Switzerland
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Confederation 1291, Independence from Germany 1648
(Presidents of the Diet 1814-1848)
| Hans von Reinhard | 06.04.1814-24.06.1814 | |
| Hans Konrad von Escher vom Luchs (1743-1814) | 24.04.1814-12.12.1814 | |
| David von Wyss II (1763-1839) | 21.12.1814-31.12.1815 | |
| Hans von Reinhard (2nd time) | 01.01.1816-31.12.1816 | |
| Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl | 01.01.1817-31.12.1817 | |
| Friedrich von Mülinen (1760-1833) | 01.01.1818-31.12.1818 | |
| Niklaus Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar AmRhyn (1777-1848) | 01.01.1819-31.12.1819 | |
| Vinzenz Rüttimann (2nd time) | 01.01.1820-31.12.1820 | |
| David von Wyss II (2nd time) | 01.01.1821-31.12.1821 | |
| Hans von Reinhard (3rd time) | 01.01.1822-31.12.1822 | |
| Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (2nd time) | 01.01.1823-31.12.1823 | |
| Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen (2nd time) | 01.01.1824-31.12.1824 | |
| Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar AmRhyn (2nd time) | 01.01.1825-31.12.1825 | |
| Vinzenz Rüttimann (3rd time) | 01.01.1826-31.12.1826 | |
| David von Wyss II (3rd time) | 01.01.1827-31.12.1827 | |
| Hans von Reinhard (4th time) | 01.01.1828-31.12.1828 | |
| Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (3rd time) | 01.01.1829-31.12.1829 | |
| Emanuel Friedrich von Fischer (1786- 1870) | 01.01.1830-31.12.1830 | |
| Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar AmRhyn (3rd time) | 01.01.1831-31.12.1831 | |
| Eduard Pfyffer von Altishoven (1782-1834) | 01.01.1832-31.12.1832 | |
| Johann Jakob Hess (1791-1854) | 01.01.1833-31.12.1833 | |
| Konrad Melchior Hirzel (1793-1843) | 01.01.1834-31.12.1834 | |
| Franz Karl von Tavel (1801-1865) | 01.01.1835-31.12.1835 | |
| Karl Friedrich Tscharner (1772-1844) | 01.01.1836-31.12.1836 | |
| Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar AmRhyn (4th time) | 01.01.1837-31.12.1837 | |
| Georg Jakob Kopp (1786-1859) | 01.01.1838-31.12.1838 | |
| Johann Jakob Hess (2nd time) | 01.01.1839-31.12.1839 | |
| Johann Konrad von Muralt (1779-1869) | 01.01.1840-31.12.1840 | |
| Johann Karl Friedrich Neuhaus (1796-1849) | 01.01.1841-31.12.1841 | |
| Karl Friedrich Tscharner (2nd time) | 01.01.1842-31.12.1842 | |
| Rudolf Rüttimann | 01.01.1843-31.12.1843 | |
| Konstantin Siegwart-Müller (1801-1869) | 01.01.1844-31.12.1844 | |
| Johann Heinrich Emmanuel Mousson (1803-1869) | 01.01.1845-02.04.1845 | |
| Jonas Furrer (1805-1861) | 02.04.1845-31.12.1845 | |
| Johann Ulrich Zehnder (1798-1877) | 01.01.1846-31.12.1846 | |
| Alexander Ludwig Funk (1806-1871) | 01.01.1847-28.05.1847 | |
| Johann Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811-1890) | 28.05.1847-05.11.1847 | |
| Johann Rudolf Schneider (acting) | 05.11.1847-02.12.1847 | |
| Johann Ulrich Ochsenbein (2nd time) | 02.12.1847-31.05.1848 | |
| Alexander Ludwig Funk (2nd time) | 31.05.1848-20.11.1848 |
(Presidents under the Constitution of 1848)
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Jonas Furrer (1805-1861) (since 16.11.1848) | 1849 |
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Charles Henri Druey (1799-1855) | 1850 |
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Josef Munzinger (1791-1855) | 1851 |
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Jonas Furrer (2nd time) | 1852 |
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Wilhelm Naeff (1802-1881) | 1853 |
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Friedrich Frey Hérosé (1801-1877) | 1854 |
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Jonas Furrer (3rd time) | 1855 |
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Jakob Stämpfli (1820-1879) | 1856 |
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Constance Fornerod (1819-1899) | 1857 |
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Jonas Furrer (4th time) | 1858 |
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Jakob Stämpfli (2nd time) | 1859 |
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Friedrich Frey Hérosé (2nd time) | 1860 |
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Josef Martin Knüsel (1823-1895) | 1861 |
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Jakob Stämpfli (3rd time) | 1862 |
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Constance Fornerod (2nd time) | 1863 |
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Jakob Dubs (1822-1879) | 1864 |
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Karl Schenk (1823-1895) | 1865 |
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Josef Martin Knüsel (2nd time) | 1866 |
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Constance Fornerod (3rd time) | 1867 |
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Jakob Dubs (2nd time) | 1868 |
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Emil Welti (1825-1899) | 1869 |
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Jakob Dubs (3rd time) | 1870 |
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Karl Schenk (2nd time) | 1871 |
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Emil Welti (2nd time) | 1872 |
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Paul Cérésole (1832-1905) | 1873 |
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Karl Schenk (3rd time) | 1874 |
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Johann Jakob Scherer | 1875 |
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Emil Welti (3rd time) | 1876 |
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Joachim Heer (1825-1879) | 1877 |
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Karl Schenk (4th time) | 1878 |
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Bernhard Hammer (1822-1907) | 1879 |
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Emil Welti (4th time) | 1880 |
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Numa Droz (1844-1899) | 1881 |
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Simon Bavier (1825-1896) | 1882 |
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Louis Ruchonnet (1834-1893) | 1883 |
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Emil Welti (5th time) | 1884 |
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Karl Schenk (5th time) | 1885 |
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Adolf Deucher (1831-1912) | 1886 |
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Numa Droz (2nd time) | 1887 |
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Wilhelm Friedrich Hertenstein (1825-1888) | 1888 |
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Bernhard Hammer (2nd time) | 1889 |
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Louis Ruchonnet (2nd time) | 1890 |
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Emil Welti (6th time) | 1891 |
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Walter Hauser (1837-1902) | 1892 |
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Karl Schenk (6th time) | 1893 |
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Emil Frey (1838-1929) | 1894 |
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Josef Zemp (1834-1908) | 1895 |
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Adrien Lachenal (1849-1918) | 1896 |
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Adolf Deucher (2nd time) | 1897 |
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Eugéne Ruffy (1854-1919) | 1898 |
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Eduard Müller (1848-1919) | 1899 |
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Walter Hauser (2nd time) | 1900 |
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Ernst Brenner (1856-1911) | 1901 |
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Josef Zemp (2nd time) | 1902 |
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Adolf Deucher (3rd time) | 1903 |
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Robert Comtesse (4th time) | 1904 |
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Marc Ruchet (1853-1912) | 1905 |
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Ludwig Forrer (1845-1921) | 1906 |
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Eduard Müller (2nd time) | 1907 |
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Ernst Brenner (2nd time) | 1908 |
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Adolf Deucher (4th time) | 1909 |
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Robert Comtesse (2nd time) | 1910 |
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Marc Ruchet (2nd time) | 1911 |
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Ludwig Forrer (2nd time) | 1912 |
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Eduard Müller (3rd time) | 1913 |
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Arthur Hoffmann (1857-1927) | 1914 |
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Giuseppe Motta (1871-1940) | 1915 |
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Camille Decoppet (1862-1925) | 1916 |
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Edmund Schultheß (1868-1944) | 1917 |
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Felix Calonder (1863-1952) | 1918 |
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Gustave Ador (1845-1928) | 1919 |
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Giuseppe Motta (2nd time) | 1920 |
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Edmund Schultheß (2nd time) | 1921 |
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Robert Haab (1865-1939) | 1922 |
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Karl Scheurer (1872-1929) | 1923 |
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Ernest Louis Chuard (1857-1942) | 1924 |
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Jean-Marie Musy (1876-1952) | 1925 |
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Heinrich Häberlin (1868-1947) | 1926 |
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Giuseppe Motta (3rd time) | 1927 |
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Edmund Schultheß (3rd time) | 1928 |
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Robert Haab (2nd time) | 1929 |
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Jean-Marie Musy (2nd time) | 1930 |
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Heinrich Häberlin (2nd time) | 1931 |
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Giuseppe Motta (4th time) | 1932 |
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Edmund Schultheß (4th time) | 1933 |
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Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889-1958) | 1934 |
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Rudolf Minger (1881-1955) | 1935 |
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Albert Meyer (1870-1953) | 1936 |
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Giuseppe Motta (5th time) | 1937 |
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Johannes Baumann (1874-1953) | 1938 |
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Philipp Etter (1891-1977) | 1939 |
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Marcel Pilet-Golaz (2nd time) | 1940 |
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Ernst Wetter (1877-1963) | 1941 |
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Philipp Etter (2nd time) | 1942 |
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Enrico Celio (1889-1980) | 1943 |
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Walter Stampfli (1884-?) | 1944 |
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Edurad v. Steiger (1881-1962) | 1945 |
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Karl Kobelt (1891-1968) | 1946 |
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Philipp Etter (3rd time) | 1947 |
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Enrico Celio (2nd time) | 1948 |
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Ernst Nobs (1886-1957) | 1949 |
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Max Petitpierre (1899-1994) | 1950 |
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Eduard von Steiger (2nd time) | 1951 |
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Karl Kobelt (2nd time) | 1952 |
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Philipp Etter (4th time) | 1953 |
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Rodolphe Rubattel (1896-1961) | 1954 |
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Max Petitpierre (2nd time) | 1955 |
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Markus Feldmann (1897-1958) | 1956 |
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Hans Streuli (1892-1970) | 1957 |
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Thomas Holenstein (1896-1962) | 1958 |
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Paul Chaudet (1904-1977) | 1959 |
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Max Petitpierre (3rd time) | 1960 |
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Friedrich Wahlen (1899-1985) | 1961 |
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Paul Chaudet (2nd time) | 1962 |
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Willy Spühler (1902-1990) | 1963 |
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Ludwig von Moos (1910-1990) | 1964 |
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Hans Peter Tschudi (1913-2002) | 1965 |
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Hans Schaffner (1908-2004) | 1966 |
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Roger Bonvin (1907-1982) | 1967 |
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Willy Spühler (2nd time) | 1968 |
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Ludwig von Moos (2nd time) | 1969 |
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Hans Peter Tschudi (2nd time) | 1970 |
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Rudolf Gnägi (1917-1985) | 1971 |
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Nello Celio (1914-1995) | 1972 |
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Roger Bonvin (2nd time) | 1973 |
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Ernst Brugger (1914) | 1974 |
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Pierre Graber (1908-2003) | 1975 |
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Rudolf Gnägi (2nd time) | 1976 |
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Kurt Furgler (1924) | 1977 |
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Willy Ritschard (1918-1983) | 1978 |
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Hans Hürlimann (1918) | 1979 |
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Georges-André Chevallez (1915-2002) | 1980 |
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Kurt Furgler (2nd time) | 1981 |
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Fritz Honegger (1917-1999) | 1982 |
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Pierre Aubert (1927) | 1983 |
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Léon Schlumpf (1925) | 1984 |
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Kurt Furgler (3rd time) | 1985 |
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Alphons Egli (1924) | 1986 |
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Pierre Aubert (2nd time) | 1987 |
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Otto Stich (1927) | 1988 |
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Jean Pascal Dalamuraz (1936-1998) | 1989 |
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Arnold Koller (1933) | 1990 |
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Flavio Cotti (1939) | 1991 |
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René Felber (1933) | 1992 |
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Adolf Ogi (1942) | 1993 |
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Otto Stich (2nd time) | 1994 |
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Kaspar Villiger (1941) | 1995 |
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Jean Pascal Dalamuraz (2nd time) | 1996 |
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Arnold Koller (2nd time) | 1997 |
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Flavio Cotti (2nd time) | 1998 |
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Ruth Dreifuss (1940) | 1999 |
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Adolf Ogi (2nd time) | 2000 |
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Moritz Leuenberger (1946) | 2001 |
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Kaspar Villiger (2nd time) | 2002 |
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Pascal Couchepin (1942) | 2003 |
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Joseph Deiss (1946) | 2004 |
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Samuel Schmid (1947) | 2005 |
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Moritz Leuenberger (1946) | 2001 |
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Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945) | 2007 |
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Pascal Couchepin (2nd time) | 2008 |
(Federal Chancellors)
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Jean Marc Samuel Isaac Mousson (1776-1861) | 1803-1830 |
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Josef Franz Johann Karl Niklaus AmRhyn (1800-1849) | 1830-10.1847 |
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Johann Ulrich Schiess (1813-1883) | 10.1847-1881 |
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Gottlieb Ringier (1837-1929) | 1882-1909 |
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Hans Schatzmann (1848-1923) | 1910-31.12.1918 |
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Alfred Armand Adolf von Steiger (1859-1925) | 01.01.1919-01.03.1925 |
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Robert Käslin (1871-1934) | 1925-03.1934 |
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George Bovet (1874-1946) | 1934-1943 |
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Oskar Leimgruber (1886-1976) | 1944-1951 |
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Charles Oser (1902-1994) | 1951-1967 |
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Karl Huber (1915-2002) | 1967-1981 |
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Walter Buser (1926) | 1981-30.06.1991 |
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François Couchepin (1935) | 01.07.1991-31.12.1999 |
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Annemarie Huber-Hotz (1948) | 01.01.2000- |
