List of judges of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
This is a list of judges of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
Current judges
First public law division
Second public law division
First civil law division
Second civil law division
Criminal 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
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 |
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
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