Switzerland: Executive Authority: 1801-1803 Vollziehende Gewalt = Pouvoir exécutif [1] members: Mitglieder der vollziehenden Gewalt = Membres du Pouvoir exécutif 27 Oct 1801 - 22 Nov 1801 Johann Rudolf Dolder 27 Oct 1801 - 22 Nov 1801 François-Pierre Savary 2 Nov 1801 - 22 Nov 1801 David Ludwig Bay 2 Nov 1801 - 22 Nov 1801 Victor de Saussure president: Präsident der vollziehenden Gewalt = Président du Pouvoir exécutif [2] 27 Oct 1801 - 22 Nov 1801 Johann Rudolf Dolder Landammann = Landamman [3] 23 Nov 1801 - 20 Apr 1802 Joseph Fridolin Vinzenz Aloys Reding von Biberegg [4] Statthalter 20 Apr 1802 - 5 Jul 1802 Georg Vinzenz Jost Ludwig Rüttimann (x) Landammann = Landamman 5 Jul 1802 - 8 Mar 1803 Johann Rudolf Dolder (x) [1] Dolder, Savary and Rüttimann were appointed to exercise the executive authority by a resolution of the Gesetzgebender Rat | Conseil législatif on 27 Oct 1801. Dolder and Savary held the first meeting on the same day, constituting Vollziehende Gewalt | Pouvoir exécutif. Rüttimann declined to serve in a message of 28 Oct 1801. Bay and de Saussure were added to Dolder and Savary by a resolution of the Senat of 2 Nov 1802 and assumed their functions on the same day. [2] Dolder was not specifically designated to serve as president but the minutes of the Vollziehende Gewalt | Pouvoir exécutif and legislative acts confirm him acting in this capacity. [3] Contemporary French spelling: both Le Landammann and Le Landamman are found in Bulletin des lois. [4] Reding was elected as the (first) Landammann by the Senate (Senat | Sénat) on 21 Nov 1801 and took office on 23 Nov 1801. Under the provisions of a decree of 23 Jan 1802, he was re-elected on 6 Feb 1802 as the (first) Landammann for the year 1802. During both terms he used "Landammann" as the official style. Last updated on: 07 Jun 2023 07:36:26
