List of presidents of the National Council of Switzerland
The President of the National Council of Switzerland (German: Nationalratspräsident; French: Président du Conseil national, Italian: Presidente del Consiglio nazionale; Romansh: President dal cussegl naziunal) presides over the National Council and Federal Assembly. The National Council President is often colloquially referred to as the "highest Swiss person" (German: der Höchste Schweizer), as the highest ranking person subject to the people's vote.[1] However, this is an honorary title and the president is not the head of state. The head of state is the Federal Council). In the official order of precedence, she or he ranks behind the members of the Federal Council, but ahead of the President of the Swiss Council of States.[2]
The President of the National Council also chairs the United Federal Assembly which meets to set elections, decides conflicts of jurisdiction between federal authorities and issues pardons.[2] The officeholder is elected by the National Council for a term of one year without the possibility and may not be elected for a second consecutive term, but may be elected to the post in the future.
The President of the National Council for the 2020–2021 term is Andreas Aebi of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC).
List of presidents of the National Council
² resigned per 1 March 2005
Statistics by canton
These counts by canton do not take in account the varying number of members per canton (in 2005: 1-34 members).
| Presidencies | Cantons |
|---|---|
| 28 | Bern |
| 23 | Zürich |
| 20 | Vaud |
| 13 | Aargau |
| 12 | St. Gallen |
| 10 | Geneva, Neuchâtel, Thurgau |
| 9 | Lucerne |
| 8 | Basel-Stadt |
| 7 | Solothurn, Ticino, Valais |
| 5 | Grisons |
| 4 | Freiburg, Glarus, Schaffhausen |
| 3 | Basel-Landschaft |
| 2 | Schwyz, Zug |
| 1 | Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Nidwalden, Uri |
| 0 | Jura, Obwalden |
See also
References
- "Die wirklich Wichtigen und Mächtigen der Schweiz". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 2013-12-23.
- "Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation". Confederation of Switzerland. Retrieved 2020-08-06.