Federal Department of Finance

Organization

• General Secretariat, including the Federal Strategy Unit for IT.
• Federal Finance Administration : Responsible for the budget, financial planning, financial policy, the federal treasury and financial equalisation between the Confederation and the cantons. Operates the federal mint.
• Federal Office of Personnel : Responsible for human resources management, personnel policy and personnel training.
• Federal Tax Administration : Responsible for federal revenue collection and the application of federal tax laws in the cantons.
• Federal Customs Administration : Responsible for monitoring the import, export and transit of goods, collecting customs duties, traffic charges and taxes.
• * Swiss Border Guard, which carries out border police duties.
• Swiss Alcohol Board : Regulates the alcohol market.
• Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication : Provides IT services for the federal administration.
• Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics : Responsible for property management, central procurement of non-durable goods, federal publications and the production of the Swiss passport.
• State Secretariat for International Financial Matters

• Swiss Federal Audit Office : The federal government audit office. Examines accounting practices and verifies the proper and efficient use of resources by the administration, other public service institutions and subsidy recipients.
• Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority : Regulates banks, insurances, securities dealers, investment funds and stock exchanges, as well as the disclosure of shareholding interests, public takeover bids and mortgage lenders.
• Federal Pension Fund : Provides insurance coverage to employees of the federal administration, the other branches of the federal government and associated organisations.

  List of heads of the department

• 1848–1850: Josef Munzinger
• 1851 only: Henri Druey
• 1852 only: Josef Munzinger
• 1853–1855: Henri Druey
• 1855–1856: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
• 1857–1858: Jakob Stämpfli
• 1859–1861: Constant Fornerod
• 1862–1863: Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
• 1864–1867: Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel
• 1868 only: Victor Ruffy
• 1869 only: Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel
• 1870–1871: Paul Cérésole
• 1872 only: Karl Schenk
• 1872–1873: Johann Jakob Scherer
• 1873–1875: Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
• 1876–1878: Bernhard Hammer
• 1879 only: Simeon Bavier
• 1880–1890: Bernhard Hammer
• 1891–1899: Walter Hauser
• 1900 only: Robert Comtesse
• 1901–1902: Walter Hauser
• 1903 only: Robert Comtesse
• 1904 only: Marc-Émile Ruchet
• 1905–1909: Robert Comtesse
• 1910 only: Josef Anton Schobinger
• 1911 only: Robert Comtesse
• 1912–1919: Giuseppe Motta
• 1920–1934: Jean-Marie Musy
• 1934–1938: Albert Meyer
• 1939–1943: Ernst Wetter
• 1944–1951: Ernst Nobs
• 1952–1954: Max Weber
• 1954–1959: Hans Streuli
• 1960–1962: Jean Bourgknecht
• 1962–1968: Roger Bonvin
• 1968–1973: Nello Celio
• 1974–1979: Georges-André Chevallaz
• 1980–1983: Willy Ritschard
• 1984–1995: Otto Stich
• 1996–2003: Kaspar Villiger
• 2004–2010: Hans-Rudolf Merz
• 2010–2016: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
• 2016–present: Ueli Maurer