The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (DDPS) (Italian: Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport; German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport; French: Département fédéral de la Défense, de la protection de la population et des sports) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.
Organisation
The Department is composed of the following departmental sectors:[2]
- Defence / Armed Forces sector: Swiss Armed Forces headquarters and staff, Land Forces, Air Force, Armed Forces Logistics Organisation (AFLO), Armed Forces Command Support Organisation (AFCSO).
- Civil Protection sector: Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP), responsible for the coordination of the civil protection services of the cantons and municipalities. Operates the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) and the Spiez Laboratory, which is responsible for weapons of mass destruction research and protection.
- Sport sector: Federal Office of Sports (FOSPO), responsible for sport policy, the National Youth Sports Centre Tenero and the Youth and Sport organisation.
- armasuisse sector: Responsible for armaments procurement, technology and research. The sector includes the Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo), which compiles and manages geographical reference data and maps.
The following services are also part of the DDPS:
- General Secretariat
- Office of the Military Attorney General: The military prosecutor's office.
- Strategic Intelligence Service (SIS): Switzerland’s foreign intelligence service.
- Directorate for Security Policy (DSP): Responsible for strategy development, defence and procurement policy, arms control and disarmament policy.
Name of department
- 1848: Military Department
- 1979: Federal Military Department
- Since 1998: Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
List of heads of the department
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