Exchange rate against the euro during each economy minister's tenure

Every economy minister since 1991, ranked by how exchange rate against the euro changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	Economy minister	In office	Total	Per year
1	Joseph Deiss	1 Jan 2003 – 1 Aug 2006	+6.9% Dec 2002 → Jul 2006	+1.9%/yr
2	Doris Leuthard	1 Aug 2006 – 1 Nov 2010	−14.2% Jul 2006 → Oct 2010	−3.5%/yr
3	Johann Schneider-Ammann	1 Nov 2010 – 1 Jan 2019	−16.1% Oct 2010 → Dec 2018	−2.1%/yr
4	Guy Parmelin	1 Jan 2019 – now	−17.8% Dec 2018 → Oct 2026	−2.5%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. CHF per euro, monthly average · Swiss National Bank, foreign exchange rates, monthly averages (devkum, EUR 1), from January 1999 · Switzerland data · as of Oct 2026.