The Federal Department of Finance (FDF, german: Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement, links=no, french: Département fédéral des finances, links=no, it, Dipartimento federale delle finanze, links=no, rm, ) is one of the seven

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of the Swiss federal government. The department is headquartered in

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

and headed by a member of the

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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. Initially, in 1848, the department was called "Department of Finance", then, from 1873 "Department of Finance and Customs", until it received its present designation in 1978.

Organisation

The Department is composed of the following offices: * General Secretariat, including the Federal Strategy Unit for IT (FSUIT). * Federal Finance Administration (FFA): Responsible for the budget, financial planning, financial policy, the federal treasury and financial equalisation between the Confederation and the cantons. Operates the federal mint. * Federal Office of Personnel (FOPER): Responsible for human resources management, personnel policy and personnel training. * Federal Tax Administration (FTA): Responsible for federal revenue collection and the application of federal tax laws in the cantons. * Federal Customs Administration (FCA): Responsible for monitoring the import, export and transit of goods, collecting customs duties, traffic charges and taxes. **

Swiss Border Guard The Swiss Border Guard (french: Corps des gardes-frontière, german: Grenzwachtkorps, it, Corpo delle guardie di confine, rm, Corp da guardias da cunfin) was a federal law enforcement agency, which acted as both the border guard and customs ...

, which carries out

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duties. * Swiss Alcohol Board (SAB): Regulates the alcohol market. * Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (FOITT): Provides IT services for the federal administration. * Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics (FBL): Responsible for property management, central procurement of non-durable goods, federal publications and the production of the

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. * State Secretariat for International Financial Matters The following independent authorities are affiliated to the FDF for administrative purposes: *

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(SFAO): The federal government

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office. Examines accounting practices and verifies the proper and efficient use of resources by the administration, other public service institutions and subsidy recipients. *

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is the Swiss government body responsible for financial regulation. This includes the supervision of banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges and securities dealers, as well as other ...

(FINMA): Regulates banks, insurances, securities dealers, investment funds and stock exchanges, as well as the disclosure of shareholding interests, public takeover bids and mortgage lenders. *

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(PUBLICA): Provides insurance coverage to employees of the federal administration, the other branches of the federal government and associated organisations.Federal Act on the Federal Pension Fund
of 20 December 2006 (status as of 1 January 2012),

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(page visited on 5 September 2016). Bernerhof Nordseite Bern.jpg, The main entrance Bernerhof Large Salon.jpg, A meeting room.

List of heads of the department

* 1848–1850:

Josef Munzinger Martin Josef Munzinger (11 November 1791 – 6 February 1855) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl f ...

* 1851 only: Henri Druey * 1852 only:

* 1853–1855: Henri Druey * 1855–1856:

Josef Martin Knüsel Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel (16 November 1813 – 14 January 1889) was a Swiss jurist and politician from the Liberal Radical Party (FDP) and member of the Federal Council of Switzerland over which he presided in 1861 and 1866. Before he was ...

* 1857–1858: Jakob Stämpfli * 1859–1861:

Constant Fornerod Constant Fornerod (30 May 1819 – 27 November 1899) was a Swiss politician, originally from Avenches, and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1855-1867). He was elected to the Federal Council on 11 July 1855 as a representative for Vaud Vau ...

* 1862–1863:

* 1864–1867:

Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel (11 May 1811, Geneva – 6 August 1893) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1864–1872). Challet was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 12 July 1864 as the first member from ...

* 1868 only:

Victor Ruffy Victor Ruffy (18 January 1823, in Lutry – 29 December 1869) was a Swiss politician elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 6 December 1867 He died in office on 29 December 1869, and was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Swit ...

* 1869 only:

* 1870–1871: Paul Cérésole * 1872 only:

Karl Schenk Johann Karl Emmanuel Schenk (1 December 1823 – 18 July 1895) was a Swiss pastor, politician, and member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1863 until his death in 1895. Serving for , he was the longest-serving member in the Federal Council. ...

* 1872–1873: Johann Jakob Scherer * 1873–1875:

Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (19 February 1802 – 21 January 1881) was a Swiss politician and one of the seven initial members of the Swiss Federal Council (1848–1875). Naeff was born in Altstätten into a long-established Rhine-Valley's family. A ...

* 1876–1878: Bernhard Hammer * 1879 only: Simeon Bavier * 1880–1890: Bernhard Hammer * 1891–1899: Walter Hauser * 1900 only:

Robert Comtesse Robert Comtesse (14 August 1847, in Valangin – 17 November 1922) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1899-1912). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 14 December 1899 and resigned on 4 March 191 ...

* 1901–1902: Walter Hauser * 1903 only:

* 1904 only: Marc-Émile Ruchet * 1905–1909:

* 1910 only: Josef Anton Schobinger * 1911 only:

* 1912–1919:

Giuseppe Motta Giuseppe Motta (29 December 1871 – 23 January 1940) was a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1911–1940) and President of the League of Nations (1924–1925). He was a Catholic-conservative foreign minister and a ...

* 1920–1934:

Jean-Marie Musy Jean-Marie Musy (10 April 1876 – 19 April 1952) was a Swiss politician. Affiliated with the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, he was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 11 December 1919 served until 30 April 193 ...

* 1934–1938: Albert Meyer * 1939–1943: Ernst Wetter * 1944–1951:

Ernst Nobs Ernst Nobs (14 July 1886, in Seedorf, Bern – 15 March 1957) was a Swiss politician. He was the mayor of Zürich from 1942 to 1944. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 15 December 1943, as the first member of the Social Democratic P ...

* 1952–1954:

Max Weber Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (; ; 21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist and political economist, who is regarded as among the most important theorists of the development of modern Western society. His ideas p ...

* 1954–1959:

Hans Streuli Hans Streuli (13 July 1892 – 23 May 1970) was a Swiss politician. Streuli was elected to the Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl federal) is the ex ...

* 1960–1962:

Jean Bourgknecht Jean Bourgknecht (16 September 1902 – 23 December 1964) was a Swiss politician, mayor of Fribourg (1950–1959) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1959–1962). Jean Bourgknecht was born to Louis and Eugénie-Louise Bourgknecht in Fri ...

* 1962–1968:

Roger Bonvin Roger Bonvin (12 September 1907, in Icogne, Valais – 5 June 1982) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1962–1973). Bonvin was mayor of Sion from 1955 to 1962. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerlan ...

* 1968–1973:

Nello Celio Nello Celio (12 February 1914 – 29 December 1995) was a Swiss politician from the Canton of Ticino. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party. He was a member of the Federal Council from 1966 to 1973 and served as the President of the ...

* 1974–1979: Georges-André Chevallaz * 1980–1983:

Willy Ritschard Willi Ritschard (sometimes Willy Ritschard; 28 September 1918 – 16 October 1983) was a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP). He is remembered as the first and to date only working class member of the Federal Council, the Swis ...

* 1984–1995:

Otto Stich Otto Stich (10 January 1927 – 13 September 2012) was a Swiss politician. Born in Basel, he was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 7 December 1983 and handed over office on 31 October 1995. He was affiliated to the Social Democra ...

* 1996–2003: Kaspar Villiger * 2004–2010: Hans-Rudolf Merz * 2010–2016:

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (born 16 March 1956) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) until 2008, she has since then been a member of the ...

* 2016–present:

Ueli Maurer Ulrich "Ueli" Maurer (; born 1 December 1950) is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2009. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2013 and 2019 ...

References

External links

Official website
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Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

Switzerland, Finance Finance in Switzerland

Organisation

List of heads of the department

See also

References

External links