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The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (Italian: Dipartimento federale dell'ambiente, dei trasporti, dell'energia e delle comunicazioni (ATEC), German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation (UVEK), French: Département fédéral de l'Environnement, des Transports, de l'Energie et de la Communication (ETEC)) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.
[edit] Name of department
- 1848-1859: Department of Posts and Construction
- 1860-1872: Department of Posts
- 1873-1878: Department of Posts and Telegraph
- 1879-1962: Department of Posts and Railways
- 1963-1978: Department of Transport, Communications and Energy
- 1979-1997: Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy
- Since 1998: Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
[edit] List of heads of the department
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