This is a list of presidents of the Diet ("Tagsatzung") of the Swiss Confederation (before 1848).
Several statesmen served as president multiple times. Hans von Reinhard, also known simply as Hans Reinhard, was a four-time president who served in 1814–1815, 1816, 1822, and 1828.
For the period since the creation of Switzerland as a federal state in 1848, the List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation details the yearly President of the Confederation.
1814–1848 Hans von Reinhard, 1814–1815 Hans Konrad von Escher vom Luchs-1814 Johann Konrad Finsler-1814 David von Wyss II-1814-1815 Hans von Reinhard, 1816 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl-1817 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen-1818 Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1819 Vinzenz Rüttimann-1820 David von Wyss II-1821 Hans von Reinhard, 1822 Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl-1823 Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen-1824 Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1825 Vinzenz Rüttimann-1826 David von Wyss II-1827 Hans von Reinhard, 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-1833 Konrad Melchior Hirzel-1834 Franz Karl von Tavel-1835 Karl Friedrich Tscharner-1836 Josef Karl Xaver Leopold Leodegar Amrhyn-1837 Georg Jakob Kopp-1838 Johann Jakob Hess-1839 Johann Konrad von Muralt-1840 Johann Karl Friedrich Neuhaus-1841 Karl Friedrich Tscharner-1842 Rudolf Rüttimann-1843 Konstantin Siegwart-Müller-1844 Johann Heinrich Emmanuel Mousson-1845 Jonas Furrer, (1805–1861), 1845 Johann Ulrich Zehnder-1846 Alexander Ludwig Funk-1847 Ulrich Ochsenbein, (1811–1890), 1847 Johann Rudolf Schneider-1847 Ulrich Ochsenbein, (1811–1890), 1847–1848 Alexander Ludwig Funk-1848
See also List of officials of the Helvetic Republic#Presidents of the Directory (1798–1800) Landammann#Confederal (1802–1813)
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