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, it, Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport, rm, ) is one of the seven
departments of the
Swiss
Swiss may refer to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internation ...
federal
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
. It is headed by a member of the
Swiss Federal Council
The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl federal) is the executive body of the federal government of the Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective head of state and governme ...
, the Swiss
defence minister
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.
Organisation
The department is composed of the following departmental sectors:
* General Secretariat
*
Swiss Armed Forces
The Swiss Armed Forces (german: Schweizer Armee, french: Armée suisse, it, Esercito svizzero, rm, Armada svizra; ) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, re ...
** Land Forces
**
Air Force
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** Armed Forces Logistics Organisation
** Armed Forces Command Support Organisation
*
Federal Office for Civil Protection
Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to:
Politics
General
*Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies
*Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...
** Coordination of the
civil protection
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services of the cantons and municipalities
**
National Emergency Operations Centre
The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) (German: ''Nationale Alarmzentrale'', French: ''Centrale nationale d'alarme'', Italian: ''Centrale nazionale d'allarme'') is a government organisation of the Swiss Confederation based in Zürich. ...
**
Spiez Laboratory, responsible for
weapons of mass destruction
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research and protection
*
Federal Office of Sport
The Federal Office of Sport (FOSPO) is the Swiss federal government's centre for expertise in sports and a part of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. Its mission is to promote sports and exercise in all age gro ...
Federal Office of Sport
** Responsible for sport policy, the National Youth Sports Centre
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
Tenero
Tenero-Contra is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Locarno (district), Locarno in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Geography
Tenero-Contra has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.4% i ...
and the Youth and Sport organisation.
* Federal Office for Defence Procurement
* Federal Office of Topography
Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (in German: ''Bundesamt für Landestopografie''; French: ''Office fédéral de topographie''; Italian: ''Ufficio federale di topografia''; Romansh: ''Uffizi federal da ...
(Swisstopo)
* Office of the Military Attorney General
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: The military prosecutor's office.
* Federal Intelligence Service
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(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
List of heads of the department
See also
* Sport in Switzerland
Notes and references
External links
Official website
{{Portal bar, Politics, War, Sports, Switzerland
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Military of Switzerland
Defence ministries
Sport in Switzerland
1848 establishments in Switzerland