by: Irrah Dimayuga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Swiss_Confederation

List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation

1848–1874

Jonas Furrer, the first President of the Confederation (1848–1849)

• 1848 – Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)
• 1849 – Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)
• 1850 – Henri Druey (1799–1855)
• 1851 – Josef Munzinger (1791–1855)
• 1852 – Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)
• 1853 – Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802–1881)
• 1854 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801–1873)
• 1855 – Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)
• 1856 – Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879)
• 1857 – Constant Fornerod (1819–1899)
• 1858 – Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)
• 1859 – Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879)
• 1860 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801–1873)
• 1861 – Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889)
• 1862 – Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879)
• 1863 – Constant Fornerod (1819–1899)
• 1864 – Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)
• 1865 – Karl Schenk (1823–1895)
• 1866 – Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889)
• 1867 – Constant Fornerod (1819–1899)
• 1868 – Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)
• 1869 – Emil Welti (1825–1899)

Karl Schenk, as the longest-serving member of the Federal Council, was President of the Confederation six times, a number only equaled by Emil Welti.

• 1870 – Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)
• 1871 – Karl Schenk (1823–1895)
• 1872 – Emil Welti (1825–1899)
• 1873 – Paul Cérésole (1832–1905)
• 1874 – Karl Schenk (1823–1895)

 1875–1899

• 1875 – Johann Jakob Scherer (1825–1878)
• 1876 – Emil Welti (1825–1899)
• 1877 – Joachim Heer (1825–1879)
• 1878 – Karl Schenk (1823–1895)
• 1879 – Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907)
• 1880 – Emil Welti (1825–1899)
• 1881 – Numa Droz (1844–1899)
• 1882 – Simeon Bavier (1825–1896)
• 1883 – Louis Ruchonnet (1834–1893)
• 1884 – Emil Welti (1825–1899)
• 1885 – Karl Schenk (1823–1895)
• 1886 – Adolf Deucher (1831–1912)
• 1887 – Numa Droz (1844–1899)
• 1888 (to November 27) – Wilhelm Hertenstein (1825–1888)
  

  

  Wilhelm Hertenstein died during his term, on 27 November 1888. As of 2009^[update], he is the only President not to complete his term.
• 1888 (from November 27) – Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907) (acting)
• 1889 – Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907)
• 1890 – Louis Ruchonnet (1834–1893)
• 1891 – Emil Welti (1825–1899)
• 1892 – Walter Hauser (1837–1902)
• 1893 – Karl Schenk (1823–1895)
• 1894 – Emil Frey (1838–1922)
• 1895 – Josef Zemp (1834–1908)
• 1896 – Adrien Lachenal (1849–1918)
• 1897 – Adolf Deucher (1831–1912)
• 1898 – Eugène Ruffy (1854–1919)
• 1899 – Eduard Müller (1848–1919)

 1900–1924

• 1900 – Walter Hauser (1837–1902)
• 1901 – Ernst Brenner (1856–1911)
• 1902 – Josef Zemp (1834–1908)
• 1903 – Adolf Deucher (1831–1912)
• 1904 – Robert Comtesse (1847–1922)
• 1905 – Marc-Emile Ruchet (1853–1912)
• 1906 – Ludwig Forrer (1845–1921)
• 1907 – Eduard Müller (1848–1919)
• 1908 – Ernst Brenner (1856–1911)
• 1909 – Adolf Deucher (1831–1912)
• 1910 – Robert Comtesse (1847–1922)

Gustave Ador, President of the Confederation in 1919, was also President of the ICRC

• 1911 – Marc-Emile Ruchet (1853–1912)
• 1912 – Ludwig Forrer (1845–1921)
• 1913 – Eduard Müller (1848–1919)
• 1914 – Arthur Hoffmann (1857–1927)
• 1915 – Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940)
• 1916 – Camille Decoppet (1862–1925)
• 1917 – Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944)
• 1918 – Felix Calonder (1863–1952)
• 1919 – Gustave Ador (1845–1928)
• 1920 – Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940)
• 1921 – Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944)
• 1922 – Robert Haab (1865–1939)
• 1923 – Karl Scheurer (1872–1929)
• 1924 – Ernst Chuard (1857–1942)

 1925–1949

• 1925 – Jean-Marie Musy (1876–1952)
• 1926 – Heinrich Häberlin (1868–1947)
• 1927 – Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940)
• 1928 – Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944)
• 1929 – Robert Haab (1865–1939)
• 1930 – Jean-Marie Musy (1876–1952)
• 1931 – Heinrich Häberlin (1868–1947)
• 1932 – Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940)
• 1933 – Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944)
• 1934 – Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889–1958)
• 1935 – Rudolf Minger (1881–1955)
• 1936 – Albert Meyer (1870–1953)
• 1937 – Giuseppe Motta (1871–1940)
• 1938 – Johannes Baumann (1874–1953)
• 1939 – Philipp Etter (1891–1977)
• 1940 – Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889–1958)
• 1941 – Ernst Wetter (1877–1963)
• 1942 – Philipp Etter (1891–1977)
• 1943 – Enrico Celio (1889–1980)
• 1944 – Walther Stampfli (1884–1965)
• 1945 – Eduard von Steiger (1881–1962)
• 1946 – Karl Kobelt (1891–1968)
• 1947 – Philipp Etter (1891–1977)
• 1948 – Enrico Celio (1889–1980)
• 1949 – Ernst Nobs (1886–1957)

 1950–1974

• 1950 – Max Petitpierre (1899–1994)
• 1951 – Eduard von Steiger (1881–1962)
• 1952 – Karl Kobelt (1891–1968)
• 1953 – Philipp Etter (1891–1977)
• 1954 – Rodolphe Rubattel (1896–1961)
• 1955 – Max Petitpierre (1899–1994)
• 1956 – Markus Feldmann (1897–1958)
• 1957 – Hans Streuli (1892–1970)
• 1958 – Thomas Holenstein (1896–1962)
• 1959 – Paul Chaudet (1904–1977)
• 1960 – Max Petitpierre (1899–1994)
• 1961 – Friedrich Traugott Wahlen (1899–1985)
• 1962 – Paul Chaudet (1904–1977)
• 1963 – Willy Spühler (1902–1990)
• 1964 – Ludwig von Moos (1910–1990)
• 1965 – Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913–2002)
• 1966 – Hans Schaffner (1908–2004)
• 1967 – Roger Bonvin (1907–1982)
• 1968 – Willy Spühler (1902–1990)
• 1969 – Ludwig von Moos (1910–1990)
• 1970 – Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913–2002)
• 1971 – Rudolf Gnägi (1917–1985)
• 1972 – Nello Celio (1914–1995)
• 1973 – Roger Bonvin (1907–1982)
• 1974 – Ernst Brugger (1914–1998)

 1975–1999

• 1975 – Pierre Graber (1908–2003)
• 1976 – Rudolf Gnägi (1917–1985)
• 1977 – Kurt Furgler (1924–2008)
• 1978 – Willy Ritschard (1918–1983)
• 1979 – Hans Hürlimann (1918–1994)
• 1980 – Georges-André Chevallaz (1915–2002)
• 1981 – Kurt Furgler (1924–2008)
• 1982 – Fritz Honegger (1917–1999)
• 1983 – Pierre Aubert (born 1927)
• 1984 – Leon Schlumpf (born 1925)
• 1985 – Kurt Furgler (1924–2008)
• 1986 – Alphons Egli (born 1924)
• 1987 – Pierre Aubert (born 1927)
• 1988 – Otto Stich (born 1927)
• 1989 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1936–1998)
• 1990 – Arnold Koller (born 1933)
• 1991 – Flavio Cotti (born 1939)
• 1992 – René Felber (born 1933)
• 1993 – Adolf Ogi (born 1942)
• 1994 – Otto Stich (born 1927)
• 1995 – Kaspar Villiger (born 1941)
• 1996 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1936–1998)
• 1997 – Arnold Koller (born 1933)
• 1998 – Flavio Cotti (born 1939)
• 1999 – Ruth Dreifuss (born 1940)

 2000–present

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, the current President (2012)

• 2000 – Adolf Ogi (born 1942)
• 2001 – Moritz Leuenberger (born 1946)
• 2002 – Kaspar Villiger (born 1941)
• 2003 – Pascal Couchepin (born 1942)
• 2004 – Joseph Deiss (born 1946)
• 2005 – Samuel Schmid (born 1947)
• 2006 – Moritz Leuenberger (born 1946)
• 2007 – Micheline Calmy-Rey (born 1945)
• 2008 – Pascal Couchepin (born 1942)
• 2009 – Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 1942)
• 2010 – Doris Leuthard (born 1963)
• 2011 – Micheline Calmy-Rey (born 1945)
• 2012 – Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (born 1956).