Federal Department of Justice and Police

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The Federal Department of Justice and Police (French: Département fédéral de justice et police, German: Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss minister of justice.

Until 1979, the department was called "Department of Justice and Police".

[edit] 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 Since 2008: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

[edit] External links

• Official website (German)
• Official website (French)
• Official website (Italian)

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