The DDPS has a new spokesperson
Silvia Steidle will become the new spokesperson for the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection, and Sports (VBS) on June 1. Steidle will succeed VBS spokesperson Martin Bühler, who is retiring after 19 years in the military department’s communications division.
Silvia Steidle graduated from the University of Lausanne with a degree in political science and has worked in communications for 15 years. For the past six years, she has been Head of Communications at the Federal Statistical Office in Neuchâtel. According to SDA, Steidle is still a part-time councillor for the city of Biel until the end of 2012. She is a member of the city government as a representative of the Welsch-Freisinnigen.
