List of Presidents of the Swiss Diet
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This is a list of Presidents of the Diet ("Tagsatzung
") of the Swiss Confederation (before 1848).
For the period since the creation of Switzerland as a federal state
in 1848, the List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation details the yearly President of the Confederation.
Tagsatzung
The Swiss Tagsatzung was the legislative and executive council of the Swiss confederacy from the beginnings until the formation of the Swiss federal state in 1848. It was a meeting of delegates of the individual cantons...
") of the Swiss Confederation (before 1848).
For the period since the creation of Switzerland as a federal state
Switzerland as a federal state
The rise of Switzerland as a federal state began on September 12, 1848, with the creation of a federal constitution, which was created in response to a 27-day civil war in Switzerland, the Sonderbundskrieg...
in 1848, the List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation details the yearly President of the Confederation.
- Hans von Reinhard-1814
- Hans Konrad von Escher vom Luchs-1814
- Johann Konrad Finsler-1814
- David von Wyss II-1814-1815
- Hans von Reinhard-1816
- Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl-1817
- Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen-1818
- Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1819
- Vinzenz Rüttimann-1820
- David von Wyss II-1821
- Hans von Reinhard-1822
- Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl-1823
- Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen-1824
- Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1825
- Vinzenz Rüttimann-1826
- David von Wyss II-1827
- Hans von Reinhard-1828
- Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl-1829
- Emanuel Friedrich von Fischer-1830
- Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1831
- Eduard Pfyffer von Altishoven-1832
- Johann Jakob HessJohann Jakob HessJohann Jakob Hess , Swiss Egyptologist and Assyriologist, being also an expert in other Orientalistic languages.-Personal life:...
-1833 - Konrad Melchior Hirzel-1834
- Franz Karl von Tavel-1835
- Karl Friedrich Tscharner-1836
- Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1837
- Georg Jakob Kopp-1838
- Johann Jakob HessJohann Jakob HessJohann Jakob Hess , Swiss Egyptologist and Assyriologist, being also an expert in other Orientalistic languages.-Personal life:...
-1839 - Johann Konrad von Muralt-1840
- Johann Karl Friedrich Neuhaus-1841
- Karl Friedrich Tscharner-1842
- Rudolf Rüttimann-1843
- Konstantin Siegwart-Müller-1844
- Johann Heinrich Emmanuel Mousson-1845
- Jonas FurrerJonas FurrerJonas Furrer was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council . He was affiliated to the Radical Party.He was elected to the Federal Council on November 16, 1848 as one of the seven initial members....
, (1805-1861), 1845 - Johann Ulrich Zehnder-1846
- Alexander Ludwig Funk-1847
- Ulrich OchsenbeinUlrich OchsenbeinUlrich Ochsenbein was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council .-Professional life:...
, (1811-1890), 1847 - Johann Rudolf SchneiderJohann Rudolf SchneiderJohann Rudolf Schneider was a Swiss physician, political leader, and initiator of the Jura water correction.-Biography:He studied medicine in Bern and Berlin....
-1847 - Ulrich OchsenbeinUlrich OchsenbeinUlrich Ochsenbein was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council .-Professional life:...
, (1811-1890), 1847-1848 - Alexander Ludwig Funk-1848