Federal Department of Justice and Police - List of Heads of The Department

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
  • 2004-2007: Christoph Blocher
  • 2008-2010: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
  • Since 2010: Simonetta Sommaruga

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