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Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport

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Head of the department	Federal Councillor Viola Amherd is the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport DDPS.
Head of the department	Federal Councillor Viola Amherd is the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport DDPS.

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Library Am Guisanplatz	With its resources on both military and civilian topics, the BiG is equally at the disposal of both federal administration und the public.

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Mitholz	The DDPS has commissioned two separate expert reports to assess the situation at the former ammunition depot at Mitholz. Both reports found that there is a higher risk of ammunition remnants exploding than was previously thought.

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Promotion of peace	The Federal Constitution and the Military Act assign the missions Defence, Support of the civilian authorities and Promotion of peace within an international context to the armed forces.

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RUAG	Bern-based RUAG Holding AG operates mainly in the aerospace, security and defence technology markets.

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Federal Councillor Viola Amherd is the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport DDPS.

A video clip about the Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) with its various fields and manifold tasks.

The DDPS is structured into seven administrative units that are directly accountable to the head of the DDPS.