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TheFederal Administrative Court ofSwitzerland (German:Bundesverwaltungsgericht,French:Tribunal administratif fédéral,Italian:Tribunale amministrativo federale;Romansh:Tribunal administrative federal) is aSwiss federal court. It is the judicial authority to which decisions of the federal authorities of Switzerland can beappealed. The decisions of the Federal Administrative Court can generally be appealed, in turn, to theFederal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
The Federal Administrative Court was created with the federal judicial reform in 2005 to replace some thirty boards of appeal that exercised judicial oversight over the various departments of the federal administration. Up until 2007, theSwiss Federal Council, the supreme executive authority of Switzerland, also served as a final court of appeal in certain areas of administrative law. These judicial functions were also taken over by the Federal Administrative Court, ensuring that every decision of the administration can be reviewed in the last instance by an independent court of law.
The Federal Administrative Court is organised in six divisions with 73 judges in total:[1]
The judges are elected by theFederal Assembly of Switzerland and serve for six years; reelections are possible. Since 2022, the president of the Federal Administrative Court is Vito Valenti.
The Federal Administrative Court took up work inBern on 1 January 2007. It was relocated to its permanent seat inSt. Gallen in summer 2012 after the construction of the court building there was completed.
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