Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)

The Federal Department of Home Affairs is the Swiss interior ministry. The department is headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.

List of heads of the department

When	Member of the Swiss Federal Council
1848-1857	Stefano Franscini
1857-1863	Giovanni Battista Pioda
1864	Karl Schenk
1865	Jakob Dubs
1866-1870	Karl Schenk
1871-1872	Jakob Dubs
1872-1873	Karl Schenk
1874-1875	Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
1876-1878	Numa Droz
1879-1884	Karl Schenk
1885	Adolf Deucher
1886-1895	Karl Schenk
1895-1897	Eugène Ruffy
1898-1899	Adrien Lachenal
1900-1903	Marc-Emile Ruchet
1904-1905	Ludwig Forrer
1906-1910	Marc-Emile Ruchet
1911	Josef Anton Schobinger
1912	Marc-Emile Ruchet
1912	Camille Decoppet
1913	Louis Perrier
1913-1917	Felix-Louis Calonder
1918-1919	Gustave Ador
1920-1928	Ernest Chuard
1929	Marcel Pilet-Golaz
1930-1934	Albert Meyer
1934-1959	Philipp Etter
1960-1973	Hans-Peter Tschudi
1974-1982	Hans Hürlimann
1983-1986	Alphons Egli
1987-1993	Flavio Cotti
1994-2002	Ruth Dreifuss
Since 2003	Pascal Couchepin