Federal Department of Foreign Affairs - List of Heads of Department

List of Heads of Department

Until 1978, the department was called the "Political Department" and was traditionally headed by the annually rotating President of the Confederation.

  • 1848-1849: Jonas Furrer
  • 1850: Henri Druey
  • 1851: Josef Munzinger
  • 1852: Jonas Furrer
  • 1853: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
  • 1854: Friedrich Frey-Herosé
  • 1855: Jonas Furrer
  • 1856: Jakob Stämpfli
  • 1857: Constant Fornerod
  • 1858: Jonas Furrer
  • 1859: Jakob Stämpfli
  • 1860: Friedrich Frey-Herosé
  • 1861: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
  • 1862: Jakob Stämpfli
  • 1863: Constant Fornerod
  • 1864: Jakob Dubs
  • 1865: Karl Schenk
  • 1866: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
  • 1867: Constant Fornerod
  • 1868: Jakob Dubs
  • 1869: Emil Welti
  • 1870: Jakob Dubs
  • 1871: Karl Schenk
  • 1872: Emil Welti
  • 1873: Paul Cérésole
  • 1874: Karl Schenk
  • 1875: Johann Jakob Scherer
  • 1876: Emil Welti
  • 1877: Joachim Heer
  • 1878: Karl Schenk
  • 1879: Bernhard Hammer
  • 1880: Emil Welti
  • 1881: Numa Droz
  • 1882: Simeon Bavier
  • 1883: Louis Ruchonnet
  • 1884: Emil Welti
  • 1885: Karl Schenk
  • 1886: Adolf Deucher
  • 1887-1892: Numa Droz
  • 1893-1896: Adrien Lachenal
  • 1897: Adolf Deucher
  • 1898: Eugène Ruffy
  • 1899: Eduard Müller
  • 1900: Walter Hauser
  • 1901: Ernst Brenner
  • 1902: Joseph Zemp
  • 1903: Adolf Deucher
  • 1904: Robert Comtesse
  • 1905: Marc-Emile Ruchet
  • 1906: Ludwig Forrer
  • 1907: Eduard Müller
  • 1908: Ernst Brenner
  • 1909: Adolf Deucher
  • 1910: Robert Comtesse
  • 1911: Marc-Emile Ruchet
  • 1912: Ludwig Forrer
  • 1913: Eduard Müller
  • 1914-1917: Arthur Hoffmann
  • 1917: Gustave Ador
  • 1918-1919: Felix Calonder
  • 1920-1940: Giuseppe Motta
  • 1940-1944: Marcel Pilet-Golaz
  • 1945-1961: Max Petitpierre
  • 1961-1965: Friedrich Traugott Wahlen
  • 1966-1970: Willy Spühler
  • 1970-1978: Pierre Graber
  • 1978-1987: Pierre Aubert
  • 1988-1993: René Felber
  • 1994-1999: Flavio Cotti
  • 1999-2002: Joseph Deiss
  • 2003-2011: Micheline Calmy-Rey
  • from 2012: Didier Burkhalter

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