Chancellor of Switzerland

Federal Chancellor of Switzerland
  • Bundeskanzler der Schweiz (German)
  • Chancelier fédéral de la Suisse (French)
  • Cancelliere federale della Svizzera (Italian)
  • Chancelier federal da la Svizra (Romansh)
Incumbent
Viktor Rossi
since 1 January 2024
Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
ResidenceFederal Palace
Term lengthFour years, renewable
Inaugural holderJean-Marc Mousson
Formation1803; 221 years ago (1803)
Websitewww.bk.admin.ch

The federal chancellor is the head of the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland, the oldest Swiss federal institution, established at the initiative of Napoleon in 1803. The officeholder acts as the general staff of the seven-member Federal Council. The Chancellor is not a member of the government and the office is not at all comparable to that of the Chancellor of Germany or the Chancellor of Austria, or to the United Kingdom's Chancellor of the Exchequer.[1]

The current Chancellor, Viktor Rossi, a member of the Green Liberal Party from Bern, was elected on 13 December 2023. He began his term on 1 January 2024.

  1. ^ Siegenthaler, Peter (31 December 2019). "What does the Swiss chancellor actually do?". Swissinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2020.