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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 Finance
| native_name = {{in lang|de}} Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement {{in lang|fr}} Département fédéral des finances {{in lang|it}} Dipartimento federale delle finanze {{in lang|rm}} Departament federal da finanzas
| logo = Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg
| logo_width = 300px
| logo_caption =
| image = Département fédéral des finances, Berne.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| image_caption = The Bernerhof, headquarters of the Federal Department of Finance
| seal =
| seal_width =
| seal_caption =
| formed = {{Start date and age|1848}}
| jurisdiction = [[Federal administration of Switzerland]]
| headquarters = [[Bern]]
| employees = 8,048<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]] 15.7 billion Revenue: CHF 59.5 billion (2009)<ref name=guide2009/>
| minister1_name = [[Karin Keller-Sutter]]
| minister1_pfo = [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Councillor]]
| parent_agency =
| child1_agency = [[State Secretariat for International Financial Matters]]
| child2_agency = [[Federal Finance Administration]]
| child3_agency = [[Federal Office of Personnel]]
| child4_agency = [[Federal Tax Administration]]
| child5_agency = [[Federal Office for Customs and Border Security]]
| child6_agency = [[Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication]]
| child7_agency = [[Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics]]
| child8_agency = [[Swiss Federal Audit Office]]
| child9_agency = [[FINMA]]
| child10_agency = [[Swiss Federal Pension Fund]]
| website = [https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/en/home.html www.efd.admin.ch]
| footnotes =
}}

The '''Federal Department of Finance''' ('''FDF''', {{langx|de|Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement|links=no}}, {{langx|fr|Département fédéral des finances|links=no}}, {{langx|it|Dipartimento federale delle finanze|links=no}}, {{langx|rm|{{Audio|Roh-Departament federal da finanzas.ogg|Departament federal da finanzas}}}}) is one of the seven [[Ministry (government department)|departments]] of the Swiss federal government. The department is headquartered in [[Bern]] and headed by a member of the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|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.

== Organisation ==
The Department is composed of the following offices:<ref>{{cite web|title=Organisation chart|publisher=Federal Department of Finance|access-date= |url=http://www.efd.admin.ch/org/org/00580/index.html?lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007160956/http://www.efd.admin.ch/org/org/00580/index.html?lang=en|archive-date=7 October 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

* General Secretariat
* [[State Secretariat for International Financial Matters]] (SIF)
* [[Federal Finance Administration]] (FFA): Responsible for the budget, financial planning, financial policy, the federal treasury and [[Equalization Payments in Switzerland|financial equalisation between the Confederation and the cantons]]. It also supervises the [[Swissmint|federal mint]] and the [[Central Compensation Office]] (CCO) in Geneva (responsible for implementing the Swiss social security).
* [[Federal Office of Personnel]] (FOPER): Responsible for human resources management, personnel policy and personnel training.
* [[Federal Tax Administration]] (FTA): Responsible for federal revenue collection and the application of federal tax laws in the cantons.
* [[Federal Office for Customs and Border Security]] (FOCBS): 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.
* [[Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication]] (FOITT): Provides [[Information technology|IT]] services for the federal administration.
* [[Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics]] (FOBL): Responsible for property management, central procurement of non-durable goods, federal publications and the production of the [[Swiss passport]].

The following independent authorities are affiliated to the FDF for administrative purposes:
* [[Swiss Federal Audit Office]] (SFAO): 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]] (FINMA): Regulates banks, insurances, securities dealers, investment funds and stock exchanges, as well as the disclosure of shareholding interests, public takeover bids and mortgage lenders.
* [[Swiss Federal Pension Fund|Federal Pension Fund (PUBLICA)]]: Provides insurance coverage to employees of the federal administration, the other branches of the federal government and associated organisations.<ref>[https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/20050203/index.html Federal Act on the Federal Pension Fund], of 20 December 2006 (status as of 1 January 2012), [[Federal Chancellery of Switzerland]] (page visited on 5 September 2016).</ref>

<gallery>
Bernerhof Nordseite Bern.jpg|The main entrance
Bernerhof Large Salon.jpg|A meeting room.
</gallery>

== List of heads of the department ==
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* 1848–1850: [[Josef Munzinger]]
* 1851 only: [[Henri Druey]]
* 1852 only: [[Josef Munzinger]]
* 1853–1855: [[Henri Druey]]
* 1855–1856: [[Josef Martin Knüsel]]
* 1857–1858: [[Jakob Stämpfli]]
* 1859–1861: [[Constant Fornerod]]
* 1862–1863: [[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 (politician)|Albert Meyer]]
* 1939–1943: [[Ernst Wetter]]
* 1944–1951: [[Ernst Nobs]]
* 1952–1954: [[Max Weber (Swiss politician)|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]]
* 2016–2022: [[Ueli Maurer]]
* 2023–present: [[Karin Keller-Sutter]]
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== See also ==
* [[Federal budget of Switzerland]]
* [[Federal administration of Switzerland]]

== References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/en/home.html Official website]

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