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This article lists the cantonal executives of Switzerland. Each canton of Switzerland has its own executive body, as well as legislative body. The Federal Council is the executive of the Swiss federal government, and is included for purposes of comparison.
The cantonal executives are collegial bodies, each with 5 or 7 members. They are generally called Regierungsrat (Executive Council) in German-speaking cantons and Conseil d'État (State Council) in French-speaking cantons.
General structure
Presidents of the executives
The above mentioned collegial bodies are formally chaired by a president. However those presidents are primus inter pares, that is a first among equals in the council; other than presiding over meetings and the ability to cast tie-breaking votes, the president only holds ceremonial powers.
In the list below, unless otherwise noted, the official name of the office of president of the respective cantonal executive is Regierungsratspräsident (Government council president).
Elections
The cantonal governments are directly elected every four years. In some cantons (e.g. Basel-Stadt), the voters can cast a presidential vote for a candidate they are already voting for as member of the government. The elected member who has also received the most votes for president takes that office for the entirety of their term on the council, i.e. 4 years. In other cantons the electorate only elects the council members, and the presidency rotates according to seniority among members (e.g. Zürich and also in the federal council).
The date of the elections is not the same as the date of the start of the tenure. For example, the elections in Aargau were held in 2020, but the tenure of the new Executive started on 1 January 2021.
List of Cantonal executives
Parties
Note: due to the multiple official languages of Switzerland, parties may have more than one abbreviation
List as of July 2, 2022:
Notes and references
- ^ "Gesamtregierungsrat - Kanton Aargau". www.ag.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h President officially called Landammann
- ^ "Regierungsrat - Appenzell Ausserrhoden". www.ar.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Standeskommission". Appenzell Innerrhoden (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierungsrat". baselland.ch (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Der Regierungsrat heisst Sie willkommen!". www.regierungsrat.bs.ch (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ a b c President officially called Regierungspräsident (Government president)
- ^ "Der Regierungsrat (Der Regierungsrat) Regierungsrat - Kanton Bern". www.rr.be.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Les membres du Conseil d'Etat". www.fr.ch (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Page d'accueil". ge.ch (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierung – Kanton Glarus". www.gl.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierung - Regierung". www.gr.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Jura, www jura ch, République et Canton du. "Le Gouvernement jurassien". www.jura.ch (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Der Regierungsrat des Kantons Luzern - Kanton Luzern". www.lu.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Conseil d'État - République et canton de Neuchâtel". www.ne.ch (in Swiss French). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierungsrat". www.nw.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Kanton Obwalden Online: Übersicht". www.ow.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Schaffhausen, Staatskanzlei Kanton. "Der Regierungsrat - Kanton Schaffhausen". sh.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierungsrat". www.sz.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierung des Kantons Solothurn - Kanton Solothurn". so.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierung | sg.ch". www.sg.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Kantonsparlament, Portal Kanton Thurgau Sie finden auf diesen Seiten vielfältige Informationen über das; Regierungsrat, den. "Regierung". www.tg.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Stato e organizzazione - Repubblica e Cantone Ticino". www4.ti.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierungsrat". www.ur.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Gouvernement". www.vs.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Regierungsrat". Kanton Zug (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Government Council". Kanton Zürich. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ President officially called Regierungsratspräsident (President of the Government council)
- ^ The Federal Council (16 June 2023). "The seven members of the Federal Council".
See also
