The town of Bern was founded in 1191. It became a Free Imperial City in 1218 nd a
member of the Swiss Confederacy in 1353. (1)
(1) Like the other city cantons Bern annexed large tracts of surrounding
lands. Among them were the major parts of Aargau in 1415 (until 1803)
and the major part of the Bishopric of Basel in 1815.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presisents of the Government Council
Regierungsratpräsidenten
Présidents du Gouvernement
(Like its federal counterpart - the Federal Council - the Regierungsrat/Conseil
Exécutif/Government Council was a collective leadership its president being a primus
inter pares, chairing the meetings and performing some representative duties)
1847 - 1848 Ulrich Ochsenbein (2x) 1811 - 1890
1848 - 1849 Alexander Ludwig Funk (3x) 1806 - 1871
1849 - 1850 Jakob Stämpfli 1820 - 1879
1850 - 1851 Eduard Blösch 1807 - 1866
1851 - 1852 Ludwig Fischer 1805 - 1884
1852 - 1853 Eduard Blösch (2x)
1853 - 1854 Ludwig Fischer (2x)
1854 - 1855 Eduard Blösch (3x)
1855 - 1856 Paul Migy 1814 - 1879
1856 - 1857 Eduard Blösch (4x)
1857 - 1858 Paul Migy (2x)
1858 - 1859 Karl Schenk 1823 - 1895
1859 - 1860 Paul Migy (3x)
1860 - 1861 Karl Schenk (2x)
1861 - 1862 Paul Migy (4x)
1862 - 1863 Karl Schenk (3x)
1863 - 1864 Paul Migy (5x)
1864 - 1865 Jakob Scherz 1818 - 1889
1865 - 1866 Paul Migy (6x)
1866 - 1867 Johann Weber 1823 - 1878
1867 - 1868 Jakob Scherz (2x)
1868 - 1869 Johann Weber (2x)
1869 - 1870 Ludwig Kurz 1819 - 1882
1870 - 1871 Johann Weber (3x)
1871 - 1872 Johann Jakob Kummer 1828 - 1913
1872 - 1873 Pierre Jolissaint 1830 - 1896
1873 - 1874 Wilhelm Teuscher 1834 - 1903
1874 - 1875 Constant Bodenheimer 1836 - 1893
1875 - 1876 Wilhelm Teuscher (2x)
1876 - 1877 Rudolf Rohr 1831 - 1888
1877 - 1878 Wilhelm Teuscher (3x)
1878 - 1879 Rudolf Rohr (2x)
1879 - 1880 Alfred Scheurer 1840 - 1921
1880 - 1881 Edmund von Steiger 1836 - 1908
1881 - 1882 Rudolf Rohr (3x)
1882 - 1883 Joseph Stockmar 1851 - 1919
1883 - 1884 Alfred Scheurer (2x)
1884 - 1885 Friedrich Eggli 1838 - 1895
1885 - 1886 Niklaus Räz 1826 - 1905
1886 - 1887 Albert Gobat 1843 - 1914
1887 - 1888 Rudolf Rohr (4x)
1888 - 1889 Johann Schär 1824 - 1906
1889 - 1890 Joseph Stockmar (2x)
1890 - 1891 Alfred Scheurer (3x)
1891 - 1892 Friedrich Eggli (2x)
1892 - 1893 Hermann Lienhard 1851 - 1905
1893 - 1894 Eduard Marti 1829 - 1896
1894 - 1895 Edmund von Steiger (2x)
1895 - 1896 Albert Gobat (2x)
1896 - 1897 Friedrich von Wattenwyl 1852 - 1912
1897 - 1898 Johannes Ritschard 1845 - 1908
1898 - 1899 Alfred Kläy 1853 - 1917
1899 - 1900 Niklaus Morgenthaler 1853 - 1928
1900 - 1901 Johann Minder 1848 - 1907
1901 - 1902 Louis Joliat 1846 - 1922
1902 - 1903 Edmund von Steiger (3x)
1903 - 1904 Albert Gobat (3x)
1904 - 1905 Friedrich von Wattenwyl (2x)
1905 - 1906 Johann Ritschard (2x)
1906 - 1907 Gottfried Kunz 1859 - 1930
1907 - 1908 Alfred Kläy (2x)
1908 - 1909 Henri Simonin 1855 - 1927
1909 - 1910 Karl Könitzer 1854 - 1915
1910 - 1911 Karl Moser 1860 - 1936
1911 - 1912 Fritz Burren 1860 - 1927
1912 - 1913 Emil Lohner 1865 - 1959
1913 - 1914 Karl Scheurer 1872 - 1929
1914 - 1915 Rudolf von Erlach 1860 - 1925
1915 - 1916 Albert Locher 1856 - 1917
1916 - 1917 Hans Tschumi 1858 - 1944
1917 - 1918 Leo Merz 1869 - 1952
1918 - 1919 Henri Simonin (2x)
1919 - 1920 Karl Moser (2x)
1920 - 1921 Alfred Stauffer 1867 - 1959
1921 - 1922 Fritz Burren (2x)
1922 - 1923 Friedrich Volmar 1875 - 1945
1923 - 1924 Emil Lohner (2x)
1924 - 1925 Hans Tschumi (2x)
1925 - 1926 Leo Merz (2x)
1926 - 1927 Walter Bösiger 1878 - 1960
1927 - 1928 Karl Moser (3x)
1928 - 1929 Fritz Joss 1886 - 1939
1929 - 1930 Paul Guggisberg 1881 - 1946
1930 - 1931 Hugo Dürrenmatt 1876 - 1957
1931 - 1932 Alfred Rudolf 1877 - 1955
1932 - 1933 Henri Mouttet 1883 - 1975
1933 - 1934 Hans Stähli 1889 - 1963
1934 - 1935 Alfred Stauffer (2x)
1935 - 1936 Walter Bösiger (2x)
1936 - 1937 Arnold Seematter 1890 - 1954
1937 - 1938 Fritz Joss (2x)
1938 - 1939 Paul Guggisberg (2x)
1939 - 1940 Hugo Dürrenmatt (2x)
1940 - 1941 Robert Grimm 1881 - 1958
1941 - 1942 Georges Moeckli 1889 - 1974
1942 - 1943 Max Gafner 1892 - 1957
1943 - 1944 Alfred Rudolf (2x)
1944 - 1945 Henri Mouttet (2x)
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