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".
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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
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External links
- Template:De icon Official website
- Template:Fr icon Official website
- Template:It icon Official website
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