Willy Spühler

Willy Spühler (31 January 1902, in Zurich – 31 May 1990) was a Swiss politician.

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 17 December 1959, representing the Canton of Zürich, and handed over office on 31 January 1970.

He was the first foreign minister to advocate Switzerland's membership of the United Nations in 1966.

One week after de Gaulle's Vive le Québec libre!, Spühler delivered a speech on pluringual Switzerland during Montreal's Universal Exhibition in 1967 .

After retirement, he presided the Pro Helvetia Foundation and the consultative commission for Switzerland's presence abroad.