Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS, German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport, French: Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports, Italian: Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport, Romansh:
(in German) Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport (in French) Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports (in Italian) Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport (in Romansh) Departament federal da defensiun, protecziun da la populaziun e sport | |
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Formed | 1848 |
Jurisdiction | Federal administration of Switzerland |
Headquarters | Federal Palace (east wing), Bern |
Employees | 11,595[1] |
Annual budget | Expenditure: CHF 6.5 billion Revenue: CHF 1.6 billion (2009)[1] |
Minister responsible |
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Website | www.vbs.admin.ch |
Organisation
The Department is composed of the following departmental sectors:[2]
- General Secretariat
- Swiss Armed Forces
- Land Forces
- Air Force
- Armed Forces Logistics Organisation
- Armed Forces Command Support Organisation
- Federal Office for Civil Protection
- Coordination of the civil protection services of the cantons and municipalities
- National Emergency Operations Centre
- Spiez Laboratory, responsible for weapons of mass destruction research and protection
- Federal Office of Sport[3]
- Responsible for sport policy, the National Youth Sports Centre Tenero and the Youth and Sport organisation.
- Federal Office for Defence Procurement
- Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo)
- Office of the Military Attorney General: The military prosecutor's office.
- Federal Intelligence Service (FIS): Switzerland’s civil intelligence service.
Name of department
- 1848: Military Department
- 1979: Federal Military Department
- Since 1998: Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
List of heads of the department
- 1848–1854: Ulrich Ochsenbein
- 1855–1859: Friedrich Frey-Herosé
- 1860–1861: Jakob Stämpfli
- 1862 only: Constant Fornerod
- 1863 only: Jakob Stämpfli
- 1864–1866: Constant Fornerod
- 1867–1868: Emil Welti
- 1869 only: Victor Ruffy
- 1870–1871: Emil Welti
- 1872 only: Paul Cérésole
- 1873–1875: Emil Welti
- 1876–1878: Johann Jakob Scherer
- 1879–1888: Wilhelm Hertenstein
- 1889–1890: Walter Hauser
- 1891–1897: Emil Frey
- 1897–1898: Eduard Müller
- 1899 only: Eugène Ruffy
- 1900–1906: Eduard Müller
- 1907 only: Ludwig Forrer
- 1908–1911: Eduard Müller
- 1912–1913: Arthur Hoffmann
- 1914–1919: Camille Decoppet
- 1920–1929: Karl Scheurer
- 1930–1940: Rudolf Minger
- 1940–1954: Karl Kobelt
- 1955–1966: Paul Chaudet
- 1967–1968: Nello Celio
- 1968–1979: Rudolf Gnägi
- 1980–1983: Georges-André Chevallaz
- 1984–1986: Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
- 1987–1989: Arnold Koller
- 1989–1995: Kaspar Villiger
- 1996–2000: Adolf Ogi
- 2001–2008: Samuel Schmid
- 2009–2015: Ueli Maurer
- 2016–2018: Guy Parmelin
- Since 2019: Viola Amherd
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See also
Notes and references
- Swiss Federal Chancellery. "The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide 2009". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- "Organisation". Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved May 2008. Check date values in:
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(help) - Federal Office of Sport Archived 13 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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