The Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America (French: ''Ambassadeur de Suisse auprès des États-Unis d'Amérique'', German: ''Botschafter der Schweiz in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika'', Italian: ''Ambasciatore della Svizzera agli Stati Uniti d'America'', Romansh: ''Ambasciatore da Svizra a las Stadis Unids da l’America'') is the representative of the government of Switzerland in

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History

The very first Ambassador to the United States from Switzerland was

Emil Frey Emil Johann Rudolf Frey (24 October 1838 – 24 December 1922) was a Swiss politician, Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1890–1897). He served as President of the Swiss Confederation in ...

, who served from 1882 to 1888.

Role

The Swiss Ambassador to the United States is Head of the Embassy of Switzerland to the United States in

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Their duty is to promote exchange in science, technology, culture, and economic and political relations between Switzerland and the United States. Since 1979, the Swiss Ambassador to the United States has also represented U.S. interests in

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. From 1961 to 2015 the Swiss Ambassador represented United States interests in

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and from 1991 to 2015 represented Cuban interests in the United States. The Embassy of Switzerland and the Swiss Consulates General offer services and protection for Swiss people living in the United States.

List of Swiss Ambassadors

From 1882 to 1958 as the Swiss Minister

(1882–1888) Swiss Minister * Alfred de Claparède (1888–1893) * Giovan Battista Pioda II (1894–1902) * Fernand du Martheray (1902–1904) * Leo Vogel (1904–1909) *

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(1909–1917) * Hans Sulzer (1917–1919) *

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(1919–1939) * Carl Bruggmann (1939–1954) * Henry de Torrenté (1955–1958)

Since 1958 as the Ambassador

* Henry de Torrenté (1958–1960) *

August R. Lindt August Rudolf Lindt (5 August 1905 – 14 April 2000), also known as Auguste R. Lindt, was a Swiss lawyer and diplomat. He served as Chairman of UNICEF from 1953 to 1954 and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1956 to 1960. Care ...

(1960–1963) * Alfred Zehnder (1963–1966) *

Felix Schnyder Felix Schnyder (5 March 1910 – 8 November 1992) was a Swiss lawyer and diplomat. He served as Chairman of UNICEF in 1960 and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1960 to 1965. Career Schnyder studied law and joined the Swiss d ...

(1966–1975) *

Raymond Probst Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

(1976–1980) *

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(1980–1984) *

Klaus Jacobi Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus * Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseba ...

(1984–1989) *

Edouard Brunner Edouard Brunner (February 24, 1932 – June 25, 2007) was a Swiss diplomat, ambassador, and United Nations mediator. Biography Brunner was born in Istanbul. A product of a diplomatic family, he studied law in Geneva and entered the Swiss Federal ...

(1989–1993) *

Carlo Jagmetti Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

(1993–1997) *

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(1997–2001) *

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(2001–2006) *

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(2006–2010) * Manuel Sager (2010–2014) *

Martin Dahinden Martin Dahinden (born 8 January 1955) is a Swiss diplomat who has served as ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America from 2014 to 2019 . Dahinden presented his credentials to the President of the United States of America, Barack ...

(2014–2019) *

Jacques Pitteloud Jacques Pitteloud (; born 12 November 1962) is a Swiss diplomat and former head of the Swiss intelligence agencies, Swiss Intelligence Service (FIS). He currently serves as the List of ambassadors of Switzerland to the United States, Ambassador of ...

(2019–present)

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