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Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

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The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (Italian: Dipartimento federale dell'ambiente, dei trasporti, dell'energia e delle comunicazioni (ATEC), German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation (UVEK), French: Département fédéral de l'Environnement, des Transports, de l'Energie et de la Communication (ETEC)) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
  • [edit] External links

    de:Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation fr:Département fédéral de l'Environnement, des Transports, de l'Énergie et de la Communication (Suisse) nl:Departement van Milieu, Verkeer, Energie en Communicatie

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