Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport explained

Agency Name:	Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Native Name:	Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport Departament federal da defensiun, protecziun da la populaziun e sport
Jurisdiction:	Federal administration of Switzerland
Headquarters:	Federal Palace (east wing), Bern
Employees:	11,595^[1]
Budget:	Expenditure: CHF 6.5 billion Revenue: CHF 1.6 billion (2009)
Minister1 Name:	Viola Amherd
Minister1 Pfo:	Federal Councillor
Website:	www.vbs.admin.ch

The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS, German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport, French: Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports, Italian: Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport, Romansh: {{Audio|Roh-Departament federal da defensiun, protecziun da la populaziun e sport.ogg|Departament federal da defensiun, protecziun da la populaziun e sport) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. It is headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss defence minister.

Organisation

The department is composed of the following administrative units:^[2]

• General Secretariat
• Swiss Armed Forces
  • Land Forces
  • Air Force
  • Armed Forces Logistics Organisation
  • Armed Forces Command Support Organisation
• Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP)
  • Coordination of the civil protection services of the cantons and municipalities
  • National Emergency Operations Centre
  • Spiez Laboratory, responsible for weapons of mass destruction research and protection
• Federal Office of Sport:^[3] responsible for sport policy, the National Youth Sports Centre Tenero and the Youth and Sport organisation.
• Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse): Responsible for armaments procurement, technology and research
• Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo): compiles and manages geographical reference data and maps
• Office of the Armed Forces Attorney General / Military Justice: The military prosecutor's office.
• Federal Intelligence Service (FIS): Switzerland's civil intelligence service.

Name of department

• 1848: Military Department
• 1979: Federal Military Department
• Since 1998: Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport

See also

• Sport in Switzerland

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide 2009. Swiss Federal Chancellery. 4 August 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20130514013106/http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en. 14 May 2013. dead.
2. Web site: Administrative units . 2023-05-11 . Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport . en.
3. http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/vbs/en/home/departement/organisation/sport.html Federal Office of Sport