Jean-Blaise Defago remains Head of Communications at the DDPS
Jean-Blaise Defago will remain Head of Communications at the Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) in 2009 under the new head of the DDPS, Ueli Maurer. The former Head of Information will have a dual mandate as Head of Communications and personal advisor to Maurer.
Jean-Blaise Defago will remain Head of Communications at the Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) in 2009 under the new head of the DDPS, Ueli Maurer. While Defago had to act as head of information in the background under Samuel Schmid, he now has a dual mandate as head of communications and personal advisor to Maurer. A spokesperson for the DDPS confirmed corresponding reports in the Sonntags-Zeitung and NZZ am Sonntag.
The former head of the DDPS, Samuel Schmid, appointed Defago as the new head of communications for the DDPS at the end of 2004. Between his time with the SVP and his current role at the DDPS, Defago held a management position in PR consulting and was subsequently Head of Corporate Communications at the health insurance company Visana.
Defago has already worked closely with the designated head of the DDPS, Ueli Maurer, in the past: From 1996 to 1999, Defago was Head of Information and Deputy General Secretary of the SVP Switzerland and then SVP General Secretary until 2001. Maurer was president of the SVP Switzerland at the time and remained so until 2008.
(Image: Keystone)
The former head of the DDPS, Samuel Schmid, appointed Defago as the new head of communications for the DDPS at the end of 2004. Between his time with the SVP and his current role at the DDPS, Defago held a management position in PR consulting and was subsequently Head of Corporate Communications at the health insurance company Visana.
Defago has already worked closely with the designated head of the DDPS, Ueli Maurer, in the past: From 1996 to 1999, Defago was Head of Information and Deputy General Secretary of the SVP Switzerland and then SVP General Secretary until 2001. Maurer was president of the SVP Switzerland at the time and remained so until 2008.
(Image: Keystone)
