Federal department of the Economy (Swiss)

In Swiss, the federal department of the Economy (DFE) is one of the seven departments Federal council. The head of the department, Doris Leuthard succeeds the 2006 Joseph Deiss.

General secretary (SG-DFE) is an organization of logistics and management ensuring the connection between the federal adviser and the various offices managed by the department.

In German, the name of the department is Eidgenössisches Volkswirtschaftsdepartement . In Italian, Dipartimento federal dell' Economia .

Change of denomination

1848 Department commercial and tolls
1873 Department of the railroads and the trade
1879 Department commercial and agriculture
1888 Department of industry and agriculture
1896 Department commercial, industry and agriculture
1915 Department of the public economy
1979 federal Department of the public economy
1998 federal Department of the economy

Role

The department manages the economic affairs of Switzerland. Under his authority, one finds the following offices:

Office of consumption
Civil service
Secretariat of State to the economy (seco)
federal Office of professional training and technology (OFFT)
federal Office of agriculture (OFAG)
federal veterinary Office (OVF)
federal Office for the economic provisioning of the country (AEP)
federal Office of housing (OFL)
Monitoring of the prices (managed by “Mr Prix”)
Commission of competition (ComCo)
Commission of recourse DFE (committee of arbitration for the right and the economic affairs)
Office of integration Switzerland-Europe

As opposed to what one could think, the “Civil service” is not attached to the Department of Defense.

Lists of the federal advisers to the head of the department

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