan="4" style="background:;" | Alphons Egli
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| 7 December 1983
| rowspan="8" style="background:;" | Otto Stich
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| 31 December 1983
| rowspan="8" style="background:;"| Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
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| 20 October 1984
| rowspan="3" style="background:;"| Elisabeth Kopp
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| 31 December 1986
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Arnold Koller
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Flavio Cotti
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| 31 December 1987
| rowspan="8" style="background:;" | Adolf Ogi
| rowspan="3" style="background:;" | René Felber
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| 12 January 1989
| rowspan="9" style="background:;"| Kaspar Villiger
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| rowspan="5" | 1990s
| 1 January 1990
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| 1 April 1993
| rowspan="2" style="background:;" | Christoph Blocher
| rowspan="1" style="background:;" | Samuel Schmid
| rowspan="6" style="background:;" | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
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| 1 January 2009
| rowspan="10" style="background:;" | Ueli Maurer
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| 1 November 2009
| rowspan="5" style="background:;"| Didier Burkhalter
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| rowspan="6" | 2010s
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| 1 November 2010
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Simonetta Sommaruga
| rowspan="4" style="background:;"| Johann Schneider-Ammann
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| 1 January 2012
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Alain Berset
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| 1 January 2016
| rowspan="9" style="background:;" | Guy Parmelin
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| 1 November 2017
| rowspan="8" style="background:;" | Ignazio Cassis
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| 1 January 2019
| rowspan="7" style="background:;" | Karin Keller-Sutter
| rowspan="2" style="background:;" | Viola Amherd
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| rowspan="6" | 2020s
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| 1 January 2021
| rowspan="3" style="background:;" | Viola Amherd
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| 1 January 2023
| rowspan="4" style="background:;" | Albert Rösti
| rowspan="4" style="background:;" | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider
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| 1 January 2024
| rowspan="3" style="background:;" | Beat Jans
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| 1 April 2025
| rowspan="2" style="background:;" | Martin Pfister
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Timeline
Notes
References
de:Liste der Mitglieder des Schweizerischen Bundesrates
es:Anexo:Consejeros Federales de Suiza
eo:Listo de la federaciaj konsilantoj de Svislando
fr:Liste des conseillers fédéraux de Suisse
id:Daftar anggota Dewan Federal Swiss
it:Indice dei Consiglieri federali svizzeri
la:Index Consiliariorum Foederalium
nl:Lijst van leden van de Bondsraad
pt:Lista de membros do Conselho Federal suíço