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.

Current judges[]

First public law division[]

Name Term of office Party Notes
Michel Féraud FDP/PRD Division president
CVP/PDC
FDP/PRD President of the Supreme Court, 2007
LPS/PLS
SPS/PSS
SVP/UDC

Second public law division[]

Name Term of office Party Notes
GPS/PES Division president
FDP/PRD
FDP/PRD
CVP/PDC
SVP/UDC
SVP/UDC

First civil law division[]

Name Term of office Party Notes
Bernard Corboz FDP/PRD Division president
SPS/PSS
Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch SPS/PSS
Gilbert Kolly CVP/PDC
FDP/PRD

Second civil law division[]

Name Term of office Party Notes
SPS/PSS Division president
SPS/PSS
CVP/PDC
SVP/UDC
FDP/PRD
FDP/PRD

Criminal law division[]

Name Term of office Party Notes
SVP/UDC Division president
SPS/PSS
FDP/PRD
SPS/PSS
Andreas Zünd SPS/PSS
SVP/UDC

First social law division[]

Name Term of office Party Notes
SVP/UDC Division president
FDP/PRD
CVP/PDC
SPS/PSS Vice president of the Supreme Court, 2007
SPS/PSS

Second social law division[]

Name Term of office Party Notes
SVP/UDC Division president
CVP/PDC
FDP/PRD
SVP/UDC
SVP/UDC

Former judges[]

Name From To Division Canton Party Birth Death
1848 1861 VS 1803 1861
Paul Migy 1848 1852 JU 1814 1879
Johann Conrad Kern 1848 1854 TG 1808 1888
1848 1851 BS FDP 1814 1883
1848 1851 NE FDP 1816 1861
1848 1857 GR FDP 1801 1877
Kasimir Pfyffer 1848 1863 LU LPS 1794 1875
1848 1852 UR LPS 1807 1867
Johann Jakob Rüttimann 1848 1854 ZH 1813 1876
Johann Jakob Blumer 1848 1875 GL LPS 1819 1875
1848 1853 FR 1787 1867
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
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
1857 1874 GE LPS 1810 1882
1862 1864 VS FDP 1805 1864
K. Eduard Häberlin 1862 1872 TG 1820 1884
1863 1872 LU LPS 1823 1889
1864 1872 VS FDP 1820 1888
Victor Ruffy 1864 1867 VD 1823 1868
1866 1870 SG 1817 1870
1866 1870 JU FDP 1817 1870
Paul Ceresole 1867 1870 VD LPS 1832 1905
Eugène Borel 1870 1872 NE FDP 1835 1892
1870 1900 SG FDP 1825 1900
1872 1873 LU LPS 1837 1873
1872 1874 C TG 1818 1880
1872 1874 ZH LPS 1832 1889
Jules Roguin 1873 1890 VD LPS 1823 1908
1874 1879 BE FDP 1845 1887
1874 1903 SO FDP 1833 1903
1874 1876 GE DEM 1827 1900
1874 1892 GR 1836 1892
Fridolin Anderwert 1874 1875 TG DEM 1828 1880
1875 1908 C, Cs, CC AG FDP 1839 1918
1875 1905 Cs, CC SH DEM 1827 1905
Jakob Dubs 1875 1879 ZH KKP 1822 1879
1876 1899 Cs FR FDP 1828 1899
1879 1902 C, CC ZH 1838 1902
1879 1891 LU KKP 1827 1891
1890 1900 C VD FDP 1855 1900
1891 1916 Cs VS KKP 1834 1916
1892 1936 2C TI KKP 1857 1938
Auguste (Georges Adrien) Cornaz 1893 1896 Cs, CC NE FDP 1834 1896
1893 1905 C, CC BE FDP 1852 1905
1893 1906 C LU KKP 1836 1906
Andrea Bezzola 1893 1897 Cs GR FDP 1840 1897
1893 1903 C, Cs, CC LU LPS 1845 1918
1895 1905 C, Cs BE FDP 1851 1905
1896 1921 Cs NE FDP 1847 1931
Jakob Huldreich Bachmann 1896 1904 C TG LPS 1843 1915
1897 1901 Cs SO FDP 1841 1935
1899 1924 Cs FR KKP 1848 1924
1900 1919 C, 1C, CC VD LPS 1847 1919
1900 1937 C, Cs, 2C SG 1869 1947
1901 1936 1C, 2C, CC ZH LPS 1862 1940
1902 1935 C, 1C, 2C AG 1862 1935
1903 1934 Cs, C BE FDP 1865 1940
1903 1926 C, 2C BS 1868 1948
1904 1923 C, Cs, 1C UR KKP 1841 1923
1904 1930 CsA, 1C SO FDP 1856 1932
1904 1921 Cs ZH KKP 1864 1921
Rudolf Gallati 1904 1904 Cs GL FDP 1845 1904
1904 1921 C, Cs, 1C, CC GE FDP 1853 1921
1905 1925 C, CC, 1C, 2C BE FDP 1860 1925
Alexander Reichel 1905 1920 C, Cs BE SPS 1853 1921
1905 1909 Cs BL 1852 1909
1906 1919 Cs, C, CC FR KKP 1862 1919
1908 1936 1C, CC ZH 1868 1936
1909 1942 Cs, 1C SH 1871 1944
1912 1933 CsA AG FDP 1861 1944
1912 1934 1C, 2C, CC VD FDP 1867 1963
1912 1924 2C ZH FDP 1867 1924
Virgile Rossel 1912 1932 2C, CC BE FDP 1858 1933
1912 1930 1C, 2C BL 1863 1930
1916 1936 Cs, CC VS FDP 1869 1941
1919 1922 1C FR KKP 1874 1940
1919 1932 1C, 2C VD LPS 1866 1932
1920 1929 CsA, CC UR 1861 1929
1921 1942 Cs, CC, 1C GE LPS 1872 1956
1921 1954 1C, 2C AG KKP 1887 1965
1921 1942 1C, CC NE FDP 1873 1944
Evaristo Garbani-Nerini 1922 1925 1C TI FDP 1867 1944
1924 1932 2C BL SPS 1866 1932
1924 1936 1C, CC SG KKP 1864 1949
Hans Steiner 1924 1951 CsA SZ KKP 1884 1964
1925 1954 1C BE SVP 1888 1959
1925 1950 1C, 2C TI FDP 1896 1963
1926 1933 Cs, 2C FR KKP 1890 1954
1928 1950 2C ZH BGB 1885 1959
1928 1952 CsA BS SPS 1882 1964
1929 1930 Cs AG SPS 1894 1930
1930 1936 Cs SO SPS 1870 1936
1930 1934 CsA SO FDP 1879 1934
1930 1942 1C ZG KKP 1871 1942
1932 1942 2C ZH SPS 1873 1945
1932 1942 2C BE FDP 1884 1944
1932 1948 2C VD LPS 1881 1948
1933 1952 Cs ZH FDP 1881 1965
1933 1963 CsA FR KKP 1893 1992
1934 1946 Cs, CC TG FDP 1901 1987
1934 1945 BE 1876 1945
1935 1956 CsA, 2C, CC VD FDP 1886 1976
1936 1950 2C AG 1880 1959
1936 1952 1C VS FDP 1896 1952
1936 1959 1C BE SVP 1893 1986
1936 1950 1C ZH 1884 1965
1937 1953 1C BE SPS 1885 1964
1937 1964 1C SG KKP 1898 1985
1937 1966 1C, 2C TI KKP 1896 1979
1938 1960 2C, CC SO FDP 1890 1985
1942 1969 1C, CC AI KKP 1899 1986
1942 1953 CC GE 1888 1973
1943 1962 CC, CsA LU SPS 1895 1977
1943 1964 CsA, 2C BE FDP 1894 1987
1943 1969 CsA TG FDP 1899 1970
1943 1956 1C, CC NE FDP 1888 1973
1946 1951 CsA ZH SPS 1900 1951
1946 1964 CsA BE SPS 1894 1983
1948 1970 CsA, 1C VD LPS 1901 1976
1950 1962 CC TI FDP 1898 1984
Gustav Muheim 1951 1967 CC UR KKP 1897 1979
1951 1974 CC, 1C ZH SPS 1903 1990
1951 1963 2C, 1C ZH SVP 1892 1964
1951 1972 2C, CC BS FDP 1905 1977
1951 1972 1C, 2C GR FDP 1902 1981
Antoine Favre 1952 1967 CsA VS KKP 1897 1974
1953 1962 CC SO SPS 1892 1971
1953 1967 CsA ZH FDP 1897 1981
1953 1964 2C AG SPS 1904 1964
1953 1973 CC NE SPS 1910 1997
1954 1962 1C BE SVP 1895 1980
1955 1965 2C GR KKP 1902 1965
1957 1979 1C, 2C VD FDP 1909 1992
1957 1978 CC, 2C, CsA NE FDP 1911 1990
1959 1974 2C, 1C BE SVP 1908 1992
1961 1969 CC, CsA, 2C SH FDP 1904 1980
1963 1978 CC, 1C BE BGB 1908 2001
1963 1976 CC, CsA BE SPS 1905 1985
1963 1976 CC AG SVP 1906 1991
1963 1981 CsA, 2C, CC ZH SPS 1912 1998
1963 1994 2C TI FDP 1925
Jakob Heusser 1964 1965 2C ZH SPS 1901 1965
1964 1985 2C, 1C FR CVP 1920 1995
1965 1982 1C BE SPS 1916 1998
1965 1972 CsA SZ CVP 1902 1990
1965 1981 1C BE FDP 1916 1995
1966 1984 2P SG CVP 1914 1999
1966 1980 2C, 2P BE SPS 1914 1998
1967 1996 1P TI CVP 1926 2001
1968 1988 2C, CC ZH CVP 1922
1968 1986 1P SO FDP 1919 2011
1968 1982 1P VS CVP 1915 1993
1969 1992 2C ZH SPS 1928
1970 1979 1P GE SPS 1909 2000
1970 1986 1P, CC AG FDP 1923 2005
1970 1987 CC VS CVP 1926
1970 1981 1C TG CVP 1911 2002
1970 1974 1P VD LPS 1911 1974
1973 1986 1P SH FDP 1916
1973 1980 CC SZ CVP 1913 2005
1973 1992 1C, 2C GR FDP 1929 1994
1974 2001 CC, 1C VD SPS 1933
1975 1987 1C ZH SVP 1921 1987
1975 1994 2C SG SPS 1933
1975 1992 2P GE LPS 1923
Robert Levi 1976 1987 1P ZH SPS 1921 2002
1976 2000 CC, 1C, 2C BE SVP 1932
1979 1993 2P AG CVP 1927
1979 1996 2P, 1C, 1P NE FDP 1928
1979 1993 1P BS FDP 1923
1979 1993 2P BE SVP 1928
1980 1992 CC, 2C VD FDP 1928 1995
1980 1990 2P, CC SO SPS 1923 2003
1980 1996 1P VS SPS 1941
1981 1990 CC BE FDP 1923
1981 1995 2P, 1P BS SPS 1930
1981 1986 2P SZ CVP 1921
1982 1996 1P, 2C FR CVP 1927 2002
1982 1990 2C ZG CVP 1937
1983 2004 1C, CC BS SPS 1942
1985 1998 2P, CC VS CVP 1940
1985 1998 1P, 1C FR CVP 1931
Karl Hartmann 1986 2001 2P UR CVP 1936
1986 1991 1C, 1P AG FDP 1941
1987 1999 1P, 1C, 2C BL FDP 1932
1987 2004 1C BE FDP 1944
1987 1995 1P, 2C ZH SVP 1935
Giusep Nay 1988 2006 1P GR CVP 1942
1990 2006 2P SZ CVP 1941
1995 2006 1C AG SVP 1941
1995 2002 2C TI FDP 1948
1996 2001 1P NE FDP 1950 2001
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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