The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC,, , , ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.

Organisation

The department is composed of the following offices: The following independent authorities are affiliated to the DETEC for administrative purposes:

Name of department

List of heads of the department

• 1848–1852: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff • 1853–1854: Josef Munzinger • 1855–1866: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff • 1867 only: Jakob Dubs • 1868 only: Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel • 1869 only: Jakob Dubs • 1870–1872: Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel • 1873–1875: Eugène Borel • 1876 only: Joachim Heer • 1877–1879: Emil Welti • 1880–1881: Simeon Bavier • 1882–1883: Emil Welti • 1884 only: Adolf Deucher • 1885–1891: Emil Welti • 1892–1901: Josef Zemp • 1902 only: Robert Comtesse • 1903–1907: Josef Zemp • 1908–1911: Ludwig Forrer • 1912 only: Robert Comtesse • 1912 only: Louis Perrier • 1911–1917: Ludwig Forrer • 1918–1929: Robert Haab • 1930–1940: Marcel Pilet-Golaz • 1940–1950: Enrico Celio • 1950–1954: Josef Escher • 1955–1959: Giuseppe Lepori • 1960–1965: Willy Spühler • 1966–1968: Rudolf Gnägi • 1968–1973: Roger Bonvin • 1974–1979: Willy Ritschard • 1980–1987: Leon Schlumpf • 1988–1995: Adolf Ogi • 1995–2010: Moritz Leuenberger • 2010–2018: Doris Leuthard • 2019–2022: Simonetta Sommaruga • Since 2023: Albert Rösti

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