National
Justice of the Federal Supreme Court
- French: Juge fédéral
- German: Bundesrichter
- Italian: Giudice federale
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by the Federal Assembly
- Exact method
- Federal Constitution Art. 168(1) and 188: justices are elected by the United Federal Assembly for six-year terms (renewable). The Federal Supreme Court Act Art. 1(3) allows 35-45 ordinary justices; the Federal Assembly ordinance on judicial posts sets 40 (bger.ch: 40 ordinary and 19 part-time judges). Holders not yet loaded.
- Chosen by
- Federal Assembly
- Seats
- 40
Sources
- bger.ch · checked Federal Supreme Court, Die Bundesrichterinnen und die Bundesrichter, read 2026-10-12: "Das Bundesgericht zählt 40 Richterinnen und Richter" plus 19 part-time judges; seats corrected from 45 (maximum) to 40 (fixed). For: Justice of the Federal Supreme Court
- 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: Justice of the Federal Supreme Court
- 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: Justice of the Federal Supreme Court in French, Justice of the Federal Supreme Court in German, Justice of the Federal Supreme Court in Italian
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