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{{Short description|Swiss government department}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Federal Department of Justice and Police
| native_name     = {{in lang|de}} Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement<br/>{{in lang|fr}} Département fédéral de justice et police<br/>{{in lang|it}} Dipartimento federale di giustizia e polizia<br/>{{in lang|rm}} Departament federal da giustia e polizia
| logo            = Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg
| logo_width      = 300px
| logo_caption    =
| image           = Bundeshaus 1128 (west wing).jpg
| image_size      = 300px
| image_caption   = The west wing of the [[Federal Palace of Switzerland]]
| seal            =
| seal_width      =
| seal_caption    =
| formed          = {{Start date and age|1848}}
| jurisdiction    = [[Federal administration of Switzerland]]
| headquarters    = [[Federal Palace of Switzerland|Federal Palace]] (west wing), [[Bern]]
| employees       = 2,203<ref name=guide2009>{{Cite web|title=The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide 2009|author=Swiss Federal Chancellery|url=http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en|access-date=4 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514013106/http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en|archive-date=14 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| budget          = Expenditure: [[Swiss franc|CHF]] 1.4 billion<br/>Revenue: CHF 130.8 million<br/>(2009)<ref name=guide2009/>
| minister1_name  = [[Beat Jans]]
| minister1_pfo   = [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Councillor]]
| parent_agency   =
| child1_agency   = [[State Secretariat for Migration]]
| child2_agency   = [[Federal Office of Justice]]
| child3_agency   = [[Federal Office of Police]]
| child4_agency   = [[Federal Institute of Metrology]]
| child5_agency   = [[Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property]]
| child6_agency   = [[Swiss Institute of Comparative Law]]
| child7_agency   = [[Federal Gaming Board]]
| child8_agency   = [[National Commission for the Prevention of Torture]]
| child9_agency   = [[Federal Commission on Migration]]
| child10_agency  = [[Federal Commission for the Administration of Copyright and Related Rights]]
| child11_agency  = [[Federal Audit Oversight Authority]]
| child13_agency  = [[Federal Commission for the Assessment of the Possibilities for the Treatment of Persons Interned for Life]]
| website         = [http://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/en/home.html www.ejpd.admin.ch]
| footnotes       =
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The '''Federal Department of Justice and Police''' ({{langx|de|Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement}}, {{langx|fr|Département fédéral de justice et police}}, {{langx|it|Dipartimento federale di giustizia e polizia}}, {{langx|rm|{{Audio|Roh-Departament federal da giustia e polizia.ogg|Departament federal da giustia e polizia}}}}) is one of the seven [[Ministry (government department)|departments]] of the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] federal government. As of 2024, it is headed by [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Councillor]] [[Beat Jans]]. Until 1979, the department was known as the Department of Justice and Police.
== Organisation ==
The department is composed of the following offices and institutes:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Police |first=Federal Department of Justice and |title=Organization |url=https://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/en/home/das-ejpd/org.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=www.ejpd.admin.ch |language=en}}</ref>
* '''General Secretariat''' (GS-FDJP)
** IT Service Centre (ISC-FDJP)
** Post and Telecommunications Surveillance Service (PTSS)
* '''Federal Offices'''
** [[State Secretariat for Migration]] (SEM): Responsible for matters relating to foreign nationals and asylum seekers.
** [[Federal Office of Justice]] (FOI): Responsible for providing legal advice to the administration, preparing general legislation, supervising government registers and collaborating on international [[judicial assistance]].
** [[Federal Office of Police]] (fedpol): Responsible for intercantonal and international information, coordination and analysis in internal security matters. It also operates the domestic intelligence service ([[Service for Analysis and Prevention]] SAP), and the [[Federal Criminal Police]] (FCP), which investigates crimes subject to federal jurisdiction.
* '''Institutes'''
** [[Federal Institute of Metrology]] (METAS): Provides calibration and accreditation services, supervises the use of measuring instruments and provides training in [[metrology]].
** [[Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property]] (IPI): Registration authority for [[patent]]s, [[trademark]]s and [[industrial design]].
** [[Swiss Institute of Comparative Law]] (SICL): Provides consultancy services on issues of [[comparative law]].
* '''Commissions'''
** [[Federal Gaming Board]] (FGB): Regulates [[casino]]s and enforces Swiss [[gambling]] law (except [[lottery|lotteries]], which are regulated by the cantons).
** [[National Commission for the Prevention of Torture]]
** [[Federal Commission on Migration]]
** [[Federal Commission for the Administration of Copyright and Related Rights]]
* '''Administratively assigned'''
** [[Federal Audit Oversight Authority]] (FAOA)
** Federal Commission for the Assessment of the Possibilities for the Treatment of Persons Interned for Life
<gallery>
BFM in Bern.JPG|Building of the Federal Office for Migration (later renamed State Secretariat for Migration) in Bern
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== List of heads of the department ==
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* 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: [[Josef Martin Knüsel]]
* 1859–1861: [[Jonas Furrer]]
* 1861–1863: [[Jakob Dubs]]
* 1864–1865: [[Josef Martin Knüsel]]
* 1866 only: [[Jakob Dubs]]
* 1867–1873: [[Josef Martin Knüsel]]
* 1874–1875: [[Paul Cérésole]]
* 1876–1880: [[Fridolin Anderwert]]
* 1881 only: [[Emil Welti]]
* 1882 only: [[Louis Ruchonnet|Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet]]
* 1883 only: [[Adolf Deucher]]
* 1884–1893: [[Louis Ruchonnet|Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet]]
* 1894–1895: [[Eugène Ruffy]]
* 1895–1897: [[Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)|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 (politician)|Arthur Hoffmann]]
* 1912 only: [[Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)|Eduard Müller]]
* 1913 only: [[Camille Decoppet]]
* 1914–1919: [[Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)|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]]
* 2004–2007: [[Christoph Blocher]]
* 2008–2010: [[Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf]]
* 2010-2018: [[Simonetta Sommaruga]]
* 2019-2022: [[Karin Keller-Sutter]]
* 2023 only: [[Élisabeth Baume-Schneider]]
* Since 2023: [[Beat Jans]]
}}
== See also ==
* [[Organisation suisse d'aide aux réfugiés]]
== References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/en/home.html}}
{{Federal administration of Switzerland}}
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