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Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications - Definition and Overview
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The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (in Italian Dipartimento federale dell&#39ambiente, dei trasporti, dell&#39energia e delle comunicazioni (DATEC)) is one of the seven departments of Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.

Name of department

  • 1848-1859: Department of Posts and Construction
  • 1860-1872: Department of Posts
  • 1873-1878: Department of Posts and Telegraph
  • 1879-1962: Department of Posts and Railways
  • 1963-1978: Department of Transport, Communications and Energy
  • 1979-1997: Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy
  • Since 1998: Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

List of heads of the department

  • 1908-1911: Ludwig Forrer
  • 1912 only: Robert Comtesse
  • 1912 only: Louis Perrier
  • 1911-1917: Ludwig Forrer
  • 1918-1929: Robert Haab
  • 1930-1940: Marcel Pilet-Golaz
  • 1940-1950: Enrico Celio
  • 1950-1954: Josef Escher
  • 1955-1959: Giuseppe Lepori
  • 1960-1965: Willy Spühler
  • 1966-1968: Rudolf Gnägi
  • 1968-1973: Roger Bonvin
  • 1974-1979: Willy Ritschard
  • 1980-1987: Leon Schlumpf
  • 1988-1995: Adolf Ogi
  • From 1995: Moritz Leuenberger

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