Current judges
First public law division
Second public law division
Second civil law division
First social law division
Name |
Term of office |
Party |
Notes |
Rudolf Ursprung |
|
SVP/UDC |
Division president |
Ursula Widmer-Schmid |
|
FDP/PRD |
|
Franz Schön |
|
CVP/PDC |
|
Susanne Leuzinger-Naef |
|
SPS/PSS |
Vice president of the Supreme Court, 2007 |
Jean-Maurice Frésard |
|
SPS/PSS |
|
Second social law division
Name |
From |
To |
Division |
Canton |
Party |
Birth |
Death |
Franz Kaspar Zenruffinen |
1848 |
1861 |
|
VS |
|
1803 |
1861 |
Paul Migy |
1848 |
1852 |
|
JU |
|
1814 |
1879 |
Johann Conrad Kern |
1848 |
1854 |
|
TG |
|
1808 |
1888 |
Karl Johann Brenner |
1848 |
1851 |
|
BS |
FDP |
1814 |
1883 |
Louis-Eugène Favre |
1848 |
1851 |
|
NE |
FDP |
1816 |
1861 |
Johann Rudolf Brosi |
1848 |
1857 |
|
GR |
FDP |
1801 |
1877 |
Kasimir Pfyffer |
1848 |
1863 |
|
LU |
LPS |
1794 |
1875 |
Franz Jauch |
1848 |
1852 |
|
UR |
LPS |
1807 |
1867 |
Johann Jakob Rüttimann |
1848 |
1854 |
|
ZH |
|
1813 |
1876 |
Johann Jakob Blumer |
1848 |
1875 |
|
GL |
LPS |
1819 |
1875 |
Jean Folly |
1848 |
1853 |
|
FR |
|
1787 |
1867 |
Jean-Jaques Castoldi |
1851 |
1857 |
|
GE |
FDP |
1804 |
1871 |
Johann Jakob Trog |
1851 |
1856 |
|
SO |
|
1807 |
1867 |
Jakob Stämpfli |
1851 |
1854 |
|
BE |
|
1820 |
1879 |
Johann Karl Kappeler |
1851 |
1857 |
|
TG |
|
1816 |
1888 |
Nicolas Glasson |
1853 |
1864 |
|
FR |
|
1817 |
1864 |
Nicolaus Hermann |
1853 |
1874 |
|
OW |
|
1818 |
1888 |
Eduard Eugen Blösch |
1854 |
1866 |
|
BE |
CVP |
1807 |
1866 |
Gottlieb Jäger |
1856 |
1874 |
|
AG |
FDP |
1805 |
1891 |
Joseph Wilhelm Viktor Vigier |
1857 |
1874 |
|
SO |
FDP |
1823 |
1886 |
Arnold Otto Aepli |
1857 |
1866 |
|
SG |
LPS |
1816 |
1897 |
Philippe Camperio |
1857 |
1874 |
|
GE |
LPS |
1810 |
1882 |
Henri (Joseph) Ducrey |
1862 |
1864 |
|
VS |
FDP |
1805 |
1864 |
K. Eduard Häberlin |
1862 |
1872 |
|
TG |
|
1820 |
1884 |
Jost Weber |
1863 |
1872 |
|
LU |
LPS |
1823 |
1889 |
Alexis Allet |
1864 |
1872 |
|
VS |
FDP |
1820 |
1888 |
Victor Ruffy |
1864 |
1867 |
|
VD |
|
1823 |
1868 |
Carl Georg Jakob Sailer |
1866 |
1870 |
|
SG |
|
1817 |
1870 |
Edouard Carlin |
1866 |
1870 |
|
JU |
FDP |
1817 |
1870 |
Paul Ceresole |
1867 |
1870 |
|
VD |
LPS |
1832 |
1905 |
Eugène Borel |
1870 |
1872 |
|
NE |
FDP |
1835 |
1892 |
Josef Karl Pankraz Morel |
1870 |
1900 |
|
SG |
FDP |
1825 |
1900 |
Josef Bühler |
1872 |
1873 |
|
LU |
LPS |
1837 |
1873 |
Johann Messmer |
1872 |
1874 |
C |
TG |
|
1818 |
1880 |
Heinrich (sr) Honegger |
1872 |
1874 |
|
ZH |
LPS |
1832 |
1889 |
Jules Roguin |
1873 |
1890 |
|
VD |
LPS |
1823 |
1908 |
Rudolf Niggeler |
1874 |
1879 |
|
BE |
FDP |
1845 |
1887 |
Josef Bläsi |
1874 |
1903 |
|
SO |
FDP |
1833 |
1903 |
Gustave Pictet |
1874 |
1876 |
|
GE |
DEM |
1827 |
1900 |
Gaudenzio (Andrea) Olgiati |
1874 |
1892 |
|
GR |
|
1836 |
1892 |
Fridolin Anderwert |
1874 |
1875 |
|
TG |
DEM |
1828 |
1880 |
Johann Conrad Weber |
1875 |
1908 |
C, Cs, CC |
AG |
FDP |
1839 |
1918 |
Heinrich Stamm |
1875 |
1905 |
Cs, CC |
SH |
DEM |
1827 |
1905 |
Jakob Dubs |
1875 |
1879 |
|
ZH |
KKP |
1822 |
1879 |
Jean Broye |
1876 |
1899 |
Cs |
FR |
FDP |
1828 |
1899 |
Heinrich Hafner |
1879 |
1902 |
C, CC |
ZH |
|
1838 |
1902 |
Alois Kopp |
1879 |
1891 |
|
LU |
KKP |
1827 |
1891 |
Charles-Henri Soldan |
1890 |
1900 |
C |
VD |
FDP |
1855 |
1900 |
Felix Clausen |
1891 |
1916 |
Cs |
VS |
KKP |
1834 |
1916 |
Agostino Soldati |
1892 |
1936 |
2C |
TI |
KKP |
1857 |
1938 |
Auguste (Georges Adrien) Cornaz |
1893 |
1896 |
Cs, CC |
NE |
FDP |
1834 |
1896 |
Emil Rott |
1893 |
1905 |
C, CC |
BE |
FDP |
1852 |
1905 |
Karl Attenhofer |
1893 |
1906 |
C |
LU |
KKP |
1836 |
1906 |
Andrea Bezzola |
1893 |
1897 |
Cs |
GR |
FDP |
1840 |
1897 |
Johannes Winkler |
1893 |
1903 |
C, Cs, CC |
LU |
LPS |
1845 |
1918 |
Hermann Lienhard |
1895 |
1905 |
C, Cs |
BE |
FDP |
1851 |
1905 |
Frédéric Auguste Monnier |
1896 |
1921 |
Cs |
NE |
FDP |
1847 |
1931 |
Jakob Huldreich Bachmann |
1896 |
1904 |
C |
TG |
LPS |
1843 |
1915 |
Leo Weber |
1897 |
1901 |
Cs |
SO |
FDP |
1841 |
1935 |
Emile Perrier |
1899 |
1924 |
Cs |
FR |
KKP |
1848 |
1924 |
Georges Favey |
1900 |
1919 |
C, 1C, CC |
VD |
LPS |
1847 |
1919 |
Carl Jäger |
1900 |
1937 |
C, Cs, 2C |
SG |
|
1869 |
1947 |
Heinrich Honegger |
1901 |
1936 |
1C, 2C, CC |
ZH |
LPS |
1862 |
1940 |
Albert Ursprung |
1902 |
1935 |
C, 1C, 2C |
AG |
|
1862 |
1935 |
Viktor Merz |
1903 |
1934 |
Cs, C |
BE |
FDP |
1865 |
1940 |
Fritz Ostertag |
1903 |
1926 |
C, 2C |
BS |
|
1868 |
1948 |
Franz Schmid |
1904 |
1923 |
C, Cs, 1C |
UR |
KKP |
1841 |
1923 |
Albert Affolter |
1904 |
1930 |
CsA, 1C |
SO |
FDP |
1856 |
1932 |
Emil Schurter |
1904 |
1921 |
Cs |
ZH |
KKP |
1864 |
1921 |
Rudolf Gallati |
1904 |
1904 |
Cs |
GL |
FDP |
1845 |
1904 |
Ernest Picot |
1904 |
1921 |
C, Cs, 1C, CC |
GE |
FDP |
1853 |
1921 |
Alfred Stooss |
1905 |
1925 |
C, CC, 1C, 2C |
BE |
FDP |
1860 |
1925 |
Alexander Reichel |
1905 |
1920 |
C, Cs |
BE |
SPS |
1853 |
1921 |
Adam Hans Gysin |
1905 |
1909 |
Cs |
BL |
|
1852 |
1909 |
Vincent Gottofrey |
1906 |
1919 |
Cs, C, CC |
FR |
KKP |
1862 |
1919 |
Theodor Weiss |
1908 |
1936 |
1C, CC |
ZH |
|
1868 |
1936 |
Emil Kirchhofer |
1909 |
1942 |
Cs, 1C |
SH |
|
1871 |
1944 |
Hans Müri |
1912 |
1933 |
CsA |
AG |
FDP |
1861 |
1944 |
Henri Thelin |
1912 |
1934 |
1C, 2C, CC |
VD |
FDP |
1867 |
1963 |
Victor Hauser |
1912 |
1924 |
2C |
ZH |
FDP |
1867 |
1924 |
Virgile Rossel |
1912 |
1932 |
2C, CC |
BE |
FDP |
1858 |
1933 |
Hugo Oser |
1912 |
1930 |
1C, 2C |
BL |
|
1863 |
1930 |
Arthur (Joseph-Marie) Couchepin |
1916 |
1936 |
Cs, CC |
VS |
FDP |
1869 |
1941 |
Eugène Deschenaux |
1919 |
1922 |
1C |
FR |
KKP |
1874 |
1940 |
Paul Rambert |
1919 |
1932 |
1C, 2C |
VD |
LPS |
1866 |
1932 |
Karl Zgraggen |
1920 |
1929 |
CsA, CC |
UR |
|
1861 |
1929 |
Robert Fazy |
1921 |
1942 |
Cs, CC, 1C |
GE |
LPS |
1872 |
1956 |
Josef Jakob Strebel |
1921 |
1954 |
1C, 2C |
AG |
KKP |
1887 |
1965 |
Léon Robert |
1921 |
1942 |
1C, CC |
NE |
FDP |
1873 |
1944 |
Evaristo Garbani-Nerini |
1922 |
1925 |
1C |
TI |
FDP |
1867 |
1944 |
Karl Adolf Brodtbeck |
1924 |
1932 |
2C |
BL |
SPS |
1866 |
1932 |
Johann Engeler |
1924 |
1936 |
1C, CC |
SG |
KKP |
1864 |
1949 |
Hans Steiner |
1924 |
1951 |
CsA |
SZ |
KKP |
1884 |
1964 |
Georg Leuch |
1925 |
1954 |
1C |
BE |
SVP |
1888 |
1959 |
Plinio Bolla |
1925 |
1950 |
1C, 2C |
TI |
FDP |
1896 |
1963 |
Joseph Piller |
1926 |
1933 |
Cs, 2C |
FR |
KKP |
1890 |
1954 |
Jakob Hablützel |
1928 |
1950 |
2C |
ZH |
BGB |
1885 |
1959 |
Eugen Blocher |
1928 |
1952 |
CsA |
BS |
SPS |
1882 |
1964 |
Camille Guggenheim |
1929 |
1930 |
Cs |
AG |
SPS |
1894 |
1930 |
Hans Affolter |
1930 |
1936 |
Cs |
SO |
SPS |
1870 |
1936 |
Adrian von Arx |
1930 |
1934 |
CsA |
SO |
FDP |
1879 |
1934 |
Josef Andermatt |
1930 |
1942 |
1C |
ZG |
KKP |
1871 |
1942 |
Hartmann Friedrich Studer |
1932 |
1942 |
2C |
ZH |
SPS |
1873 |
1945 |
Jean Rossel |
1932 |
1942 |
2C |
BE |
FDP |
1884 |
1944 |
Robert Guex |
1932 |
1948 |
2C |
VD |
LPS |
1881 |
1948 |
Walter Nägeli |
1933 |
1952 |
Cs |
ZH |
FDP |
1881 |
1965 |
Louis Python |
1933 |
1963 |
CsA |
FR |
KKP |
1893 |
1992 |
Hans Huber |
1934 |
1946 |
Cs, CC |
TG |
FDP |
1901 |
1987 |
Paul Kasser |
1934 |
1945 |
|
BE |
|
1876 |
1945 |
Robert Petitmermet |
1935 |
1956 |
CsA, 2C, CC |
VD |
FDP |
1886 |
1976 |
August Ernst |
1936 |
1950 |
2C |
AG |
|
1880 |
1959 |
Louis Couchepin |
1936 |
1952 |
1C |
VS |
FDP |
1896 |
1952 |
Wilhelm Stauffer |
1936 |
1959 |
1C |
BE |
SVP |
1893 |
1986 |
Eugen Hasler |
1936 |
1950 |
1C |
ZH |
|
1884 |
1965 |
Walter Leuenberger |
1937 |
1953 |
1C |
BE |
SPS |
1885 |
1964 |
Wilhelm Schönenberger |
1937 |
1964 |
1C |
SG |
KKP |
1898 |
1985 |
Carlo Pometta |
1937 |
1966 |
1C, 2C |
TI |
KKP |
1896 |
1979 |
Adolf Ziegler |
1938 |
1960 |
2C, CC |
SO |
FDP |
1890 |
1985 |
Franz Fässler |
1942 |
1969 |
1C, CC |
AI |
KKP |
1899 |
1986 |
Paul Logoz |
1942 |
1953 |
CC |
GE |
|
1888 |
1973 |
Eduard Arnold |
1943 |
1962 |
CC, CsA |
LU |
SPS |
1895 |
1977 |
Albert Comment |
1943 |
1964 |
CsA, 2C |
BE |
FDP |
1894 |
1987 |
Fritz Häberlin |
1943 |
1969 |
CsA |
TG |
FDP |
1899 |
1970 |
Albert Constant François Rais |
1943 |
1956 |
1C, CC |
NE |
FDP |
1888 |
1973 |
Kurt Rudolf Düby |
1946 |
1951 |
CsA |
ZH |
SPS |
1900 |
1951 |
Theodor Abrecht |
1946 |
1964 |
CsA |
BE |
SPS |
1894 |
1983 |
André Panchaud |
1948 |
1970 |
CsA, 1C |
VD |
LPS |
1901 |
1976 |
Fernando Pedrini |
1950 |
1962 |
CC |
TI |
FDP |
1898 |
1984 |
Gustav Muheim |
1951 |
1967 |
CC |
UR |
KKP |
1897 |
1979 |
Hans Tschopp |
1951 |
1974 |
CC, 1C |
ZH |
SPS |
1903 |
1990 |
Paul Corrodi |
1951 |
1963 |
2C, 1C |
ZH |
SVP |
1892 |
1964 |
Paul Schwartz |
1951 |
1972 |
2C, CC |
BS |
FDP |
1905 |
1977 |
Silvio Giovanoli |
1951 |
1972 |
1C, 2C |
GR |
FDP |
1902 |
1981 |
Antoine Favre |
1952 |
1967 |
CsA |
VS |
KKP |
1897 |
1974 |
Fritz Bachtler |
1953 |
1962 |
CC |
SO |
SPS |
1892 |
1971 |
Otto Deggeler |
1953 |
1967 |
CsA |
ZH |
FDP |
1897 |
1981 |
Werner Stocker |
1953 |
1964 |
2C |
AG |
SPS |
1904 |
1964 |
René Perrin |
1953 |
1973 |
CC |
NE |
SPS |
1910 |
1997 |
Karl Dannegger |
1954 |
1962 |
1C |
BE |
SVP |
1895 |
1980 |
Joseph Plattner |
1955 |
1965 |
2C |
GR |
KKP |
1902 |
1965 |
Pierre Cavin |
1957 |
1979 |
1C, 2C |
VD |
FDP |
1909 |
1992 |
André Grisel |
1957 |
1978 |
CC, 2C, CsA |
NE |
FDP |
1911 |
1990 |
Emil Schmid |
1959 |
1974 |
2C, 1C |
BE |
SVP |
1908 |
1992 |
Kurt Schoch |
1961 |
1969 |
CC, CsA, 2C |
SH |
FDP |
1904 |
1980 |
Paul Lemp |
1963 |
1978 |
CC, 1C |
BE |
BGB |
1908 |
2001 |
Werner Dubach |
1963 |
1976 |
CC, CsA |
BE |
SPS |
1905 |
1985 |
Eduard Jöhr |
1963 |
1976 |
CC |
AG |
SVP |
1906 |
1991 |
Harald Huber |
1963 |
1981 |
CsA, 2C, CC |
ZH |
SPS |
1912 |
1998 |
Rolando Forni |
1963 |
1994 |
2C |
TI |
FDP |
1925 |
|
Jakob Heusser |
1964 |
1965 |
2C |
ZH |
SPS |
1901 |
1965 |
Jean Castella |
1964 |
1985 |
2C, 1C |
FR |
CVP |
1920 |
1995 |
Jean-Pierre Rüedi |
1965 |
1982 |
1C |
BE |
SPS |
1916 |
1998 |
Paul Reichlin |
1965 |
1972 |
CsA |
SZ |
CVP |
1902 |
1990 |
Jean-Pierre Châtelain |
1965 |
1981 |
1C |
BE |
FDP |
1916 |
1995 |
Otto Konstantin Kaufmann |
1966 |
1984 |
2P |
SG |
CVP |
1914 |
1999 |
Walter Kämpfer |
1966 |
1980 |
2C, 2P |
BE |
SPS |
1914 |
1998 |
Fulvio Antognini |
1967 |
1996 |
1P |
TI |
CVP |
1926 |
2001 |
Erhard Schweri |
1968 |
1988 |
2C, CC |
ZH |
CVP |
1922 |
|
Arthur Haefliger |
1968 |
1986 |
1P |
SO |
FDP |
1919 |
2011 |
Henri Fragnière |
1968 |
1982 |
1P |
VS |
CVP |
1915 |
1993 |
Adolf Lüchinger |
1969 |
1992 |
2C |
ZH |
SPS |
1928 |
|
Alexandre Berenstein |
1970 |
1979 |
1P |
GE |
SPS |
1909 |
2000 |
Hans Dubs |
1970 |
1986 |
1P, CC |
AG |
FDP |
1923 |
2005 |
Raphael von Werra |
1970 |
1987 |
CC |
VS |
CVP |
1926 |
|
Max Stoffel |
1970 |
1981 |
1C |
TG |
CVP |
1911 |
2002 |
Henri Zwahlen |
1970 |
1974 |
1P |
VD |
LPS |
1911 |
1974 |
Rudolf Matter |
1973 |
1986 |
1P |
SH |
FDP |
1916 |
|
Vital Schwander |
1973 |
1980 |
CC |
SZ |
CVP |
1913 |
2005 |
Rolf Raschein |
1973 |
1992 |
1C, 2C |
GR |
FDP |
1929 |
1994 |
Jean-Jaques Leu |
1974 |
2001 |
CC, 1C |
VD |
SPS |
1933 |
|
Georg Messmer |
1975 |
1987 |
1C |
ZH |
SVP |
1921 |
1987 |
Margrith Bigler-Eggenberg |
1975 |
1994 |
2C |
SG |
SPS |
1933 |
|
Robert Patry |
1975 |
1992 |
2P |
GE |
LPS |
1923 |
|
Robert Levi |
1976 |
1987 |
1P |
ZH |
SPS |
1921 |
2002 |
Edwin Weyermann |
1976 |
2000 |
CC, 1C, 2C |
BE |
SVP |
1932 |
|
Carl Hans Brunschwiler |
1979 |
1993 |
2P |
AG |
CVP |
1927 |
|
Jean-François Egli |
1979 |
1996 |
2P, 1C, 1P |
NE |
FDP |
1928 |
|
Alfred Kuttler |
1979 |
1993 |
1P |
BS |
FDP |
1923 |
|
André Florian Imer |
1979 |
1993 |
2P |
BE |
SVP |
1928 |
|
Philippe Daniel Junod |
1980 |
1992 |
CC, 2C |
VD |
FDP |
1928 |
1995 |
Albert Allemann-Reichle |
1980 |
1990 |
2P, CC |
SO |
SPS |
1923 |
2003 |
Claude Bernard Rouiller |
1980 |
1996 |
1P |
VS |
SPS |
1941 |
|
Paul Moritz |
1981 |
1990 |
CC |
BE |
FDP |
1923 |
|
Herman Innozenz Schmidt |
1981 |
1995 |
2P, 1P |
BS |
SPS |
1930 |
|
Alois Pfister |
1981 |
1986 |
2P |
SZ |
CVP |
1921 |
|
Georges Scyboz |
1982 |
1996 |
1P, 2C |
FR |
CVP |
1927 |
2002 |
Heinz Hausheer |
1982 |
1990 |
2C |
ZG |
CVP |
1937 |
|
Martin Schubarth |
1983 |
2004 |
1C, CC |
BS |
SPS |
1942 |
|
Peter Alexander Müller |
1985 |
1998 |
2P, CC |
VS |
CVP |
1940 |
|
Louis Bourgknecht |
1985 |
1998 |
1P, 1C |
FR |
CVP |
1931 |
|
Karl Hartmann |
1986 |
2001 |
2P |
UR |
CVP |
1936 |
|
Thomas Pfisterer |
1986 |
1991 |
1C, 1P |
AG |
FDP |
1941 |
|
Heinrich Weibel |
1987 |
1999 |
1P, 1C, 2C |
BL |
FDP |
1932 |
|
Hans Peter Walter |
1987 |
2004 |
1C |
BE |
FDP |
1944 |
|
Karl Spühler |
1987 |
1995 |
1P, 2C |
ZH |
SVP |
1935 |
|
Giusep Nay |
1988 |
2006 |
1P |
GR |
CVP |
1942 |
|
Gerold Betschart |
1990 |
2006 |
2P |
SZ |
CVP |
1941 |
|
Franz Nyffeler |
1995 |
2006 |
1C |
AG |
SVP |
1941 |
|
Sergio Bianchi |
1995 |
2002 |
2C |
TI |
FDP |
1948 |
|
Oliver Jacot-Guillarmod |
1996 |
2001 |
1P |
NE |
FDP |
1950 |
2001 |
Emilio Catenazzi |
1997 |
2003 |
1P |
TI |
CVP |
1938 |
|
This table uses the following abbreviations:
- Party: German-language abbreviation of the name of the party nominating that judge; see Political parties of Switzerland
- Canton: Standard codes for the cantons of Switzerland
- Division:
- 1C, 2C, C: (First or second) civil law division
- 1P, 2P: First or second public law division
- CC: Court of Cassation
- Cs: Constitutional law division
- CsA: Constitutional and administrative law division