List of ambassadors of Switzerland to Australia

The Ambassador of Switzerland to Australia is an officer of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the head of the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation to the Commonwealth of Australia. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The ambassador is based with the embassy in Russell in Canberra.

Ambassador of Switzerland to Australia
Incumbent
Pedro Zwahlen
since 12 October 2016
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerSwiss Federal Council
Inaugural holderDr Friedrich Gygax
Formation1961
WebsiteSwitzerland and Australia

The Ambassador is currently Marcel Stutz, and Switzerland and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1961, although consular representation has existed in Australia and its previous colonies: in Sydney since 1855, Melbourne since 1856, Brisbane since 1889, Adelaide since 1879 and consular agents in Darwin (1978), Hobart (1968) and Perth (1971).

Ambassadors, 1961–present
IncumbentStart of termEnd of term
Dr Friedrich Gygax[1]29 August 196123 March 1965
Egbert von Graffenried2 September 19652 March 1970
Dr Max König[2]26 May 197031 December 1975
Marcel Grossenbacher10 March 197630 November 1978
Dr Henri Rossi3 March 197931 October 1984
Alfred Glesti[3]1 March 198522 August 1988
Dr Arnold Hugentobler[4]25 November 19885 May 1992
Peter Niederberger7 September 19922 March 1996
Dr Bernhard Marfurt1 April 19962000
André Faivet4 May 20001 September 2004
Christian Muhlethaler20042008
Dr Daniel Woker[5]20082012
Marcel Stutz11 April 2012September 2016
Pedro Zwahlen12 October 2016date

Consuls and consuls-general

Consuls in Sydney, 1855–present
IncumbentStart of termEnd of term
Louis Chapalay (honorary consul)18551865
August Parrot (honorary consul)18751880
Friedrich Plüss (honorary consul)18811884
Conrad Staehelin-Werner (honorary consul)18841890
Jakob Roth (honorary consul)18901891
Max Rutty (honorary consul)18961918
Olav Pauss (honorary consul)19181920
Eugen Bloch (honorary consul)19201931
Eugen Bloch (honorary consul-general)19311933
Hans Georg Hedinger (honorary consul-general)19331941
Hans Georg Hedinger (consul-general)19411961
Jakob Huber (consul-general)19611967
Henri Jung (consul-general)19671974
Raymond Tellenbach (consul-general)19751985
Richard Wolf (consul-general)19851988
Hans-Peter Egger (consul-general)19881992
Hans Meier (consul-general)19921997
Heinz Wey (consul-general)19972001
Ernst Steinmann (consul-general)????present

Consuls in Melbourne, 1856–present
IncumbentStart of termEnd of term
Achilles Bischoff (honorary Vice-consul)18561857
Achilles Bischoff (honorary consul)18571859
Samuel Rentsch (honorary consul)18591864
Frédéric Guillaume de Pury (honorary consul)18751890
Charles Martin (honorary consul)18911906
Gustav Stahel (honorary consul)19071921
Gustav Stahel (honorary consul-general)19211928
Paul Louis Frossard (honorary consul-general)19281931
Emile Bisang (honorary consul-general)19311932
Johannes Alexander Pietzcker (honorary consul)19321951
Paul-Emile Cattin (honorary consul)19511958
Edwin Steiner (honorary consul)19581963
Curt Mahnig (honorary consul)19641970
Urs Karli (honorary consul)19711975
Werner Zellweger (honorary consul)19751980
Werner Zellweger (consul-general)19801983
Henning Rieder (consul-general)19831986
Günter Britschgi (consul-general)19871990
Leo Renggli (consul-general)19901995
Bernard Sandoz (consul-general)1995????
Erika Esther Kimpton (honorary consul)20072016
Manuela Erb (honorary consul)[6] 2016 present

Consuls in Adelaide
IncumbentStart of TermEnd of Term
James Page (honorary Vice-consul)30 December 187931 December 1913
Eduard Willis Van Senden (honorary Vice-consul)[7]6 November 191431 December 1918
Paul Anton Richter (honorary consul)3 June 1969????
René Pfister (honorary consul)28 June 2000present

Consuls in Brisbane
IncumbentStart of termEnd of term
Jakob Leutenegger (honorary consul)5 March 18891909
George Gross (honorary consul)17 March 190930 June 1909
William Schoch (honorary consul)25 July 19101925
Henri Schaub (honorary consul)4 November 19261960
Daniel Gschwind (honorary consul)23 April 2008present

Consuls in Perth
IncumbentStart of termEnd of term
Rudolf Hermann Abplanalp (honorary consul)11 August 197130 June 1993
Prof. Ernst Jürg Weber (honorary consul)1 July 1993present

See also

References
  1. "AUST. TO HAVE SWISS EMBASSY". The Canberra Times. 3 June 1961. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "SWISS EMBASSY IN CANBERRA". The Australian Women's Weekly. 22 October 1975. p. 136. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Obituary: Mr ALFRED R. GLESTI Swiss envoy to Australia, PNG". The Canberra Times. 3 September 1988. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Vice-Regal". The Canberra Times. 2 December 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Executive School Team – Dr. Daniel Woker". Executive School of Management, Technology and Law. University of St. Gallen. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. "consulate of Switzerland in Melbourne". www.eda.admin.ch. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. "SWISS CONSUL APPOINTED". The Sunday Times. Perth. 25 July 1915. p. 1 Section: First Section. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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