Federal Department of Justice and Police

Federal Justice and Police Department FDJP
Headquarters	Bern , Federal Palace West
Headmistress	Karin Keller-Sutter ( FDP / SG ), Federal Councilor
Deputy	Simonetta Sommaruga ( SP / BE ), Federal Councilor
Employees	2471
At sight	Federal Council
Subordinate offices	General Secretariat Federal Office of Justice Federal Office for Police State Secretariat for Migration Swiss Institute for Comparative Law Federal Institute for Intellectual Property Federal Institute for Metrology Federal Audit Oversight Authority
Website	www.ejpd.admin.ch

The Federal Justice and Police Department FDJP ( French Département fédéral de justice et police DFJP , Italian Dipartimento federale di giustizia e polizia DFGP , Rhaeto-Romanic Department federal da giustia e polizia DFGP ^{? / I} ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. The department is headed by one of the Federal Councilors .

Designations

• 1848: Justice and Police Department
• 1979: Federal Department of Justice and Police

Areas

• General Secretariat (GS-FDJP)
  • Federal Casino Commission (ESBK)
  • Federal Arbitration Commission for the Exploitation of Copyrights and Related Rights (ESchK)
  • Post and telecommunications surveillance service
  • Commission for the Prevention of Torture
• Federal Office of Justice (FOJ)
• Federal Office of Police (fedpol)
• State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

Administratively assigned to the FDJP:

• Swiss Institute for Comparative Law (SIR)
• Federal Institute for Intellectual Property (IPI)
• Federal Audit Oversight Authority (FAOA)
• Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS)
• Cantonal passport offices

Head of the Department

year	image	Name (life data)	Political party
1848-1849		Henri Druey (1799–1855)	free.
1850-1851		Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)	free.
1852		Henri Druey (1799–1855)	free.
1853-1854		Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)	free.
1855		Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879)	free.
1856-1857		Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)	free.
1858		Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889)	free.
1859-1861		Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)	free.
1861-1863		Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)	free.
1864-1865		Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889)	free.
1866		Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)	free.
1867-1873		Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889)	free.
1874-1875		Paul Cérésole (1832–1905)	free.
1876-1880		Fridolin Anderwert (1828–1880)	free.
1881		Emil Welti (1825–1899)	free.
1882		Louis Ruchonnet (1834-1893)	free.
1883		Adolf Deucher (1831-1912)	free.
1884-1893		Louis Ruchonnet (1834-1893)	free.
1894-1895		Eugène Luffy (1854-1919)	FDP
1895-1897		Eduard Müller (1848-1919)	FDP
1897-1900		Ernst Brenner (1856–1911)	FDP
1901		Robert Comtesse (1847-1922)	FDP
1902-1907		Ernst Brenner (1856–1911)	FDP
1908		Ludwig Forrer (1845–1921)	FDP
1908		Josef Anton Schobinger (1849–1911)	Catholic Cons.
1909-1911		Ernst Brenner (1856–1911)	FDP
1911		Arthur Hoffmann (1857-1927)	FDP
1912		Eduard Müller (1848-1919)	FDP
1913		Camille Decoppet (1862-1925)	FDP
1914-1919		Eduard Müller (1848-1919)	FDP
1920-1934		Heinrich Häberlin (1868–1947)	FDP
1934-1940		Johannes Baumann (1874–1953)	FDP
1941-1951		Eduard von Steiger (1881–1962)	BGB
1952-1958		Markus Feldmann (1897–1958)	BGB
1959		Friedrich Traugott Elections (1899–1985)	BGB
1960-1971		Ludwig von Moos (1910–1990)	CVP
1972-1982		Kurt Furgler (1924-2008)	CVP
1983-1984		Rudolf Friedrich (1923-2013)	FDP
1984-1989		Elisabeth Kopp (* 1936)	FDP
1989-1999		Arnold Koller (* 1933)	CVP
1999-2003		Ruth Metzler-Arnold (* 1964)	CVP
2004-2007		Christoph Blocher (* 1940)	SVP
2008-2010		Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (* 1956)	SVP
			BDP
2010-2018		Simonetta Sommaruga (* 1960)	SP
2019–		Karin Keller-Sutter (* 1963)	FDP The Liberals

Web links

• Official website of the Federal Department of Justice and Police FDJP