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| Company type | Government agency (Anstalt) |
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| Predecessor | Postal Telegraph and Telephone (PTT) until 1998 |
| Founded | 1849 |
| Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Key people | Peter Hasler, Chairman of the Board of Directors[1] Jürg Bucher, CEO[2] |
| Services | Mail, logistics, financial services (PostFinance), public transport (PostBus) |
| Owner | Swiss Confederation |
Number of employees | 45,129 FTE, of which 7,255 abroad (as of 2010[update])[3] |
| Divisions | Seven group units, see Structure |
| Subsidiaries | Several[4] |
| Website | post.ch |
Swiss Post (German: Die Schweizerische Post, French: La Poste Suisse, Italian: La Posta Svizzera) is the governmental postal service of Switzerland. It is an independent public authority within the federal administration of Switzerland and the country's second largest employer.[5]
Structure[edit]
As of 2011, Swiss Post is organized as a group comprising seven units:[6]
- PostBus (regional autobus transportation)
- PostFinance (financial services)
- PostMail (mail service)
- PostLogistics
- Swiss Post International
- Swiss Post Solutions
- Post Offices & Sales
References[edit]
- Karl Kronig: Post in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Swiss Post. "Member of Board of Directors". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ Swiss Post. "Executive Management". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ Swiss Post (2010). 2010 Annual Report (PDF). p. 42.
- ^ Swiss Post. "Subsidiaries". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "A public-sector company". Swiss Post. Retrieved 2006-06-16.
- ^ Swiss Post. "Group structure". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
External links[edit]
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