- List of judges of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
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This is a list of judges of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
Contents
Current judges
First public law division
Name Term of office Party Notes Michel Féraud FDP/PRD Division president Heinz Aemisegger CVP/PDC Arthur Aeschlimann FDP/PRD President of the Supreme Court, 2007 Bertrand Reeb LPS/PLS Jean Fonjallaz SPS/PSS Ivo Eusebio SVP/UDC Second public law division
Name Term of office Party Notes Thomas Merkli GPS/PES Division president Adrian Hungerbühler FDP/PRD Alain Wurzburger FDP/PRD Robert Müller CVP/PDC Danielle Yersin SVP/UDC Peter Karlen SVP/UDC First civil law division
Name Term of office Party Notes Bernard Corboz FDP/PRD Division president Kathrin Klett SPS/PSS Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch SPS/PSS Gilbert Kolly CVP/PDC Christina Kiss FDP/PRD Second civil law division
Name Term of office Party Notes Niccolò Raselli SPS/PSS Division president Ursula Nordmann-Zimmermann SPS/PSS Elisabeth Escher CVP/PDC Lorenz Meyer SVP/UDC Fabienne Hohl FDP/PRD Luca Marazzi FDP/PRD Criminal law division
Name Term of office Party Notes Roland Schneider SVP/UDC Division president Hans Wiprächtiger SPS/PSS Pierre Ferrari FDP/PRD Dominique Favre SPS/PSS Andreas Zünd SPS/PSS Hans Mathys SVP/UDC 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 Term of office Party Notes Ulrich Meyer SVP/UDC Division president Alois Lustenberger CVP/PDC Aldo Borella FDP/PRD Yves Kernen SVP/UDC Hansjörg Seiler SVP/UDC Former judges
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 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
References
Notes
Categories:- Federal courts of Switzerland
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