Below is a list of presidents of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to the present. It presents the presiding member of the Swiss Federal Council, the country's seven-member executive.
Elected by the Federal Assembly for a one-year term, the President of the Confederation chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and undertakes special representational duties. Primus inter pares, the officeholder has no powers above those of the other Federal Councillors and continues to head their department. Traditionally, the duty rotates among the members in order of seniority and the previous year's vice president becomes president.
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