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.

Organisation

The department is composed of the following administrative units:

Name of department

List of heads of the department

• 1848–1854: Ulrich Ochsenbein • 1855–1859: Friedrich Frey-Herosé • 1860–1861: Jakob Stämpfli • 1862 only: Constant Fornerod • 1863 only: Jakob Stämpfli • 1864–1866: Constant Fornerod • 1867–1868: Emil Welti • 1869 only: Victor Ruffy • 1870–1871: Emil Welti • 1872 only: Paul Cérésole • 1873–1875: Emil Welti • 1876–1878: Johann Jakob Scherer • 1879–1888: Wilhelm Hertenstein • 1889–1890: Walter Hauser • 1891–1897: Emil Frey • 1897–1898: Eduard Müller • 1899 only: Eugène Ruffy • 1900–1906: Eduard Müller • 1907 only: Ludwig Forrer • 1908–1911: Eduard Müller • 1912–1913: Arthur Hoffmann • 1914–1919: Camille Decoppet • 1920–1929: Karl Scheurer • 1930–1940: Rudolf Minger • 1940–1954: Karl Kobelt • 1955–1966: Paul Chaudet • 1967–1968: Nello Celio • 1968–1979: Rudolf Gnägi • 1980–1983: Georges-André Chevallaz • 1984–1986: Jean-Pascal Delamuraz • 1987–1989: Arnold Koller • 1989–1995: Kaspar Villiger • 1996–2000: Adolf Ogi • 2001–2008: Samuel Schmid • 2009–2015: Ueli Maurer • 2016–2018: Guy Parmelin • Since 2019: Viola Amherd

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