Federal Department of Finance
| Federal Department of Finance FDF | |
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| Headquarters | Bern |
| Chief |
 Ueli Maurer ( SVP / ZH ), Federal Councilor |
| Deputy |
 Alain Berset ( SP / FR ), Federal Councilor |
| Employees | 8300 |
| At sight | Federal Council |
| Subordinate offices |
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| Website | www.efd.admin.ch |
The Federal Department of Finance FDF ( French: Département fédéral des finances DFF , Italian: Dipartimento federale delle finanze DFF , Rhaeto-Romanic: ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss state government; it corresponds to the finance ministries in other countries. The department is headed by one of the Federal Councilors .
Designations
- 1848: Finance Department
- 1873: Finance and Customs Department
- 1979: Federal Department of Finance (FDF)
Areas
The EVS consists of the following central administrative units:
- Internal supervision (EVS)
- General Secretariat (GS)
- Federal IT Steering Body (ISB)
- State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF)
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Federal Finance Administration (FFA)
- Central Compensation Office (ZAS)
- Official mint of the Swiss Confederation (Swissmint)
- Federal Personnel Office (EPA)
- Federal Tax Administration (FTA)
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Federal Customs Administration (FCA)
- Border Guard Corps (GWK)
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Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics (BBL)
- Federal Procurement Commission
- Federal Office for Information Technology and Telecommunications (FOITT)
Administratively, the following are assigned to the EFD:
- Federal Alcohol Administration (SAB)
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
- Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO)
- Federal Pension Fund (PUBLICA)
Head of the Department
| year | image | Name (life data) |
Political party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1848-1850 |
|
Josef Munzinger (1791–1855) |
free. |
| 1851 |
|
Henri Druey (1799–1855) |
free. |
| 1852 |
|
Josef Munzinger (1791–1855) |
free. |
| 1853-1855 |
|
Henri Druey (1799–1855) |
free. |
| 1855-1856 |
|
Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889) |
free. |
| 1857-1858 |
|
Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879) |
free. |
| 1859-1861 |
|
Constant Fornerod (1819-1899) |
free. |
| 1862-1863 |
|
Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889) |
free. |
| 1864-1867 |
|
Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel (1811-1893) |
free. |
| 1868 |
|
Victor Luffy (1823-1869) |
free. |
| 1869 |
|
Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel (1811-1893) |
free. |
| 1870-1871 |
|
Paul Cérésole (1832–1905) |
free. |
| 1872 |
|
Karl Schenk (1823–1895) |
free. |
| 1872-1873 |
|
Johann Jakob Scherer (1825-1878) |
free. |
| 1873-1875 |
|
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802-1881) |
free. |
| 1876-1878 |
|
Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907) |
free. |
| 1879 |
|
Simeon Bavier (1825-1896) |
free. |
| 1880-1890 |
|
Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907) |
free. |
| 1891-1899 |
|
Walter Hauser (1837–1902) |
FDP |
| 1900 |
|
Robert Comtesse (1847-1922) |
FDP |
| 1901-1902 |
|
Walter Hauser (1837–1902) |
FDP |
| 1903 |
|
Robert Comtesse (1847-1922) |
FDP |
| 1904 |
|
Marc Ruchet (1853-1912) |
FDP |
| 1905-1909 |
|
Robert Comtesse (1847-1922) |
FDP |
| 1910 |
|
Josef Anton Schobinger (1849–1911) |
Catholic Cons. |
| 1911 |
|
Robert Comtesse (1847-1922) |
FDP |
| 1912-1919 |
|
Giuseppe Motta (1871-1940) |
SKVP |
| 1920-1934 |
|
Jean-Marie Musy (1876–1952) |
SKVP |
| 1934-1938 |
|
Albert Meyer (1870–1953) |
FDP |
| 1939-1943 |
|
Ernst Wetter (1877–1963) |
FDP |
| 1944-1951 |
|
Ernst Nobs (1886–1957) |
SP |
| 1952-1954 |
|
Max Weber (1897–1974) |
SP |
| 1954-1959 |
|
Hans Streuli (1892-1970) |
FDP |
| 1960–1962 |
|
Jean Bourgknecht (1902–1964) |
KCVP |
| 1962-1968 |
|
Roger Bonvin (1907-1982) |
KCVP |
| 1968-1973 |
|
Nello Celio (1914–1995) |
FDP |
| 1974-1979 |
|
Georges-André Chevallaz (1915-2002) |
FDP |
| 1980-1983 |
|
Willi Ritschard (1918–1983) |
SP |
| 1984-1995 |
|
Otto Stich (1927–2012) |
SP |
| 1995-2003 |
|
Kaspar Villiger (* 1941) |
FDP |
| 2004-2010 |
|
Hans-Rudolf Merz (* 1942) |
FDP The Liberals |
| 2010-2015 |
|
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (* 1956) |
BDP |
| 2016– |
|
Ueli Maurer (* 1950) |
SVP |
See also
Web links
Departments : Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) | Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) | Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) | Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) | Federal Department of Finance (FDF) | Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) | Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication (DETEC)