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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 Since 2006: Doris Leuthard

[edit] External links

• Federal Department of Economic Affairs official site

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