To make improvements in reliability by increasing the extent of fitting strength between a shift lever and a movable body so sufficient enough.

In this position signal generating switch, a housing consists of a body and a cover, and it is equipped with a movable body 10 turning round in this housing 1 according to the switching operation of a shift lever, and with this switching operation of the shift lever, a traveling contact 11 integrally attached to the movable body 10 and a stationary contact 11 integrally formed in plural pieces of conductive plates 4a embedded in the body and the cover are made to contact or open, thereby generating a position signal showing a shift position of an automatic transmission. In this constitution, a metallic cylinder 40 is inserted into a fitting hole part of the shift lever of the movable body 10 made up of a resin molding.