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Formed 1848; 169 years ago (1848) Annual budget Expenditure: CHF 6.1 billionRevenue: CHF 271.8 million(2009) Minister responsible Johann Schneider-Ammann, Federal Councillor |
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER, German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung; French: Département fédéral de l'économie, de la formation et de la recherche; Italian: Dipartimento federale dell'economia, della formazione e della ricerca) is one of the seven departments of the federal government of Switzerland, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.
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The department was renamed from Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA) effective on 1 January 2013 based on decisions taken by the Federal Council in 2011.
Organisation
The Department is composed of the following offices:
The following independent authorities are affiliated to the FDEA for administrative purposes:
Names of the department
References
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA