Switzerland: Executive Council: 1800-1801

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Switzerland: Executive Council: 1800-1801 The beginning of the term of a member of the Executive Council corresponds to the date when an elected member assumed the functions of office at a session of the Council.
Vollziehungsrat = Conseil exécutif [1]
members: Mitglied des Vollziehungsrates = membre du Conseil exécutif
9 Aug 1800 - 24 Oct 1801	Karl Albrecht Frisching
9 Aug 1800 - 27 Oct 1801	Johann Rudolf Dolder
9 Aug 1800 - 27 Oct 1801	Karl Friedrich Zimmermann
9 Aug 1800 - 27 Oct 1801	François-Pierre Savary
14 Aug 1800 - 11 Oct 1800	Pierre-Maurice Glayre [2]
14 Aug 1800 - 27 Oct 1801	Georg Vinzenz Jost Ludwig Rüttimann
16 Aug 1800 - 27 Oct 1801	Johann Jakob Schmid
30 Jul 1801 - 27 Oct 1801	Paulus Usteri
presidents: Präsident des Vollziehungsrates = Président du Conseil exécutif
9 Aug 1800 - 30 Sep 1800	Karl Albrecht Frisching
1 Oct 1800 - 31 Oct 1800	Johann Rudolf Dolder
1 Nov 1800 - 30 Nov 1800	Karl Friedrich Zimmermann
1 Dec 1800 - 31 Dec 1800	Johann Jakob Schmid
1 Jan 1801 - 31 Jan 1801	Georg Vinzenz Jost Ludwig Rüttimann
1 Feb 1801 - 28 Feb 1801	François-Pierre Savary
1 Mar 1801 - 31 Mar 1801	Karl Albrecht Frisching
1 Apr 1801 - 30 Apr 1801	Johann Rudolf Dolder
1 May 1801 - 31 May 1801	Karl Friedrich Zimmermann
1 Jun 1801 - 30 Jun 1801	François-Pierre Savary
1 Jul 1801 - 31 Jul 1801	Johann Jakob Schmid
1 Aug 1801 - 31 Aug 1801	Georg Vinzenz Jost Ludwig Rüttimann
1 Sep 1801 - 30 Sep 1801	Paulus Usteri
1 Oct 1801 - 27 Oct 1801	Johann Rudolf Dolder


[1]	The members of the Executive Council were elected by the Legislative Council (Gesetzgebender Rat \| Conseil législatif) on 8 Aug 1800. A preliminary meeting of the Executive Council was held on 8 Aug 1800. The first formal meeting attended by Frisching, Dolder, Zimmermann, and Savary took place on 9 Aug 1800 when the Council passed a resolution proclaiming that it has been constituted and elected Frisching as provisional president.
[2]	Glayre was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the French Republic (7 Oct 1800) and resigned as a member of the Executive Council in a letter dated 11 Oct 1800, Bern, which was submitted to the Legislative Council on 13 Oct 1800, but it refused to accept it. Upon his return from diplomatic mission, Glayre did not participate in the meetings of the Executive Council and sent a reminder (dated 19 Jul 1801) to the Legislative Council, asking for discahrge. The Council did not take his request into consideration and ordered (22 Jul 1801) to proceed with the election of a successor. Johann Konrad Escher was elected on 23 Jul 1801, but declined to serve. Usteri was elected in his place (28 Jul 1801) and took office on 30 Jul 1801.

Last update: 08 May 2025