Federal Department of Finance
The Federal Department of Finance (FDF, , , , ) 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. Organisation. The Department is composed of the following offices: The following independent authorities are affiliated to the FDF for administrative purposes: