Albert Meyer (March 13, 1870 - October 22, 1953) was a Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (1915 - 1930) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929 - 1938).

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 12, 1929 and handed over office on December 31, 1938. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his time in office he held the Department of Home Affairs from 1930 to 1934 and the Department of Finance from 1934 to 1938 and was President of the Confederation in 1936.

22.10.1953 Zurich, prot., Fällanden and Zurich. Son of Johann Jakob, farmer, president of Municipal and member of the Grand Council. ∞ Elisabeth von Orelli 1900, daughter of Adolf Kaspar, forest district inspector, Zurich. He studied law and economics in Zurich, Berlin and Leipzig (Ph.D. in Zurich in 1895). In 1897 he became editor of the Economic NZZ and in 1915, editor. He served on the Grand Council of Zurich (parliament, 1907 - 1927), the National Council (1915 - 1929) and chaired the Swiss Radical Party (1923 - 1929). He was a member of the Executive Board and trading Swiss National Bank (1927 - 1929). In 1929 he succeeded Robert Haab in the Federal Council: he was elected in the fourth round against the official candidate of radical and socialist Oskar Emil Wettstein Klöti. After leading the Department of the Interior, he resumed in 1934 and was the finance chairman of the Confederation in 1936, its mandate broadly coinciding with the global economic crisis. Defender of the gold standard and a stable exchange rate, he was initially hostile to the devaluation of the franc, but had to accept it in September 1936 after a majority decision of the Federal Council. The attempt at a comprehensive reform of federal funding to replace the interim measures which had succeeded since 1915 failed in June 1938 before the National Council, but the people in November 1938 approved the interim solution developed by the Department of Finance. He resigned December 5, 1938. As a politician aware of his responsibilities, he was well regarded beyond party lines. He lived his last years in retirement marred by a serious illness. He had been also a Lieutenant - Colonel of Infantry.