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The Federal Department of Defence Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport French: Département fédéral de la défense de la protection de la population et des sports Italian: Dipartimento federale della difesa della protezione della popolazione e dello sport) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. It is headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council the Swiss defence minister.