This is a list of 2005 Swiss incumbents.
See also: 2005 in Switzerland

2005 in Switzerland

-Events:Public holidays in one or several cantons of Switzerland are marked .-January:*January 1: New Year's Day¹*January 2: Berchtoldstag¹*January 6: Epiphany¹...

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Swiss Federal Council

Swiss Federal Council

The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss collective head of state....

Members of the Swiss Federal Council, ordered by seniority

• Moritz Leuenberger
  Moritz Leuenberger
  Moritz Leuenberger is a Swiss politician, lawyer, was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1995 to 2010 and President of the Confederation in 2001 and in 2006....
  
   (SP) -- Vice-President of the Confederation 2010
• Micheline Calmy-Rey
  Micheline Calmy-Rey
  Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey is the President of the Confederation in Switzerland, head of government. She is also Switzerland's foreign minister as head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. She has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2003, and was President of the...
  
   (SP)
• Hans-Rudolf Merz
  Hans-Rudolf Merz
  Hans-Rudolf Merz is a Swiss politician of FDP.The Liberals and member of the Swiss Federal Council . He is the head of the Federal Department of Finance and President of the Swiss Confederation for 2009...
  
   (FDP)
• Doris Leuthard
  Doris Leuthard
  Doris Leuthard is a Swiss politician and lawyer. Since 1 August 2006, she has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council. From 1 August 2006 till 31 October 2010 she was head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs...
  
   (CVP) -- President of the Confederation 2010
• Evelyne Widmer-Schlumpf (BDP)
• Ueli Maurer
  Ueli Maurer
  Ueli Maurer is a member of the Swiss Federal Council and head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports...
  
   (SVP)
• Didier Burkhalter
  Didier Burkhalter
  Didier Burkhalter is a Swiss politician of FDP.The Liberals. He is a member of the Swiss Federal Council who was elected on 16 September 2009, and succeeded Pascal Couchepin on 1 November 2009 when he became head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs .A native of the Canton of Neuchâtel, he...
  
   (FDP)

Federal parliament

• Pascale Bruderer
  Pascale Bruderer
  Pascale Bruderer Wyss is a Swiss politician. As of 2009, she was the President of the National Council in 2009/2010. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party.-Biography:...
  
   -- President of the National Council

See also: List of members of the Swiss National Council

• Erika Forster-Vannini
  Erika Forster-Vannini
  Erika Forster-Vannini is a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. Her major office is variously translated as "Chair of the Swiss Senate", "President of the Swiss Council of States" or "Speaker of the Swiss Council of States", which is the upper house of the Swiss government...
  
   -- President of the Council of States

See also: List of members of the Swiss Council of States

Cantonal office-holders

Data on the cantonal

Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

 executive

Executive (government)

Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...

 council and parliament

Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...

, as of January 1, 2005. The president is generally elected for one year. As dates and term

Term of office

Term of office or term in office refers to the length of time a person serves in a particular office.-Prime Minister:In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister has no term limits...

s vary, they are generally stated. Names and official titles in local languages are given. Sorting is alphabetical, the president and vice-president first.

Aargau

Aargau

Aargau is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau .-History:...

• Executive: Regierungsrat (2001-2005)
  • Roland Brogli
  • Peter C. Beyeler, Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    
  • Alex Hürzeler
  • Susanne Hochuli
  • Urs Hofmann
• Parliament: Grosser Rat

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden is the smallest canton of Switzerland by population and the second smallest by area, Basel-City having less area.-Foundation:...

• Executive: Standeskommission
  • Carlo Schmid
    Carlo Schmid (Swiss politician)
    Carlo Schmid-Sutter is a Swiss politician. Since 1984, he has been member of the cantonal government of Appenzell Innerrhoden....
    
    , Regierender Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    
  • Bruno Koster, Stillstehender Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    
  • Werner Ebneter
  • Lorenz Koller
  • Melchior Looser
  • Hans Sutter
  • Paul Wyser
• Parliament: Grosser Rat (2003-2007)
  • Regula Knechtle, president

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a canton of Switzerland. The seat of the government and parliament is Herisau, judicial authorities are in Trogen. Appenzell Ausserrhoden is located in the north east of Switzerland, bordering the cantons of St...

• Executive: Regierungsrat
  • Alice Scherrer-Baumann, Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    
  • Hans Altherr
  • Jakob Brunnschweiler
  • Rolf Degen
  • Hans Diem
  • Köbi Frei
  • Jürg Wernli
• Parliament: Kantonsrat
  • Peter Langenauer, president 2003/2004

Basel-Country

Basel-Country

Basel-Landschaft , is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal...

• Executive: Regierungsrat (July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2007)
  • Adrian Ballmer, Regierungspräsident 2004/2005
  • Elsbeth Schneider-Kenel, Vizepräsidentin 2004/2005
  • Sabine Pegoraro
  • Erich Straumann
  • Urs Wüthrich
• Parliament: Landrat
  • Daniela Schneeberger, president 2004/2005

Basel-City

Basel-City

Basel-Stadt is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory.-History:...

• Executive: Regierungsrat (- February 2, 2005)
  • Jörg Schild, Regierungspräsident 2004
  • Ueli Vischer, Regierungsvizepräsident 2004
  • Carlo Conti
  • Christoph Eymann
  • Ralph Lewin
    Ralph Lewin
    Ralph Lewin is a Swiss politician and the former president of the Cantonal Executive of the Canton of Basel-City since 2004. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland....
    
    
  • Barbara Schneider
    Barbara Schneider
    -Productions of Plays: :*Verdict on the Shooting of a Police Officer Washington Square Church, New York City...
    
    
  • Hans Martin Tschudi
• Parliament: Grossrat
  • Beatrice Inglin-Buomberger, president 2004/2005

Bern

• Executive: Executive Council of Bern
  Executive Council of Bern
  The Executive Council is the executive of the Swiss canton of Bern.This seven-member collegial body is elected by the people for a period of four years. The cantonal constitution reserves one seat in the Executive Council for a French-speaking citizen from the Bernese Jura...
  
  , Regierungsrat or Conseil-exécutif
  • Werner Luginbühl, President of the Government (Regierungspräsident / Président du Conseil-exécutif) for 2006/2007
  • Urs Gasche, Vice President of the Government (Vizepräsident des Regierungsrates / Vice-président du Conseil-exécutif) for 2006/2007
  • Barbara Egger-Jenzer
  • Hans-Jürg Käser
  • Philippe Perrenoud
  • Bernhard Pulver
  • Andreas Rickenbacher

• Chancellor (Staatsschreiber / Chancelier) and government chief of staff is Kurt Nuspliger.

• Parliament: Grand Council of Bern
  Grand Council of Bern
  The Grand Council is the parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern.It consists of 160 members elected by proportional representation for a four-year term of office...
  
   (Grosser Rat / Grand conseil)
  • Werner Lüthi, President for 2006/2007

Fribourg-Freiburg

Canton of Fribourg

The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg. The name Fribourg is French, whereas is the German name for both the canton and the town.-History:...

• Executive: Conseil d'Etat
  Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)
  In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
  
  or Staatsrat
  • Ruth Lüthi-Affolter, Présidente 2005
  • Isabelle Chassot
  • Pascal Corminboeuf
  • Claude Grandjean
  • Claude Lässer
  • Michel Pittet
  • Beat Vonlanthen
• Parliament: Grand Conseil or Grosser Rat (2002-2006)
  • Anne-Claude Demierre, president 2005

Geneva

Canton of Geneva

The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. As is the case in several other Swiss cantons The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland,...

• Executive: Conseil d'Etat
  Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)
  In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
  
  (November 2001 - 2005)
  • Martine Brunschwig Graf
    Martine Brunschwig Graf
    Martine Brunschwig Graf is a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss National Council for the Canton of Geneva in FDP.The Liberals....
    
    , Présidente du Conseil d'Etat (2004-2005)
  • Carlo Lamprecht, Vice-Président du Conseil d'Etat (2004-2005)
  • Charles Beer
  • Robert Cramer
  • Laurent Moutinot
  • Micheline Spoerri
  • Pierre-François Unger
• Parliament: Grand Conseil
  • Marie-Françoise de Tassigny, president (November 2004 - November 2005)

Glarus

Canton of Glarus

The Canton of Glarus is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.The majority of the population identifies as Christian, about evenly split between the Protestant and Catholic confessions.-History:According to legend, the...

• Executive: Regierungsrat (2002-2006)
  • Jakob Kamm, Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    
  • Willy Kamm, Landesstatthalter
  • Marianne Dürst-Kundert
  • Pankraz Freitag
  • Robert Marti
  • Franz Schiesser
  • Rolf Widmer
• Parliament: Landrat
  • Rico Bertini, president 2004/2005

Graubünden-Grischun-Grigioni

Graubünden

Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...

• Executive: Regierungsrat, regenza, Governo (January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2006)
  • Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
    Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
    Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss lawyer, politician, and member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2008. She is currently the head of the Federal Department of Finance ....
    
    , Regierungspräsidentin, presidenta da la regenza, Presidente del Governo 2005
  • Claudio Lardi, vice-president 2005
  • Stefan Engler
  • Martin Schmid
  • Hansjörg Trachsel
    Hansjörg Trachsel
    Hansjörg Trachsel is a Swiss politician and former bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s.Trachsel won two medals at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in the two-man event and a bronze in the four-man event...
    
    
• Parliament: Grosser Rat, cussegl grond, Grand Consiglio
  • Christian Möhr
    Christian Mohr
    Christian Mohr is an American football defensive end who plays for Mönchengladbach Mavericks of the German Football League....
    
    , president 2004/2005, Standespräsident

Jura

Canton of Jura

The Republic and Canton of the Jura , also known as the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura, is one of the cantons of Switzerland. It is the newest of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capital is Delémont...

• Executive: Conseil d'Etat
  Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)
  In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
  
  (2003-2006)
  • Claude Hêche, Président 2005
  • Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Vice-présidente 2005
  • Jean-François Roth
  • Laurent Schaffter
  • Gérald Schaller
• Parliament: parlement (2003-2006)
  • Alain Schweingruber, president 2005

Lucerne

Canton of Lucerne

Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.-History:...

• Executive: Regierungsrat
  • Max Pfister, Schultheiss 2005
  • Anton Schwingruber, Statthalter 2005
  • Markus Dürr
  • Kurt Meyer
    Kurt Meyer (Lucerne)
    Kurt Meyer is a Swiss politician and former member of the cantonal government of Lucerne heading the Finance department .He is a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party .-References:...
    
    
  • Yvonne Schärli
• Parliament: Grosser Rat (2003-2007)
  • Bernardette Schaller-Kurmann, president 2005

Neuchâtel

Canton of Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel is a canton of French speaking western Switzerland. In 2007, its population was 169,782 of which 39,654 were foreigners. The capital is Neuchâtel.-History:...

• Executive: Conseil d'Etat
  Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)
  In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
  
  
  • Bernard Soguel, Président
  • Sylvie Perrinjaquet, vice-présidente (June 1, 2005 - May 31, 2006)
  • Fernand Cuche
  • Jean Studer
  • Roland Debély
• Parliament: Grand Conseil (2001-2005)
  • Christian Blandenier, president

Nidwalden

Nidwalden

Nidwalden is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 40,287 of which 4,046 are foreigners. The capital is Stans.-History:...

• Executive: Regierungsrat (July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2006)
  • Gerhard Odermatt, Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    (July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005)
  • Lisbeth Gabriel, Landesstatthalterin
  • Paul Niederberger
  • Beat Fuchs
  • Beatrice Jann
  • Leo Odermatt
  • vacancy
• Parliament: Landrat
  • Peter Steiner, president

Obwalden

Obwalden

Obwalden is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 33,997 of which 4,043 are foreigners. Its capital is Sarnen. The canton contains the geographical centre of Switzerland.-History:...

• Executive: Regierungsrat
  • Elisabeth Gander-Hofer, Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    2004/2005
  • Hans Matter, Landstatthalter 2004/2005
  • Niklaus Bleiker
  • Hans Hofer
  • Hans Wallimann
• Parliament: Kantonsrat (2002-2006)
  • Beat Spichtig, president 2004/2005

Schaffhausen

Canton of Schaffhausen

The Canton of is a canton of Switzerland. The principal city and capital of the canton is Schaffhausen.- History:Schaffhausen was a city-state in the Middle Ages, documented to have struck its own coins starting in 1045. It was then known as Villa Scafhusun. Around 1049 Count Eberhard von...

• Executive: Regierungsrat
  • Heinz Albicker, Regierungspräsident 2005
  • Hans-Peter Lenherr, Vizepräsident 2005
  • Ursula Hafner-Wipf
  • Erhard Meister
  • Rosmarie Widmer Gysel
• Parliament: Grosser Rat (January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2008)
  • (convenes on January 10, 2005)

Schwyz

Canton of Schwyz

Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz....

• Executive: Regierungsrat (July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2008)
  • Kurt Zibung, Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    2004-2006
  • Alois Christen, Landesstatthalter
  • Lorenz Bösch
  • Georg Hess
  • Armin Hüppin
  • Peter Reuteler
  • Walter Stählin
• Parliament: Kantonsrat
  • Michel Martin, president

Solothurn

Canton of Solothurn

Solothurn is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.-History:The territory of the canton comprises land acquired by the capital...

• Executive: Regierungsrat (2001-2005)
  • Walter Straumann, Landamman 2005
  • Rolf Ritschard, Vize-Landammann 2005
  • Ruth Gisi
  • Christian Wanner
  • Roberto Zanetti
    Roberto Zanetti
    Roberto Zanetti is an Italian singer, music producer, composer and businessman from Massa, Tuscany. As a singer he is known under the stage name Savage, and as a music producer he uses the alias Robyx....
    
    
• Parliament: Kantonsrat (2001-2005)
  • Ruedi Lehmann, president 2005

St. Gallen

Canton of St. Gallen

The Canton of St. Gallen is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of . , the population included 97,461 foreigners, or about 20.9% of the total population. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling...

• Executive: Regierung (June 1, 2004-May 31, 2008)
  • Josef Keller, Regierungspräsident
  • Willi Haag
  • Heidi Hanselmann
  • Kathrin Hilber
  • Karin Keller-Sutter
    Karin Keller-Sutter
    Karin Keller-Sutter is a Swiss politician of the FDP.- Biography :Keller-Sutter lived her childhood in Wil before moving to Neuchâtel. She studied language interpretation at Dolmetscherschule Zürich. She then worked in a private capacity while studying political science in London and Montréal...
    
    
  • Peter Schönenberger
  • Hans Ulrich Stöckling
• Parliament: Kantonsrat
  • Margrit Stadler-Egli, Kantonsratspräsidentin 2004/2005

Thurgau

Thurgau

Thurgau is a northeast canton of Switzerland. The population, , is . In 2007, there were a total of 47,390 who were resident foreigners. The capital is Frauenfeld.-History:...

• Executive: Regierungsrat
  • Claudius Graf-Schelling, Präsident 2004/2005
  • Roland Eberle, Vizepräsident
  • Bernhard Koch
  • Hans Peter Ruprecht
  • Kaspar Schläpfer
• Parliament: Grosser Rat
  • Richard Peter
    Richard Peter
    Richard Peter was a German press photographer and photojournalist. He is best known for his photographs of Dresden just after the end of World War II....
    
    , president 2004/2005

Ticino

Ticino

Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...

• Executive: Consiglio di Stato (2007-2011)
  • Gabriele Gendotti,
  • Laura Sadis,
  • Marco Borradori Vicepresidente
  • Luigi Pedrazzini
  • Patrizia Pesenti Presidente (April 2007/2008)
• Parliament: Gran Consiglio (2007-2011)
  • Monica Duca-Widmer, president 2007/2008

Uri

Canton of Uri

Uri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss River between Lake Lucerne and the St. Gotthard Pass. German is the primary language spoken in Uri...

• Executive: Regierungsrat
  • Josef Arnold, Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    
  • Markus Stadler, Landesstatthalter
  • Isidor Baumann
  • Josef Dittli
  • Stefan Fryberg
  • Heidi Z'graggen
  • Markus Züst
• Parliament: Landrat
  • Luzia Schuler-Arnold, president

Valais-Wallis

Valais

The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...

• Executive: Conseil d'Etat
  Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)
  In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
  
  or Staatsrat
  • Jean-René Fournier, Président du Conseil d'Etat 2004/2005
  • Claude Roch, Vizepräsident des Staatsrates
  • Thomas Burgener
  • Jean-Jacques Rey-Bellet
  • Wilhelm Schnyder
• Parliament: Grand Conseil or Grosser Rat (2001-2005)
  • Patrice Clivaz, president 2004/2005

Vaud

Vaud

Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...

• Executive: Conseil d'Etat
  Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)
  In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
  
  (2003-2007)
  • Anne-Catherine Lyon, Présidente du Conseil d'Etat 2005
  • Pascal Broulis
    Pascal Broulis
    Pascal Broulis is a Swiss politician. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Council of State in the canton of Vaud...
    
    , Vice-président du Conseil d'Etat 2005
  • Pierre-Yves Maillard
  • François Marthaler
  • Jacqueline Maurer-Mayor
  • Jean-Claude Mermoud
  • Charles-Louis Rochat
    Charles-Louis Rochat
    Charles-Louis Rochat, born Charbonnières 20 November 1946, was a member of the Conseil d'État of Vaud from 1998 to 2007. He was a member of the Liberal Party.- Politics :...
    
    
• Parliament: Grand Conseil
  • Bertrand Clot, president 2004/2005

Zug

Canton of Zug

The Canton of Zug is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its capital is Zug. With 239 km² the canton is one of the smallest of the cantons in terms of area. It is not subdivided into districts.- History :The earlier history of the canton is...

• Executive: Regierungsrat (2003-2006)
  • Brigitte Profos-Meier, Landammann
    Landammann
    Landammann or Landaman, plural -männer, was the German title, meaning 'Amtmann of the land', used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level....
    
    2005/2006
  • Hans-Beat Uttinger, Statthalter 2005/2006
  • Joachim Eder
  • Peter Hegglin
  • Matthias Michel
  • Walter Suter
  • Hanspeter Uster
• Parliament: Kantonsrat
  • Erwina Winiger Jutz, president 2005/2006

Zurich

Canton of Zürich

The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...

• Executive: Regierungsrat (2003-2007)
  • Markus Notter
  • Rita Fuhrer
  • Regine Aeppli Präsident
  • Hans Hollenstein
  • Markus Kägi
  • Ursula Gut
  • Thomas Heiniger

• Parliament: Kantonsrat

Mayors

These are the mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

s of the most populous municipalities of Switzerland

Municipalities of Switzerland

Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...

 on January 1, 2005. The function, election system, and term of the listed office varies, as does municipal organization from one canton to another.

• Zurich
  Zürich
  Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
  
  : Corine Mauch
  Corine Mauch
  Corine Mauch is a Swiss Social Democrat politician who serves as mayor of Zürich. She is the first female and first openly gay person to be elected mayor of the city....
  
  , Stadtpräsident (since 2009)
• Geneva
  Geneva
  Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
  
  : Pierre Muller
  Pierre Muller
  Pierre Muller is a member of the government of the City of Geneva, Switzerland since 1995 and as such held the rotating function of mayor for the years 1999 and 2004....
  
  , Maire 2004/2005
• Basel
  Basel
  Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
  
  : Jörg Schild, Regierungspräsident 2004
• Bern: Alexander Tschäppät, Stadtpräsident (since 2005)
• Lausanne
  Lausanne
  Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
  
  : Daniel Brélaz
  Daniel Brélaz
  Daniel Brélaz is a Swiss politician and member of the Green Party of Switzerland.- Biography :Brélaz received a degree in mathematics from EPFL in 1975, and afterwards taught mathematics. He is responsible for a well-known approximation algorithm for graph coloring.In 1975 he joined the Group for...
  
  , Syndic 2002-2011 (since 2002)
• Aarau
  Aarau
  Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. It is German-speaking and predominantly Protestant. Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aar, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura...
  
  : Dr. Marcel Guignard, Stadtammann (since 2001)
• Winterthur
  Winterthur
  Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
  
  : Ernst Wohlwend, Stadtpräsident (since 2002)
• St. Gallen
  St. Gallen
  St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...
  
  : Franz Hagmann, Stadtpräsident 2005-2008 (since 2005)
• Lucerne
  Lucerne
  Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
  
  : Urs W. Studer, Stadtpräsident (since 1996)
• Lugano
  Lugano
  Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
  
  : Giorgio Giudici
  Giorgio Giudici
  Giorgio Giudici is a Swiss architect and politician. He is the current mayor of Lugano. His political party is the Partito liberale radicale svizzero .-References:...
  
  , Sindaco (since 1984)
• Biel/Bienne
  Biel/Bienne
  Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both...
  
  : Hans Stöckli, Stadtpräsident or Maire (since 1990)
• Thun
  Thun
  Thun is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with about 42,136 inhabitants , as of 1 January 2006....
  
  : Hans-Ueli von Allmen, Stadtpräsident (since 1991)
• Köniz
  Köniz
  Köniz is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With a population of 38,793 inhabitants , the municipality is one of the 15 most populous cities in Switzerland.- History :...
  
  : Luc Mentha, Gemeindepräsident (since 2004)
• La Chaux-de-Fonds
  La Chaux-de-Fonds
  La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss city of the district of La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometres from the French border. After Geneva and Lausanne, it is the third largest city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of...
  
  : Pierre Hainard, Président du Conseil communal 2006/2007
• Schaffhausen
  Schaffhausen
  Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 34,587 ....
  
  : Marcel Wenger, Stadtpräsident (since 1997)
• Fribourg-Freiburg
  Fribourg
  Fribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland...
  
  : Jean Bourgknecht, Syndic (since 2004)
• Chur
  Chur
  Chur or Coire is the capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden and lies in the northern part of the canton.-History:The name "chur" derives perhaps from the Celtic kora or koria, meaning "tribe", or from the Latin curia....
  
  : Christian Boner, Stadtpräsident 2005-2008 (since 2001)
• Neuchâtel: Françoise Jeanneret, Présidente du Conseil communal 2004/2005
• Vernier
  Vernier, Switzerland
  Vernier is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is divided into different sections: Vernier Village, Le Lignon, Aïre, Les Avanchets, Cointrin and Châtelaine.-Tourist Information and History:...
  
  : Nelly Buntschu, Maire 2004/2005
• Uster
  Uster
  Uster is a city and capital of the district Uster in the Swiss Canton of Zürich.It is the third largest city in the Canton of Zürich, with over 30,000 inhabitants, and is one of the twenty largest cities in Switzerland...
  
  : Elisabeth Surbeck-Brugger, Stadtpräsidentin 2002-2006 (since 1998)
• Sion
  Sion, Switzerland
  Sion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...
  
  : François Mudry, Président