The Federal Council shall establish an independent authority to oversee the FIS.
In response to a proposal from the DDPS, it shall appoint the director of the independent supervisory authority for a term of six years.
The director shall be re-appointed for a further term unless the Federal Council rules at the latest six months before the end of the current term that this is not appropriate on objectively reasonable grounds.
The director may resign from the post as of the end of any month subject to giving six months’ notice thereof to the Federal Council.
He or she may be removed from the post by the Federal Council before the expiry of the term office if he or she:
breaches his or her official duties wilfully or through gross negligence; or
becomes permanently incapable of exercising office.
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