Federal department of Defense, the Protection of the population and the Sports (Switzerland)
In Swiss, the federal department of Defense, Protection of the population and Sports (DDPS) is one of the seven departments Federal council. Samuel Schmid is with the head of the department since January 1st 2001.
In 1998, the sport and the protection of the population were associated with the department.
General secretary (SG-DDPS) is an organization of logistics and management which establishes the link between the federal adviser and the various offices managed by the department.
In German, the name of the department is Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport . In Italian, Dipartimento federal della Difesa, della Protezione della Popolazione E dello Sport .
Change of denomination
- 1848 military Department
- 1979 federal military Department
- 1998 federal Department of defense, the protection of the population and the sports
Role
The role of the department is to ensure the defense of Switzerland thanks to the armed which is under its authority, to make so that the population is protected (federal Office of the protection of the population) and to promote the sport via the federal Office of the sport.The department manages several offices and entities:
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Armed Swiss
- federal Office with the protection of the population (OFPP)
- Direction of the strategic security policy
- Intelligence service
- Office of the listener as a chief (management of military justice)
- federal Office of the sport (OFSPO)
- Armasuisse (armament, vehicles, real estate of defense, Swisstopo, research and development)
Lists of the federal advisers to the head of the department