Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport

The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS, , , , ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. It is headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss defence minister. In 1998, its name was changed from Federal Military Department to its current day iteration.

Organisation

The department is composed of the following administrative units:

General Secretariat
Swiss Armed Forces
Land Forces
Air Force
Armed Forces Logistics Organisation
Armed Forces Command Support Organisation
Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP)
Coordination of the civil protection services of the cantons and municipalities
National Emergency Operations Centre
Spiez Laboratory, responsible for weapons of mass destruction research and protection
Federal Office of Sport: responsible for sport policy, the National Youth Sports Centre Tenero and the Youth and Sport organisation.
Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse): Responsible for armaments procurement, technology and research
Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo): compiles and manages geographical reference data and maps
Office of the Armed Forces Attorney General / Military Justice: The military prosecutor's office.
Federal Intelligence Service (FIS): Switzerland's civil intelligence service.

Name of department

1848: Military Department
1979 - 1998: Federal Military Department
Since 1998: Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport

List of heads of the department

Full-time positions since 2001

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Notes and references

External links

Official website