Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports

Overview

  • ID: https://ror.org/02q3y8p81
  • ATR ID: 02q3y8p81
  • ATR Label: Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
  • Status: active
  • Established: 1848
  • Types: government

Locations

  • Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • GeoNames ID: 2661552
    • Coordinates: 46.94809, 7.44744

Names

  • DDPS (acronym)
  • Dipartimento Federale della Difesa, della Protezione della Popolazione e dello Sport (label, it)
  • Département Fédéral de la Défense, de la Protection de la Population et des Sports (label, fr)
  • Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport (label, de)
  • Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (ror_display, label, en)

External IDs

  • grid: grid.434421.4
  • isni: 0000 0001 1537 2729
  • wikidata: Q667135

Domains

  • vbs.admin.ch

Relationships

  • child: Bundesamt für Rüstung armasuisse
    • https://ror.org/00pw7mk43

Administrative Information

  • Created: 2018-11-14 (schema 1.0)
  • Last modified: 2026-03-12 (schema 2.1)

Website test

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