Beat from Fischer
Henry Beat von Fischer (born July 22, 1901 in Bern , † August 22, 1984 ibid), also Béat de Fischer , was a Swiss diplomat .
Life
A native of Bernese Beat Fischer, son of the architect Henry Berthold von Fischer , devoted himself to filed Matura a study of law at the Universities of Bern , Freiburg , Munich and Paris . After his doctorate as Dr. iur. Fischer initially worked in private industry in Switzerland and abroad, and later in the headquarters for trade promotion in Lausanne and Zurich .
On April 1, 1929, Fischer entered the service of the Federal Political Department . His first assignment abroad led Fischer to the Swiss embassy in The Hague in 1932 , followed by assignments in the embassies in Buenos Aires , Warsaw , Bucharest , Riga , Helsinki and again in Bucharest. Fischer - he was promoted to Legation Councilor in Bucharest in 1942 - took over the position of the first employee of the Swiss ambassador to Egypt in Cairo in 1947 . In November 1949, the Federal Council appointed Fischer special envoy and plenipotentiary minister of the Confederation in Cairo. He was also accredited in Ethiopia in the same function in 1952 .
In 1953, Fischer was appointed envoy in Lisbon . In 1959 he was appointed ambassador to Vienna . On April 2, 1959, Beat von Fischer paid his inaugural visit to Mayor Franz Jonas in the Vienna City Hall . Beat von Fischer was most recently employed as ambassador in London from 1963 to 1966 .
Beat von Fischer - he was a member of the Sovereign Order of Malta - presided the Helvetic Association of the Sovereign Order of Malta from 1968 to 1979, from 1969 to 1979 the International Committee of the Order of Malta for Leprosy Aid and from 1974 to 1977 the delegation of the Order at the diplomatic conference for international humanitarian law in Geneva .
Works
- The donation of death because of the Swiss Civil Code. Polygraphische Gesellschaft, Laupen 1927 (dissertation).
- Contributions à la connaissance des relations suisses-égyptiennes (d'environ 100 à 1949), suivies d'une esquisse des relations suisses-éthiopiennes (jusqu'en 1952). Lisbon 1956.
- Dialogue luso-suisse: Essai d'une histoire des relations entre la Suisse et le Portugal du 15e siècle à la Convention de Stockholm de 1960. Lisbon 1960.
- L'Ordre souverain de Malte. In: Recueil des cours. Académie de droit international. 163: 5-47 (1979).
- 2000 ans de présence suisse en Angleterre: L'étonnante épopée des Suisses d'Outre-Manche de l'époque romaine à la Communauté européenne. Delachaux & Niestlé, Neuchâtel 1980, ISBN 2-603-00190-6 .
literature
- A Beat de Fischer pour son 80e anniversaire, June 22nd 1981. Festschrift. 1981.
- Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 3. KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 , p. 312.
Web links
- Beat von Fischer in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Documents by and about Fischer, Beat of the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ^ Vienna 1959: reports from April 1959 in www.wien.gv.at
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Secrétan |
Swiss envoy in Cairo 1949–1954 |
André Boissier |
| Georges Bonnant |
Swiss envoy in Lisbon 1954–1959 |
Franco Brenni |
| Reinhard Hohl |
Swiss ambassador in Vienna 1959–1963 |
Alfred Escher |
| Armin Daeniker |
Swiss ambassador in London 1964–1966 |
Olivier Long |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, beat of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fischer, Henry Beat von (full name); Fischer, Béat de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 1984 |
| Place of death | Bern |