The Federal Department of Economic Affairs (French: Département fédéral de l'économie; German: Eidgenössisches Volkswirtschaftsdepartement; Italian: Dipartimento federale dell'economia) 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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