Federal departments
Switzerland uses the word "Department" for its ministies. While many countries have 20 to 30 ministries and departments, Switzerland has just 7 federal departments, each headed by a federal councillor.
Attached to the departments are the federal offices and other adminstrative units.
The Swiss federal departments
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
- Federal Department of Justice and Police
- Federal Department of the Interior
- Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
- Federal Department of Finance
- Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
- Federal Department of Economic Affairs
Link to other website
- The organisational units of the Federal Administration Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation