Federal Department of Economic Affairs
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The Federal Department of Economic Affairs (in French Département fédéral de l'économie, German Eidgenössisches Volkswirtschaftsdepartement) is one of the seven departments of the federal government of Switzerland, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.
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
- Since 1979: Federal Department of Economic Affairs
List of heads of the department
- 1848-1853: Friedrich Frey-Herosé
- 1854 only: Wilhelm Matthias Näff
- 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 Näff
- 1873-1874: Johann Jakob Scherer
- 1875-1877: Karl Schenk
- 1878 only: Joachim Heer
- 1879-1880: Numa Droz
- 1881 only: Antoine Louis John 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: Walter 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
- Since 2003: Joseph Deiss
External links
- Federal Department of Economic Affairs (http://www.evd.admin.ch) official site