François Couchepin (19 January 1935 – 23 February 2023) was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as Chancellor of Switzerland from 1991 to 1999.

In the sixth ballot, he was finally elected Chancellor on 12 June 1991 against surprise candidate Fritz Mühlemann who was presented at the last minute by the Mayor of Zurich, Sigmund Widmer.

After the failure of the first draft revision included the appointment of more state secretaries (9 June 1996) he succeeded a year later to pass a more modest reform to the law.

Couchepin oversaw the extensive computerisation of the federal administration, including the creation of databases and websites.

After retiring in 1999, he wrote a petition to Parliament in relation to new laws on asylum and foreigners that collected a significant number of signatures.