List of ambassadors of Switzerland to China
The Swiss ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Bern to the Government of China.
| Ambassador of Switzerland to China | |
|---|---|
Incumbent Bernardino Regazzoni since March 11, 2019 | |
| Inaugural holder | Henry de Torrenté |
| Formation | 1945 |
List of representatives
| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | lifetime | Observations | Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | List of members of the Swiss Federal Council | Prime Minister of China | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Henry de Torrenté | (1893–1962) | Minister | Henry de Torrenté in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Eduard von Steiger | Zhou Enlai | 1948 |
| 1948 | Charles von Jenner | (1886–1970) | Charles von Jenner in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Enrico Celio | Zhou Enlai | 1949 | |
| 1949 | Jean-Pierre Jéquier | (1919–) | Chargé d'affaires | Jean-Pierre Jéquier in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ernst Nobs | Zhou Enlai | 1949 |
| September 14, 1950 | The governments in Beijing and Bern established diplomatic relations.[1] | Max Petitpierre | Zhou Enlai | ||||
| 1950 | Clemente Rezzonico | (1897–1976) | Clemente Rezzonico in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Max Petitpierre | Zhou Enlai | 1954 | |
| 1954 | Fernand Bernoulli | (1905–1979) | Rodolphe Rubattel | Zhou Enlai | 1957 | ||
| 1957 | Fernand Bernoulli | (1905–1979) | Ambassador | Fernand Bernoulli in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Hans Streuli | Zhou Enlai | 1958 |
| 1959 | René Naville | (1905–1978) | René Naville in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Paul Chaudet | Zhou Enlai | 1962 | |
| 1963 | Hans Keller (Diplomat) | (1908–1999) | Willy Spühler | Zhou Enlai | 1966 | ||
| 1967 | Oscar Rossetti | (1912–1996) | Roger Bonvin | Zhou Enlai | 1972 | ||
| 1972 | Albert Natural | (1918–2002) | Nello Celio | Zhou Enlai | 1975 | ||
| 1975 | Heinz Langenbacher | (1919–) | Pierre Graber | Zhou Enlai | 1977 | ||
| May 1977 | Werner Sigg | (1917–1989) | May 1975 Werner Sigg, Switzerland A Li Yunchuan Li Yun-chuan B (Sigg left his post, Aug 82)[2] | Werner Sigg in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Kurt Furgler | Hua Guofeng | August 1982 |
| 1982 | Hansjakob Müller (1921–2001) | (1921–2001) | [3] | Hansjakob Müller (1921–2001) in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Fritz Honegger | Zhao Ziyang | 1986 |
| 1986 | Fritz Bohnert | (1928–1988) | Alphons Egli | Zhao Ziyang | 1988 | ||
| 1988 | Erwin Schurtenberger | (1940–) | Otto Stich | Li Peng | 1995 | ||
| April 8, 1995 | Uli Sigg | (1946–) | [4] | Kaspar Villiger | Li Peng | 1999 | |
| February 5, 1999 | Dominique Dreyer | (1945–) | Ruth Dreifuss | Zhu Rongji | 2004 | ||
| 2004 | Dante Martinelli | Joseph Deiss | Wen Jiabao | 2008 | |||
| 2008 | Blaise Godet | (1947–) | Pascal Couchepin | Wen Jiabao | 2012 | ||
| 2012 | Jacques de Watteville | (1951–) | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Wen Jiabao | 2013 | ||
| March 14, 2014 | Jean-Jacques de Dardel | (1954–) | Didier Burkhalter | Li Keqiang | 2019 | ||
| March 11, 2019 | Bernardino Regazzoni | (1957–) | Li Keqiang |
References
- Bartke, Wolfgang (1981). The Diplomatic Service of the People's Republic of China as of June 1981 (With Biographies). ISBN 9783921469781.
- Uli Sigg
- Hans Müller
- Uli Sigg
- Ambassade de Suisse à Pékin in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
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