In Switzerland, the Federal Department of Justice and Police (in French: Département fédéral de justice et police, in German: Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement) is one of the seven departments of the 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 only in German, French, Italian