The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER, ; ; ) is one of the seven departments of the federal government of Switzerland, headed by a Member of the Swiss Federal Council. The department was renamed from Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA) effective on 1 January 2013 based on decisions taken by the Federal Council in 2011.

Organisation

The department is composed of the following federal offices: The following independent agencies are administratively attached to the EAER:

Former offices

The Federal Veterinary office (FVO) was merged in 2014 into the Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs, subordinated to the Federal Department of Home Affairs. The FVO was responsible for animal welfare and health, the safety of food of animal origin and the implementation of the CITES convention.

Names of the department

List of heads of the department

• 1848–1853: Friedrich Frey-Herosé • 1854 only: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff • 1855 only: Josef Munzinger • 1855–1856: Constant Fornerod • 1857 only: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel • 1858 only: Constant Fornerod • 1859–1860: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel • 1861–1866: Friedrich Frey-Herosé • 1867–1873: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff • 1873–1874: Johann Jakob Scherer • 1875–1877: Karl Schenk • 1878 only: Joachim Heer • 1879–1880: Numa Droz • 1881 only: Louis Ruchonnet • 1882–1886: Numa Droz • 1887–1896: Adolf Deucher • 1897 only: Adrien Lachenal • 1898–1902: Adolf Deucher • 1903 only: Ludwig Forrer • 1904–1908: Adolf Deucher • 1909 only: Josef Anton Schobinger • 1910–1912: Adolf Deucher • 1912–1934: Edmund Schulthess • 1934–1940: Hermann Obrecht • 1940–1947: Walther Stampfli • 1948–1954: Rodolphe Rubattel • 1955–1959: Thomas Holenstein • 1960–1961: Friedrich Traugott Wahlen • 1961–1969: Hans Schaffner • 1970–1978: Ernst Brugger • 1978–1982: Fritz Honegger • 1983–1986: Kurt Furgler • 1987–1998: Jean-Pascal Delamuraz • 1998–2002: Pascal Couchepin • 2003–2006: Joseph Deiss • 2006–2010: Doris Leuthard • 2010–2018: Johann Schneider-Ammann • Since 2019: Guy Parmelin

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