Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

Headquarters	Bern , Federal Palace West
Chief	Ignazio Cassis ( FDP / TI ), Federal Councilor
Deputy	Ueli Maurer ( SVP / ZH ), Federal Councilor
Employees	5800
At sight	Federal Council
Subordinate offices	General Secretariat State Secretariat Political Directorate Directorate for European Affairs Consular Directorate Directorate for International Law Directorate for Development and Cooperation Resource Directorate
Website	www.eda.admin.ch

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA ( French Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAE , Italian Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri DFAE , Rhaeto-Romanic Departament federal d'affars exteriurs DFAE ^?^/^I ), so named since 1979, is one of the seven departments of the Swiss state government , the Federal Council . It corresponds to the foreign ministries in other countries. Ignazio Cassis has been the head of the FDFA since November 1, 2017 .

history

Seal of the Federal Department of Affaires Etrangeres

Originally, the respective Federal President took over the management of the "Political Department" (PD) for one year at a time. In 1888 the department was redesigned by Numa Droz , who headed the department for five years. Between 1896 and 1914 the Federal Council then reverted to the original system.

Designations

1848: Political Department
1888: Department of Foreign Affairs
1896: Political Department
1979: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

tasks

The task of the FDFA is to safeguard Switzerland's interests at home and abroad. The means to achieve this is Swiss foreign policy , the objectives of which are set out in Article 54, Paragraph 2 of the Federal Constitution (BV) as follows:

“The Confederation is committed to maintaining Switzerland's independence and its welfare; it contributes in particular to the alleviation of misery and poverty in the world, to the respect of human rights and to the promotion of democracy, to a peaceful coexistence of peoples and to the preservation of the natural foundations of life. "

Areas

General Secretariat
- Presence Switzerland
State Secretariat
- Presidential Affairs and Minutes
- Crisis management center
Political Directorate
- Europe, Central Asia, Council of Europe, OSCE
- Middle East and North Africa Department
- Sub-Saharan Africa and Francophonie Department
- Asia and Pacific Department
- Department of America
- United Nations and International Organizations Division
- Human Security Department
- Sectoral Foreign Policy Department
- Security Policy Department
Directorate for European Affairs (DEA)
Resource Directorate (DR)
Consular Directorate (KD)
Directorate for International Law (DV)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Head of the Department

year	Name (life data)	Political party
1848-1849	Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)	free.
1850	Henri Druey (1799–1855)	free.
1851	Josef Munzinger (1791–1855)	free.
1852	Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)	free.
1853	Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802-1881)	free.
1854	Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801–1873)	free.
1855	Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)	free.
1856	Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879)	free.
1857	Constant Fornerod (1819-1899)	free.
1858	Jonas Furrer (1805–1861)	free.
1859	Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879)	free.
1860	Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801–1873)	free.
1861	Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889)	free.
1862	Jakob Stämpfli (1820–1879)	free.
1863	Constant Fornerod (1819-1899)	free.
1864	Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)	free.
1865	Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1866	Josef Martin Knüsel (1813–1889)	free.
1867	Constant Fornerod (1819-1899)	free.
1868	Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)	free.
1869	Emil Welti (1825–1899)	free.
1870	Jakob Dubs (1822–1879)	free.
1871	Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1872	Emil Welti (1825–1899)	free.
1873	Paul Cérésole (1832–1905)	free.
1874	Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1875	Johann Jakob Scherer (1825-1878)	free.
1876	Emil Welti (1825–1899)	free.
1877	Joachim Heer (1825–1879)	free.
1878	Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1879	Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907)	free.
1880	Emil Welti (1825–1899)	free.
1881	Numa Droz (1844-1899)	free.
1882	Simeon Bavier (1825-1896)	free.
1883	Louis Ruchonnet (1834-1893)	free.
1884	Emil Welti (1825–1899)	free.
1885	Karl Schenk (1823–1895)	free.
1886	Adolf Deucher (1831-1912)	free.
1887-1892	Numa Droz (1844-1899)	free.
1893-1896	Adrien Lachenal (1849–1918)	FDP
1897	Adolf Deucher (1831-1912)	FDP
1898	Eugène Luffy (1854-1919)	FDP
1899	Eduard Müller (1848-1919)	FDP
1900	Walter Hauser (1837–1902)	FDP
1901	Ernst Brenner (1856–1911)	FDP
1902	Joseph Zemp (1834-1908)	Catholic Cons.
1903	Adolf Deucher (1831-1912)	FDP
1904	Robert Comtesse (1847-1922)	FDP
1905	Marc Ruchet (1853-1912)	FDP
1906	Ludwig Forrer (1845–1921)	FDP
1907	Eduard Müller (1848-1919)	FDP
1908	Ernst Brenner (1856–1911)	FDP
1909	Adolf Deucher (1831-1912)	FDP
1910	Robert Comtesse (1847-1922)	FDP
1911	Marc Ruchet (1853-1912)	FDP
1912	Ludwig Forrer (1845–1921)	FDP
1913	Eduard Müller (1848-1919)	FDP
1914-1917	Arthur Hoffmann (1857-1927)	FDP
1917	Gustave Ador (1845-1928)	LP
1918-1919	Felix Calonder (1863–1952)	FDP
1920-1940	Giuseppe Motta (1871-1940)	SKVP
1940-1944	Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889-1958)	FDP
1945–1961	Max Petitpierre (1899-1994)	FDP
1961-1965	Friedrich Traugott Elections (1899–1985)	BGB
1966-1970	Willy Spühler (1902–1990)	SP
1970-1988	Pierre Graber (1908-2003)	SP
1978-1987	Pierre Aubert (1927-2016)	SP
1988-1993	René Felber (* 1933)	SP
1993-1999	Flavio Cotti (* 1939)	CVP
1999-2002	Joseph Deiss (* 1946)	CVP
2003-2011	Micheline Calmy-Rey (* 1945)	SP
2012-2017	Didier Burkhalter (* 1960)	FDP The Liberals
2017–	Ignazio Cassis (* 1961)	FDP The Liberals

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