List of members of the Swiss Federal Council

The seven members of the Swiss Federal Council constitute the federal government of Switzerland and collectively serve as the country's head of state. Each of the seven Federal Councillors heads a department of the Swiss federal administration.
The current Swiss Federal Councillors are: Guy Parmelin, Ignazio Cassis, Karin Keller-Sutter, Albert Rösti, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider, Beat Jans, and Martin Pfister.
The members of the Federal Council are elected for a term of four years by both chambers of the federal parliament sitting together as the United Federal Assembly. Each Federal Councillor is elected individually by secret ballot by an absolute majority of votes. People elected to the Federal Council are considered a Federal Councillor even if they decline the election. Accordingly, the five persons who were elected but never assumed office are listed in a separate table below. For the same reason, the principal table only records the date of election and not the date on which the Federal Councillors assumed their office.
Once elected for a four-year-term, Federal Councillors can neither be voted out of office by a motion of no confidence nor can they be impeached. Reelection is possible for an indefinite number of terms. The Federal Assembly has decided not to reelect a sitting Federal Councillor four times and only twice since the beginning of the 21st century. In practice, therefore, Federal Councillors serve until they decide to resign and retire to private life, usually after three to five terms of office.

Members

Legend:

In January 2009, it merged with the Liberal Party (LPS/PLS) and became FDP.The Liberals.

; in 2021, it merged into The Centre.

; since January 2009, the party has merged with the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) in order to form FDP.The Liberals.

The Federal Councillors currently serving are indicated with bold type.

Members who declined their election

Five people have declined their election to the Federal Council by the Federal Assembly. Their number here is that of the Federal Councillor in the list above who was later elected in their place.

No.	Name	Canton	Election	Party	Notes
		BS	11 July 1855	FDP/PRD
		VD	10 December 1875	FDP/PRD	Later elected as the 26th Councillor.
		VD	18 December 1875	FDP/PRD
		SG	22 February 1881	FDP/PRD
		NE	3 March 1993	SPS/PSS