Federal Department of Finance
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The Federal Department of Finance (FDF, German: Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement, French: Département fédéral des finances, Italian: Dipartimento federale delle finanze, Romansh: Departament federal da finanzasⓘ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. The department is headquartered in Bern and headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland's finance minister. Initially, in 1848, the department was called "Department of Finance", then, from 1873 "Department of Finance and Customs", until it received its present designation in 1978.
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(in German) Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement (in French) Département fédéral des finances (in Italian) Dipartimento federale delle finanze (in Romansh) Departament federal da finanzas | |
The Bernerhof, headquarters of the Federal Department of Finance | |
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Formed | 1848; 176 years ago (1848) |
Jurisdiction | Federal administration of Switzerland |
Headquarters | Bern |
Employees | 8,048[1] |
Annual budget | Expenditure: CHF 15.7 billion Revenue: CHF 59.5 billion (2009)[1] |
Minister responsible | |
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Website | www.efd.admin.ch |
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