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 The rise of Switzerland as a federal state began on 12 September 1848, with the creation of a federal constitution in response to a 27-day civil war, the ''Sonderbundskrieg''. The constitution, which was heavily influenced by the United Stat ...

in 1848, the

List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation Below is a list of President of the Swiss Confederation, presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848–present). It presents the presiding member of the Federal Council (Switzerland), Swiss Federal Council, the country's seven-member executive. ...

details the yearly ''President of the Confederation''. *

Hans von Reinhard Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

-1814 * Hans Konrad von Escher vom Luchs-1814 * Johann Konrad Finsler-1814 * David von Wyss II-1814-1815 *

-1816 * Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl-1817 * Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen-1818 * Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1819 *

Vinzenz Rüttimann Vinzenz Rüttimann (20 May 1769 – 15 January 1844) was a leading Lucerne politician during the first half of the nineteenth century. He served as president of the Swiss Federal Assembly (''Tagsatzung'') during 1820 and again during 1826. Lif ...

-1820 * David von Wyss II-1821 *

-1822 * Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl-1823 * Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen-1824 * Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1825 *

-1826 * David von Wyss II-1827 *

-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 Hess Johann Jakob Hess (also ''Jean Jaques Hess''; Freiburg im Üechtland, (Fr. Fribourg), Switzerland, 11 January 1866 – Zurich, Switzerland, 29 April 1949), was a Swiss Egyptologist and Assyriologist and an expert in other Oriental languages. ...

-1833 * Konrad Melchior Hirzel-1834 * Franz Karl von Tavel-1835 * Karl Friedrich Tscharner-1836 * Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1837 *

Georg Jakob Kopp Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: People * George (given name) * G ...

-1838 *

-1839 * Johann Konrad von Muralt-1840 * Johann Karl Friedrich Neuhaus-1841 * Karl Friedrich Tscharner-1842 * Rudolf Rüttimann-1843 *

Konstantin Siegwart-Müller The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' (Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. ...

-1844 *

Johann Heinrich Emmanuel Mousson Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

-1845 *

Jonas Furrer Jonas Furrer (3 March 1805 – 25 July 1861) was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to 1849, and again in 1852, 1855 and 18 ...

, (1805-1861), 1845 *

Johann Ulrich Zehnder Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

-1846 *

Alexander Ludwig Funk Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

-1847 * Ulrich Ochsenbein, (1811-1890), 1847 * Johann Rudolf Schneider-1847 * Ulrich Ochsenbein, (1811-1890), 1847-1848 *

-1848