Anciens chefs et cheffe du département

Année	Nom	Parti
2009 - 2011	Burkhalter Didier	PLR
2003 - 2009	Couchepin, Pascal	PLR
1993 - 2002	Dreifuss, Ruth	PS
1987 - 1993	Cotti, Flavio	PDC
1983 - 1986	Egli, Alphons	PDC
1974 - 1982	Hürlimann, Hans	PDC
1960 - 1973	Tschudi, Hans-Peter	PS
1934 - 1959	Etter, Philipp	PDC
1930 - 1934	Meyer, Albert	PLR
1929	Pilet-Golaz, Marcel	PLR
1920 - 1928	Chuard, Ernest	PLR
1918 - 1919	Ador, Gustave	PLS
1914 - 1917	Calonder, Felix-Louis	PLR
1913	Perrier, Louis	PLR
1912	Decoppet, Camille	PLR
1911	Schobinger, Josef Anton	PDC
1906 - 1910	Ruchet, Marc-Emile	PLR
1904 - 1905	Forrer, Ludwig	PLR
1900 - 1903	Ruchet, Marc-Emile	PLR
1898 - 1899	Lachenal, Adrien	PLR
1895 - 1897	Ruffy, Eugène	PLR
1886 - 1894	Schenk, Karl	PLR
1885	Deucher, Adolf	PLR
1879 - 1884	Schenk, Karl	PLR
1876 - 1878	Droz, Numa	PLR
1874 - 1875	Knüsel, Melchior Josef Martin	PLR
1873	Schenk, Karl	PLR
1871 - 1872	Dubs, Jakob	PLR
1866 -1870	Schenk, Karl	PLR
1865	Dubs, Jakob	PLR
1864	Schenk, Karl	PLR
1858 - 1863	Pioda, Giovanni Battista	PLR
1848 - 1857	Franscini, Stefano	PLR