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Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research

Swiss government department

Summary

Swiss government department

Field	Value
agency_name	Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
native_name	Eidgenössisches Departement für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung
Département fédéral de l'économie, de la formation et de la recherche
Dipartimento federale dell'economia, della formazione e della ricerca
Departament federal d'economia, furmaziun e retschertga
logo	Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg
logo_width	300px
image	Bundeshaus 1128 (east wing).jpg
image_size	300px
image_caption	The east wing of the Federal Palace of Switzerland
formed
jurisdiction	Federal administration of Switzerland
headquarters	Federal Palace (east wing), Bern
employees	1,919
budget	Expenditure: CHF 6.1 billion
Revenue: CHF 271.8 million
(2009)
minister1_name	Guy Parmelin
minister1_pfo	Federal Councillor
website	www.wbf.admin.ch

Département fédéral de l'économie, de la formation et de la recherche Dipartimento federale dell'economia, della formazione e della ricerca Departament federal d'economia, furmaziun e retschertga Revenue: CHF 271.8 million (2009) 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:

Federal Office for Civilian Service (CIVI): Responsible for the civilian service
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO): Responsible for national and international economic policy, trade negotiations and labour policy.
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG): Responsible for agricultural policy, for direct payments to Swiss farmers, and for Agroscope, center of excellence for agricultural research.
Federal Office for National Economic Supply (FONES): Manages emergency supplies of essential goods and services.
Federal Office for Housing (FOH): Responsible for housing policy.

As well as the following agencies:

Federal Consumer Affairs Bureau (FCAB)
Price Supervision (PRS): Price ombudsman and responsible for the supervision of regulated prices.
Information Service Center (WBF ISCeco)
Competition Commission (COMCO), the Swiss competition regulator.
Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency
Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET): Provides training for vocational education professionals.
ETH Board, which itself manages the ETH Domain, a group of technical universities and research institutes. These include the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Birmensdorf, the Federal Laboratory for Materials Testing and Research and the Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology in Dübendorf.

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

1848–1872: Department of Trade and Customs
1873–1878: Department of Railway and Trade
1879–1887: Department of Trade and Agriculture
1888–1895: Department of Industry and Agriculture
1896–1914: Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture
1915–1978: Department of Economic Affairs
1979–2012: Federal Department of Economic Affairs
2013–present: Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research

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

References

Swiss Federal Chancellery. "The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide 2009".
link. (16 May 2013 , [http://www.wbf.admin.ch/aktuell/00120/index.html?lang=de&msg-id=47344 press release] {{Webarchive). link. (10 April 2013 28 December 2012.)
"Federal offices and agencies".
OECD, [https://one.oecd.org/document/DAF/COMP/GF/WD(2015)21/En/pdf Serial Offenders: Industries Prone to Endemic Collusion. Contribution from Switzerland], published on 6 October 2015, accessed on 27 June 2024

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