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Swiss Post
Company typeGovernment agency (Anstalt)
PredecessorPostal Telegraph and Telephone (PTT) until 1998
Founded1849 (1849)
Headquarters,
Switzerland
Key people
Peter Hasler, Chairman of the Board of Directors[1]
Jürg Bucher, CEO[2]
ServicesMail, logistics, financial services (PostFinance), public transport (PostBus)
OwnerSwiss Confederation
Number of employees
45,129 FTE, of which 7,255 abroad (as of 2010)[3]
DivisionsSeven group units, see Structure
SubsidiariesSeveral[4]
Websitepost.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

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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

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Swiss Post. "Member of Board of Directors". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. ^ Swiss Post. "Executive Management". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. ^ Swiss Post (2010). 2010 Annual Report (PDF). p. 42.
  4. ^ Swiss Post. "Subsidiaries". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  5. ^ "A public-sector company". Swiss Post. Retrieved 2006-06-16.
  6. ^ Swiss Post. "Group structure". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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