Federal Department of Justice and Police

Federal Department of Justice and Police
Agency overview
Formed	1848
Jurisdiction	Federal administration of Switzerland
Headquarters	Bern
Employees	2,203[1]
Annual budget	Expenditure: CHF 1.4 billion Revenue: CHF 130.8 million (2009)[1]
Minister responsible	Simonetta Sommaruga, Federal Councillor
Website
ejpd.admin.ch

The Federal Department of Justice and Police (German: Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement (FDJP); French: Département fédéral de justice et police (DFJP); Italian: Dipartimento federale di giustizia e polizia (DFGP)) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council. Until 1979, the department was known as the Department of Justice and Police.

Organisation

The Department is composed of the following offices and institutes:^[2]

• General Secretariat
• Federal Office of Justice (FOI): Responsible for providing legal advice to the administration, preparing general legislation, supervising government registers and collaborating on international judicial assistance.
• Federal Office of Police (fedpol): Responsible for intercantonal and international information, coordination and analysis in internal security matters. It also operates the domestic intelligence service (Service for Analysis and Prevention SAP), and the Federal Criminal Police (FCP), which investigates crimes subject to federal jurisdiction.
• Federal Office for Migration (FOM): Responsible for matters relating to foreign nationals and asylum seekers.
• Federal Office of Metrology (METAS): Provides calibration and accreditation services, supervises the use of measuring instruments and provides training in metrology.
• Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP): Registration authority for patents, trademarks and industrial design.
• Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (SICL): Provides consultancy services on issues of comparative law.

The following independent authorities are affiliated to the FDJP for administrative purposes:

• Federal Gaming Board (FGB): Regulates casinos and enforces Swiss gambling law (except lotteries, which are regulated by the cantons).

List of heads of the department

1848-1849: Henri Druey 1850-1851: Jonas Furrer 1852 only: Henri Druey 1853-1854: Jonas Furrer 1855 only: Jakob Stämpfli 1856-1857: Jonas Furrer 1858 only: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel 1859-1861: Jonas Furrer 1861-1863: Jakob Dubs 1864-1865: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel 1866 only: Jakob Dubs 1867-1873: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel 1874-1875: Paul Cérésole 1876-1880: Fridolin Anderwert 1881 only: Emil Welti 1882 only: Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet 1883 only: Adolf Deucher 1884-1893: Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet 1894-1895: Eugène Ruffy 1895-1897: Eduard Müller 1897-1900: Ernst Brenner 1901 only: Robert Comtesse

1902-1907: Ernst Brenner 1908 only: Josef Anton Schobinger 1908 only: Ludwig Forrer 1909-1911: Ernst Brenner 1911 only: Arthur Hoffmann 1912 only: Eduard Müller 1913 only: Camille Decoppet 1914-1919: Eduard Müller 1920-1934: Heinrich Häberlin 1934-1940: Johannes Baumann 1941-1951: Eduard von Steiger 1952-1958: Markus Feldmann 1959 only: Friedrich Traugott Wahlen 1960-1971: Ludwig von Moos 1972-1982: Kurt Furgler 1983-1984: Rudolf Friedrich 1984-1989: Elisabeth Kopp 1989-1999: Arnold Koller 1999-2003: Ruth Metzler-Arnold 2004-2007: Christoph Blocher 2008-2010: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Since 2010: Simonetta Sommaruga

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Swiss Federal Chancellery. "The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide 2009". http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en. 
2. ^ "Organization Chart FDJP". Federal Department of Justice and Police. http://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/en/home/die_oe/organigramm_ejpd.html. Retrieved May 2008. 

External links

• Federal Department of Justice and Police - Official site