New Swiss ambassadors

Appointments made on 15 October 2025

Pascale Baeriswyl has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and permanent representative of Switzerland to the Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg.

Muriel Berset Kohen has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Slovenia, based in Ljubljana.

Pascal Bornoz has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Republic of Haiti and the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, based in Santo Domingo.

Anne-Lise Cattin Hennin has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kosovo, based in Pristina.

Gilles Cerutti has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Rwanda, based in Kigali.

Stefan Estermann has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Belarus, based in Minsk.

Fabrice Filliez has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Thailand, the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and observer of Switzerland to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), based in Bangkok.

Lukas Gasser has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Portuguese Republic, based in Lisbon.

Simone Petra Giger has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Uzbekistan, based in Tashkent.

Heidi Grau has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, based in Kyiv.

Frank Grütter has been appointed head of Switzerland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, based in New York. Frank Grütter has been awarded the title of ambassador for his term of office.

Thomas Gürber has been appointed head of Switzerland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and permanent representative of Switzerland to the other international organisations in Geneva. Thomas Gürber has been awarded the title of ambassador for his term of office.

Daniel Hunn has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives, based in Colombo.

Sonja Hürlimann has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Hellenic Republic, based in Athens.

Olaf Kjelsen has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Poland, based in Warsaw.

Eric Mayoraz has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Peru, based in Lima.

Peter Nelson has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Iraq, based in Baghdad.

Konstantin Obolensky has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and permanent representative of Switzerland to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), based in Jakarta.

Thomas Oertle has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Ghana, the Republic of Benin and the Republic of Togo, based in Accra.

Josef Philipp Renggli has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, special envoy of the Federal Council to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and permanent representative of Switzerland to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), based in Riyadh.

Stéphane Rey has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, based in Islamabad.

Lukas Rosenkranz has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Guatemala and the Republic of Honduras, based in Guatemala City.

Georg Steiner has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tunisia and the State of Libya, based in Tunis.

Siri Walt has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Albania, based in Tirana.

Pedro Zwahlen has been appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia, based in Bogotá.

Conferment of ambassadorial titles at the FDFA made on 15 October 2025

Balz Abplanalp has been awarded the title of ambassador for his new role as head of the Prosperity and Sustainability Division (PSD) within the FDFA State Secretariat in Bern.

Salman Bal has been awarded the title of ambassador for his new role as liaison officer within the Office of the Secretary General for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna.

Félix Baumann has been awarded the title of ambassador for his new role as consul general in New York.

Paul Garnier has been awarded the title of ambassador for his new role as head of the UN Division within the FDFA State Secretariat in Bern.

Véronique Hulmann Marti has been awarded the title of ambassador for her new role as head of the Asia – Americas Division and assistant director general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Zollikofen.

Valérie Liechti has been awarded the title of ambassador for her new role as head of the Africa Division and assistant director general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Zollikofen.

Gilles Roduit has been awarded the title of ambassador for his new role as head of Bilateral Relations at the Europe Division within the FDFA State Secretariat in Bern.

Conferment of an ambassadorial title at the FDFA made on 8 October 2025

Alain Gaschen has been awarded the title of ambassador for his new mandate as Federal Council Delegate for the G7 Summit from 14 to 16 June 2026 within the FDFA State Secretariat in Bern.

Address for enquiries:

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