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Landammann (plural Landammänner), is the German title used by the chief magistrate in certain Cantons of Switzerland and at times featured in the Head of state's style at the confederal level.
Landammann or Ammann was the elected judge and leader of the Landsgemeinde. The term existed in the high medieval period, and was continued in the Old Swiss Confederacy of the 14th to 18th centuries.
While before and after other titles, generally expressing precedence, were used, the title of the Head of State of the Swiss Confederation has been:
If the office is held by a woman, she is addressed as Frau Landammann (Ms. Landammann). The French version is Landamman (plural Landammans), the Italian Landamano (plural Landamani)
Today, Landammann still is the title of the president of the cantonal executive in the following Swiss cantons :
Some Swiss towns in those cantons use the equivalent title Stadtammann for the mayor.
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