Robert Scheidegger appointed Deputy Secretary General of the DDPS

Post on: 02.06.2025

Head of the DDPS, Federal Councillor Martin Pfister, has appointed Robert Scheidegger Deputy Secretary General of the DDPS with effect from 1° June 2025. The Federal Council is was informed of the appointment at the meeting of 28 May 2025.

From 1° In May 2025, Robert Scheidegger, 59, heads the newly reorganised Planning, Controlling, Digitalisation and Security section at the GS-DDPS and since 1° June Hire & also as Deputy Secretary General of the DDPS.

Between 1986 and 1993, Robert Scheidegger completed and completed his apprenticeship as a master carpenter with a federal diploma and as a woodworking technician at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Wood in Biel.

He subsequently completed various training and further training, including a university of applied sciences diploma in business administration in 2008, an Executive MBA with the two main subjects project management and negotiation in 2010, the training of IPMA Assessor for the evaluation of projects according to the Project Excellence Model in 2011 and a MAS in Business Law in 2014.

From 1993 to 2003 he gained his first professional experience as an independent at your own woodworking company. In 2003 è passed to the City Administration Bern as a technical collaborator for protection against the noise pollution.

From 2006 to 2008 è He was a Director of TENTA AG before taking up the position of Audit Officer in Construction and Procurement at the Swiss Federal Audit Office in 2008. As head of mandate, between 2010 and 2025 he assumed responsibility for the of various areas of supervision and control, such as that of the civil IT or in the last two years of the DDPS.

In view of the size, complexity, and the associated challenges for the department, the DDPS considers it essential to re-employ a second deputy Secretary-General as it was before the end of April 2020.

This decision is also necessary in view of the new units; created in 2024, namely the Federal Office for Cybersecurity (FOCS) and the State Secretariat for Security Policy (SEPOS), as well as the Federal Office for Cybersecurity. of the related additional management and coordination tasks of the General Secretariat.