List of ambassadors to Switzerland

This is a list of ambassadors to Switzerland. Note that some ambassadors are responsible for more than one country while others are directly accredited to Bern.

Sending country Presentation of Credentials Location of resident embassy Ambassador
 Afghanistan 22.11.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Sharif Ghalib
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Albania June 2023 Bern, Switzerland Mustafa Nano
 Algeria 30.03.2021 Bern, Switzerland Salah Lebdioui[1]
 Andorra 10.01.2012 Andorra la Vella, Andorra Enric Tarrado Vives
 Angola 27.10.2011 Bern, Switzerland Osvaldo dos Santos Varela
 Argentina ? Bern, Switzerland Alberto Pedro D'Alotto
 Armenia 07.06.2019 Geneva, Switzerland Andranik Hovhannisyan
 Australia 24.11.2009 Berlin, Germany Peter Martin Tesch
 Austria 01.09.2016 Bern, Switzerland Ursula Plassnik
 Azerbaijan 10.10.2017 Bern, Switzerland Hanum Ibrahimova
 Bahrain 10.03.2009 Paris, France Nasser Mohamed Yusuf Albalooshi
 Bangladesh 11.01.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Abdul Hannan
 Belarus 2016 Bern, Switzerland Pavel Matsukevich
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Belgium 02.09.2014 Bern, Switzerland Frank Recker
 Benin 20.04.2010 Geneva, Switzerland Séraphin Lissassi
 Bhutan 04.06.2012 Geneva, Switzerland Choda Tenzin
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Bolivia 20.08.2011 Berlin, Germany Alfredo Benjamin Candia Torrico
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 01.03.2012 Bern, Switzerland Dragana Kremenovic-Kusmuk
 Botswana 27.03.2012 Geneva, Switzerland Mothusi Bruce Rabasha Palai
 Brazil 27.03.2012 Bern, Switzerland Igor Kipman
 Brunei Darussalam 29.06.2010 Berlin, Germany Dato Mohammad Yusof Abu Bakar
 Bulgaria 26.06.2012 Bern, Switzerland Meglena Ivanova Plugtschieva-Alexandrova
 Burkina Faso 11.11.2001 Geneva, Switzerland Prosper Vokouma
 Burundi 05.05.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Pierre Claver Ndayiragije
 Cambodia 01.07.2008 Geneva, Switzerland Sun Suon
 Cameroon 29.05.2008 Bern, Switzerland Léonard Henri Bindzi
 Canada Bern, Switzerland
 Cape Verde 11.01.2011 Geneva, Switzerland José Luis Barbosa Leao Monteiro
 Central African Republic 07.05.2009 Geneva, Switzerland Léopold Samba
 Chad 09.09.2005 Geneva, Switzerland Malloum Bamanga Abbas
 China 16.09.2010 Bern, Switzerland Wu Ken
 Colombia 12.01.2016 Bern, Switzerland Julian Jaramillo Escobar
 Comoros 29.04.2008 Paris, France Soulaïmana Mohamed
 Congo 24.11.2009 Geneva, Switzerland Luc-Joseph Okio
 Costa Rica 26.06.2012 Bern, Switzerland Isabel Violeta Montero de la Camara
 Côte d'Ivoire 27.10.2011 Bern, Switzerland Kouadio Adjoumani
 Croatia 25.10.2007 Bern, Switzerland Jaksa Muljacić
 Cuba 30.03.2021 Bern, Switzerland Adela Mayra Ruiz Garcia[1]
 Cyprus 19.04.2007 Brussels, Belgium Athena Droushiotis-Mavronicola
 Czech Republic Bern, Switzerland
 Democratic Republic of Congo 26.11.2009 Bern, Switzerland Sébastien Mutomb Mujing
 Denmark Switzerland Susanne Christina Hyldeland[1]
 Djibouti 30.11.2006 Geneva, Switzerland Mohamed Siad Doualeh
 Dominica 15.10.2009 Bern, Switzerland Teresita Migdalia Torres Garcia
 Dominican Republic 30.03.2021 Bern, Switzerland Jose Sanchez Fung[1]
 Ecuador 02.09.2014 Bern, Switzerland Gonzalo Salvador Holguin
 Egypt 20.10.2016 Bern, Switzerland Hisham Seifeldin
 El Salvador 03.10.2007 Geneva, Switzerland Byron Fernando Larios Lopez
 Equatorial Guinea 03.10.2007 Paris, France Federico Edjo Ovono Eyang
 Eritrea 15.01.2004 Geneva, Switzerland Bereket Woldeyohannes
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Estonia 11.01.2011 Tallinn, Estonia Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi
 Ethiopia 23.06.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Minelik Alemu Getahun
 European Union September 2016 Bern, Switzerland Michael Matthiessen
 Finland 08.09.2009 Bern, Switzerland Alpo Matti Ilmari Rusi
 France 20.10.2016 Bern, Switzerland Anne Paugam
 Gabon 26.06.2012 Paris, France Germain Ngoyo Moussavou
 Gambia 18.02.2012 Paris, France Saikou Jaiteh
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Georgia 01.09.2020 Bern, Switzerland Revaz Lominadze
 Germany 08.09.2011 Bern, Switzerland Klaus-Peter Gottwald
 Ghana 04.12.2008 Bern, Switzerland Ellen Serwaa Nee-Whang
 Greece 15.10.2009 Bern, Switzerland John Mourikis
 Grenada Brussels, Belgium vacant
 Guatemala 28.06.2005 Paris, France Anaisabel Prera Flores
 Guinea 15.01.2008 Geneva, Switzerland Mohamed Camara
 Guinea-Bissau 08.12.2011 Brussels, Belgium Alfredo Lopes Cabral
 Haiti Paris, France vacant
 Honduras Paris, France vacant
 Holy See 08.09.2011 Bern, Switzerland Diego Causero
 Hungary 30.3.2021 Bern, Switzerland Jozsef Czukor[1]
 Iceland 23.06.2011 Brussels, Belgium Thorir Ibsen
 India 20.10.2017 Bern, Switzerland Sibi George
 Indonesia 20.04.2010 Bern, Switzerland Djoko Susilo
 Iraq 29.06.2010 Bern, Switzerland Pirot Ahmed Ibrahim Ibrahim
 Iran 20.04.2010 Bern, Switzerland Alireza Salari Sharifabad
 Ireland 16.09.2010 Bern, Switzerland Martin Burke
 Israel 13.12.2011 Bern, Switzerland Shalom Cohen
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Italy 11.01.2007 Bern, Switzerland Giuseppe Deodato
 Jamaica 23.06.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Wayne St John McCook
 Japan 08.12.2011 Bern, Switzerland Kazuyoshi Umemoto
 Jordan 18.3.2014 Bern, Switzerland Amjad Jamil Al Qhaiwi
 Kazakhstan 23.11.2022 Bern, Switzerland Kairat Sarzhanov
 Kenya 09.09.2009 London, UK Addison Kutondo Chebukaka
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Kyrgyzstan 11.01.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Gulnara Iskakova
 Kosovo 15.10.2009 Bern, Switzerland Naim Malaj
 Kuwait 03.10.2007 Bern, Switzerland Suhail Khalil Yousef Shuhaiber
 Laos 07.05.2009 Geneva, Switzerland Yong Chanthalangsy
 Latvia 24.11.2009 Vienna, Austria Indulis Berzins
 Lebanon 01.07.2008 Bern, Switzerland Hussein Rammal
 Lesotho 11.04.2008 Geneva, Switzerland Anthony Mothae Maruping
 Liberia 28.06.2005 Paris, France Dudley McKinley Thomas
 Libya 29.09.2011 Bern, Switzerland Sliman Bouchuiguir
 Liechtenstein 26.03.2013[2] Bern, Switzerland Doris Frick
 Lithuania 26.06.2012 Bern, Switzerland Jonas Rudalevicius
 Luxembourg 03.10.2007 Bern, Switzerland Gérard Léon Pierre Philipps
 Macedonia 12.01.2010 Bern, Switzerland Ramadan Nazifi
 Madagascar 05.05.2012 Geneva, Switzerland Solofo Andrianjatovo Razafitrimo
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Malaysia 2017 Bern, Switzerland Sharrina Abdullah
 Malawi 14.10.2008 Brussels, Belgium Brave Rona Ndisale
 Maldives 16.11.2010 Geneva, Switzerland Iruthisham Adam
 Mali 19.10.2006 Geneva, Switzerland Sidiki Lamine Sow
 Malta 01.07.2008 La Valette, Malta Leslie Agius
 Mauritania 16.11.2010 Geneva, Switzerland Cheikh Ahmed Ould Zahave
 Mauritius Paris, France vacant
 Mexico 03.10.2007 Bern, Switzerland Luciano Joublanc Montano
 Moldova 27.03.2012 Geneva, Switzerland Victor Moraru
 Monaco 11.01.2007 Bern, Switzerland Robert Fillon
 Mongolia 24.11.2009 Berlin, Germany Orgil Luvsantseren
 Montenegro 11.01.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Ljubisa Perović
 Morocco 10.03.2009 Bern, Switzerland Mohammed Said Benryane
 Mozambique 19.10.2006 Geneva, Switzerland Frances Victoria Velho Rodrigues
 Myanmar 26.06.2012 Paris, France
 Namibia 19.04.2007 Brussels, Belgium Hanno Rumpf
   Nepal 16.02.2012 Geneva, Switzerland Bhrigu Dhungana
 Netherlands 25.08.2015 Bern, Switzerland Anne Elisabeth Luwema
 New Zealand 11.01.2011 Berlin, Germany Peter Howard Rider
 Nicaragua 16.11.2010 Geneva, Switzerland Carlos Robelo Raffone
 Niger 11.04.2008 Geneva, Switzerland Adani Illo
 Nigeria 21.11.2017 Bern, Switzerland Baba Madugu
 North Korea 20.04.2010 Bern, Switzerland So Se Pyong
 Norway 04.12.2008 Bern, Switzerland Rolf Trolle Andersen
 Oman 13.06.2012 Berlin, Switzerland Mohammed Salim Mabakhut Jadad Al Kathiri
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Pakistan 27.10.2011 Bern, Switzerland Bhounr Muhammad Saleem
 Palestine Ibrahim Khraishi
(General Delegate)
 Panama 23.06.2011 Paris, France Henry Joseph Faarup Mauad
 Paraguay 12.01.2010 Bern, Switzerland Rodolfo Luis Gonzalez Garabelli
 Peru 03.09.2013 Bern, Switzerland Luis Juan Chuquihuara Chil
 Philippines 08.09.2011 Bern, Switzerland Leslie Baja
 Poland 01.07.2008 Bern, Switzerland Jarosław Robert Starzyk
 Portugal 26.06.2012 Bern, Switzerland João Nugent Ramos Pinto
 Qatar 15.01.2004 Paris, France Mohamed Jaham Abduaziz Alkuwari
 Romania 29.09.2011 Bern, Switzerland Anca Elena Opris
 Russia 27.03.2012 Bern, Switzerland Alexander Golovin
 Rwanda 29.09.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Soline Nyirahabimana
 Samoa 31.01.2012 Brussels, Belgium Amorette Faalupega Posini
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 San Marino 15.01.2008 City of San Marino, San Marino Giuseppe Arzilli
 Saudi Arabia 13.01.2009 Bern, Switzerland Hazem M. S. Karakotly
 Senegal 27.03.2012 Geneva, Switzerland Fodé Seck
 Serbia 07.05.2009 Bern, Switzerland Milan Protić
 Seychelles 13.01.2009 Paris, France Claude Sylvestre Anthony Morel
 Sierra Leone 29.06.2010 Berlin, Germany Jongopie Siaka Stevens
 Singapore 15.01.2004 Singapore, Singapore Hwang Michael
 Slovakia 29.06.2010 Bern, Switzerland Jan Foltin
 Slovenia 30.06.2009 Bern, Switzerland Bojan Grobovsek
 South Africa 07.05.2009 Bern, Switzerland George Henry Johannes
 South Korea 16.01.2018 Bern, Switzerland Kwon Haeryong
 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 03.10.2003 Vienna, Austria Maximilian Turnauer
 Spain 20.06.2017 Bern, Switzerland Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta
 Sri Lanka 10.01.2012 Berlin, Germany Upali Sarrath Kongahage
 Sudan 10.01.2012 Geneva, Switzerland Abdelrahman Mohamed Abdalla Dhirar
 Swaziland 01.07.2010 Brussels, Belgium Siphelele Welcome Dludlu
 Sweden 19.10.2006 Bern, Switzerland Per Anders Thöresson
 Syria 24.11.2009 Paris, France Lamia Chakkour
 Tajikistan 07.04.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Salokhiddin Nasriddinov
 Tanzania 07.04.2011 Berlin, Germany Ahmada Rweyemamu Ngemera
 Thailand 05.05.2011 Germany, Switzerland Arbhorn Manasvanich
 Timor-Leste 07.05.2009 Geneva, Switzerland Joaquim Antonio Maria Lopes da Fonseca
 Togo 26.06.2012 Geneva, Switzerland Nakpa Polo
 Tonga 01.07.2008 London, UK Sione Ngongo Kioa
 Trinidad and Tobago 27.10.2011 Brussels, Belgium Margaret King-Rousseau
 Tunisia 29.09.2011 Bern, Switzerland Hafedh Bejar
 Turkey 30.03.2021 Bern, Switzerland Emine Ece Ozbayoglu Acarso[1]
 Turkmenistan 11.04.2011 Geneva, Switzerland Esen Aydogdyev
 Uganda 08.09.2009 Geneva, Switzerland Maurice Kiwanuka Kagimu
 Ukraine 29.05.2008 Bern, Switzerland Ihor Dir
 United Arab Emirates 30.03.2021 Bern, Switzerland Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al Otaiba[1]
 United Kingdom 16.01.2018 Bern, Switzerland Jane Owen
 United States 11.01.2022 Bern, Switzerland Scott Miller
 Uruguay 24.11.2009 Bern, Switzerland Luis Ricardo Nario Fagundez
 Uzbekistan 23.06.2011 Berlin, Germany Dilshod Akhatov
 Venezuela 15.10.2009 Bern, Switzerland César Osvelio Mendez Gonzalez
 Vietnam 18.05.2012 Bern, Switzerland Pham Hoang Kim
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Yemen 11.04.2008 Geneva, Switzerland Ibrahim Saied Mohamed Aladoofi
 Zambia 25.04.2012 Paris, France Hendrix Kapaipi
(Chargé d’Affaires a.i.)
 Zimbabwe 07.04.2011 Berlin, Germany Hebson Hazvina Mudadirwa Makuvise

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Presentation of credentials". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  2. ^ "Doris Frick als neue Botschafterin in Bern vorgestellt". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 25 March 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2024.[dead link]