Federal Department of Justice and Police

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".

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
*Since 2004: Christoph Blocher

External links

* Official website
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