Federal Department of the Interior

Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA
Headquarters	Bern
Chief	Alain Berset ( SP / FR ), Federal Councilor
Deputy	Ignazio Cassis ( FDP / TI ), Federal Councilor
Employees	2,300
At sight	Federal Council
Subordinate offices	General Secretariat Federal Office for Equality between Women and Men Federal Office for Culture Swiss Federal Archives Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology Federal Office of Public Health Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office Federal Office for statistics Federal Social Insurance Office Swiss Medicines Institute Swiss National Museum
Website	www.edi.admin.ch

The Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA ( French Département fédéral de l'intérieur DFI , Italian Dipartimento federale dell'interno DFI , Romansh Departament federal da l'intern DFI ^{? / I} ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. The department is headed by one of the Federal Councilors .

In contrast to the interior departments in many other countries, which are often responsible for internal security , the agendas of the police are settled with the Federal Department of Justice and Police - comparable to the Department of the Interior in the United States . In contrast, the EDI is u. a. responsible for social , health and family policy as well as culture .

Designations

• 1848: Department of the Interior
• 1979: Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA)

Areas

• General Secretariat
  • Federal Commission against Racism
  • Specialist office for combating racism
  • Federal supervision of foundations
  • Federal Office for Equality for People with Disabilities
• Federal Office for Equality between Women and Men (EBG)
• Federal Office for Culture (BAK)
  • Swiss National Library (NL)
• Swiss Federal Archives (SFA)
• Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss)
• Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
• Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO)
  • Institute for Virology and Immunology (IVI)
• Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
• Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO)

Administratively assigned to EDI:

• Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic)
• Swiss National Museum (SNM)
• Pro Helvetia Foundation
• Supervision Commission for Occupational Pensions (OAK BV)

Head of the Department

year	image	Name (life data)	Political party
1848-1857		Stefano Franscini (1796-1857)	free.
1857-1863		Giovanni Battista Pioda (1808-1882)	free.
1864		Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1865		Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)	free.
1866-1870		Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1871-1872		Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)	free.
1872-1873		Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1874-1875		Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889)	free.
1876-1878		Numa Droz (1844-1899)	free.
1879-1884		Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1885		Adolf Deucher (1831-1912)	free.
1886-1895		Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	FDP
1895-1897		Eugène Luffy (1854-1919)	FDP
1898-1899		Adrien Lachenal (1849–1918)	FDP
1900-1903		Marc Ruchet (1853-1912)	FDP
1904-1905		Ludwig Forrer (1845–1921)	FDP
1906-1910		Marc Ruchet (1853-1912)	FDP
1911		Josef Anton Schobinger (1849–1911)	Catholic Cons.
1912		Marc Ruchet (1853-1912)	FDP
1912		Camille Decoppet (1862-1925)	FDP
1913		Louis Perrier (1849-1913)	FDP
1913-1917		Felix Calonder (1863–1952)	FDP
1918-1919		Gustave Ador (1845-1928)	LPS
1920-1928		Ernest Chuard (1857-1942)	FDP
1929		Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889-1958)	FDP
1930-1934		Albert Meyer (1870–1953)	FDP
1934-1959		Philipp Etter (1891–1977)	KCVP
1960-1973		Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913-2002)	SP
1974-1982		Hans Hürlimann (1918–1994)	CVP
1983-1986		Alphons Egli (1924-2016)	CVP
1987-1993		Flavio Cotti (* 1939)	CVP
1993-2002		Ruth Dreifuss (* 1940)	SP
2003-2009		Pascal Couchepin (* 1942)	FDP The Liberals
2009-2011		Didier Burkhalter (* 1960)	FDP The Liberals
2012–		Alain Berset (* 1972)	SP

Web links

• Website of the Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA