Federal Chancellor of Switzerland

Federal Chancellor of Switzerland (in German) Bundeskanzler(in) (in French) Chancelier(-ière) fédéral(e) (in Italian) Cancelliere(-a) della Confederazione (in Romansh) Chancelier(a) federal(a)
Federal logo of the Swiss Confederation
Incumbent Viktor Rossi since 1 January 2024
Residence	Federal Palace
Term length	Four years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Jean-Marc Mousson
Formation	1803
Website	www.bk.admin.ch

The Federal Chancellor (German: Bundeskanzler(in); French: Chancelier(-ière) fédéral(e); Italian: Cancelliere(-a) della Confederazione; Romansh: Chancelier(a) federal(a)) is the head of the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland. It acts as the general staff of the seven-member Federal Council. The Swiss Chancellor is not a member of the government.

The Federal Chancellor is elected for a four-year term by the Federal Assembly. The current Chancellor, Viktor Rossi who began his term on 1 January 2024.

#	From-To	Name		Born-Died	Party		Canton
1	1803–1830	Jean Marc Samuel Isaac Mousson		1776–1861		Liberal	Vaud
2	1830–1847	Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn		1800–1849		Liberal	Lucerne
3	1848–1881	Johann Ulrich Schiess		1813–1883		Liberal	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
4	1882–1909	Gottlieb Ringier		1837–1929		Liberal	Aargau
5	1910–1918	Hans Schatzmann		1848–1923		Free Democratic Party	Aargau
6	1919–1925	Adolf von Steiger		1859–1925		Free Democratic Party	Bern
7	1925–1934	Robert Käslin		1871–1934		Free Democratic Party	Nidwalden
8	1934–1943	George Bovet		1874–1946		Free Democratic Party	Neuchâtel
9	1944–1951	Oskar Leimgruber		1886–1976		Christian Democratic People's Party	Fribourg
10	1951–1967	Charles Oser		1902–1994		Free Democratic Party	Basel-City
11	1968–1981	Karl Huber		1915–2002		Christian Democratic People's Party	St. Gallen
12	1981–1991	Walter Buser		1926–2019		Social Democratic Party	Basel-Landschaft
13	1991–1999	François Couchepin		1935–2023		Free Democratic Party	Valais
14	1 January 2000 – 31 December 2007	Annemarie Huber-Hotz		1948–2019		Free Democratic Party	Zug
15	1 January 2008 – 31 December 2015	Corina Casanova		1956–		Christian Democratic People's Party	Graubünden
16	1 January 2016 – 31 December 2023	Walter Thurnherr		1963–		Christian Democratic People's Party	Aargau
17	1 January 2024 – present	Viktor Rossi		1968–		Green Liberal Party	Bern

• Official website
• A Walk through the History of the Federal Chancellery, in German, French and Italian, on the web site of the Federal Chancellery

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