National
Member of the Federal Council
- French: Membre du Conseil fédéral
- German: Mitglied des Bundesrates
- Italian: Membro del Consiglio federale
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by the Federal Assembly
- Exact method
- Federal Constitution Art. 175: the seven members are elected individually by the United Federal Assembly (both chambers sitting together) for four years after each National Council election; any Swiss citizen eligible for the National Council may be elected. Government is collective; the Federal Council as a whole is the collective head of state.
- Chosen by
- Federal Assembly
- Seats
- 7
Who holds these seats now
Albert Rösti SVP since January 2023
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Beat Jans SP since January 2024
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Elisabeth Baume-Schneider SP since January 2023
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Guy Parmelin SVP since January 2016
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Ignazio Cassis FDP since November 2017
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Karin Keller-Sutter FDP since January 2019
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Martin Pfister Mitte since April 2025
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Coming up
Sources
- fedlex.admin.ch · checked Federal Chancellery / Fedlex, Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (SR 101), read 2026-10-12: sizes and selection of the offices (Art. 149, 150, 152, 168, 175, 176, 188). Federal Supreme Court size from Federal Supreme Court Act (SR 173.110) Art. 1. For: Member of the Federal Council
- fedlex.admin.ch · checked Federal Constitution (authentic German, French, Italian texts; Romansh translation), read 2026-10-12; party names from parlament.ch web service MemberCouncil (Party names, DE/FR), read 2026-10-12. For: Member of the Federal Council in French, Member of the Federal Council in German, Member of the Federal Council in Italian
- ws.parlament.ch · checked Federal Assembly, Parliament web service MemberCouncil / MemberCouncilHistory, read 2026-10-12: member, party, canton, start date (DateJoining); Federal Council start dates from contiguous MemberCouncilHistory entries; departments from admin.ch (Members of the Federal Council). For: Albert Rösti, current term, Beat Jans, current term, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, current term, Guy Parmelin, current term, Ignazio Cassis, current term and 2 more
- swissinfo.ch · checked swissinfo.ch, "Parmelin to step down and make way for new blood", 2026-10-02, read 2026-10-12: resignation effective 2026-12-31, election due 2026-12-09. For: By-election, December 9, 2026