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Federal administration

Federal administration

The Federal Administration supports the Federal Council in its tasks. It consists of seven government departments and the Federal Chancellery. While each department is headed by a federal councillor, the Federal Administration as a whole is supervised by the full Federal Council.

Staff office

FCh

Federal Chancellery
  • Walter Thurnherr
    Federal Chancellor

  • Autonomous organisation
  • Office of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner FDPIC

FDFA

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
  • Ignazio Cassis
    Head of Department
  • General Secretariat GS-FDFA

  • State Secretariat StS
  • Directorate of International Law DIL
  • Consular Directorate CD
  • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
  • Directorate for Resources DR

FDHA

Federal Department of Home Affairs
  • Alain Berset
    Head of Department
  • General Secretariat GS-FDHA

  • Federal Office for Gender Equality FOGE
  • Federal Office of Culture FOC
  • Swiss Federal Archives SFA
  • Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
  • Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
  • Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
  • Federal Statistical Office FSO
  • Federal Social Insurance Office FSIO

  • Autonomous organisations
  • Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products Swissmedic
  • Swiss National Museum SNM
  • Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

FDJP

Federal Department of Justice and Police
  • Karin Keller-Sutter
    Head of Department
  • General Secretariat GS-FDJP

  • State Secretariat for Migration SEM
  • Federal Office of Justice FOJ
  • Federal Office of Police fedpol

  • Autonomous organisations
  • Federal Institute of Intellectual Property IIP
  • Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
  • Swiss Institute of Comparative Law SICL
  • Federal Audit Oversight Authority FAOA
  • Federal Gaming Board FGB
  • Federal Commission on Migration FCM
  • Federal Arbitration Commission for the Exploitation of Copyrights and Related Rights
  • National Commission for the Prevention of Torture NCPT

DDPS

Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
  • Viola Amherd
    Head of Department
  • General SecretariatGS-DDPS

  • Office of the Armed Forces Attorney General
  • Federal Intelligence Service FIS
  • Defence sector
  • Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse
  • Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
  • Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP
  • Federal Office of Sport FOSPO

FDF

Federal Department of Finance
  • Ueli Maurer
    Head of Department
  • General Secretariat GS-FDF

  • State Secretariat for International Financial Matters SIF
  • Federal Finance Administration FFA
  • Federal Office of Personnel FOPER
  • Federal Tax Administration FTA
  • Federal Customs Administration FCA
  • Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunications FOITT
  • Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics FOBL

  • Autonomous organisations
  • Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
  • Swiss Federal Audit Office SFAO
  • Federal Pension Fund PUBLICA

EAER

Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
  • Guy Parmelin
    Head of Department
  • General Secretariat GS-EAER

  • State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
  • State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI
  • Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
  • Federal Office for National Economic Supply FONES
  • Federal Office for Housing FOH
  • Federal Office for Civilian Service CIVI

  • Autonomous organisations
  • Office of the Price Supervisor
  • Competition Commission COMCO
  • Board of the Federal Institutes of Technology ETH 
  • Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET
  • Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse

DETEC

Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
  • Simonetta Sommaruga
    Head of Department
  • General secretariat GS-DETEC

  • Federal Office of Transport FOT
  • Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
  • Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
  • Federal Roads Office FEDRO
  • Federal Office of Communications OFCOM
  • Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
  • Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE

  • Autonomous organisations
  • Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI
  • Federal Inspectorate for Heavy Current Installations ESTI 
  • Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board STSB 
  • Federal Electricity Commission ElCom 
  • Federal Communications Commission ComCom 
  • Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television ICA 
  • Federal Postal Services Commission PostCom 
  • Rail Transport Commission RailCom

38 765 (35 109 full-time equivalents) staff work in the Federal Administration. 1155 of those are apprentices, 549 are graduate interns.