Camille Gorgé

Camille Gorgé (born September 26, 1893 in Bassecourt , † September 6, 1978 in Lucerne ; resident in Moutier ) was a Swiss diplomat .

Life

Family and education

Camille Gorgé, son of David Gorgé, devoted himself to studying law at the University of Leipzig and the University of Geneva after receiving his federal Matura . In 1916 he graduated from Geneva with a degree . Camille Gorgé was married to Rosine, née Mischler.

Professional background

Camille Gorgé joined the Department of Economics one year after graduating , and the Federal Political Department the following year . On leave from 1924 to 1926, he worked as a legal advisor to the Japanese Foreign Minister . On his return from Tokyo he was appointed head of the section of the League of Nations at the Federal Political Department. From 1928 to 1939 Gorgé took part in the negotiations of the League of Nations as a delegate , in 1935 he chaired the conference of the International Aid Association in Geneva, and in 1938 the legal commission of the Conference of the Red Cross in London . Camille Gorgé then acted as Swiss envoy from 1940 to 1945 in Tokyo, from 1946 to 1950 in Ankara , from 1950 to 1953 in Moscow and from 1954 to 1957 in Copenhagen . In 1957, when the consulate general was converted into an embassy , he was appointed the first Swiss ambassador to Denmark , and in 1958 he was retired. Camille Gorgé emerged as the author of several legal and literary works.

Publications

• Les bivouacs: sonnets. Ed. de La Baconnière, Neuchâtel, 1936
• together with Albert Huber : The World Aid Association: its origin, its purpose, its means and its future. World Aid Association, Geneva, 1938
• Neutralite helvetique; son evolution politique et jurisprudence, des origines a la seconde guerre mondiale. Editions Polygraphiques., Zurich, 1947
• Fresque en rouge et noir: roman. Editions du Panorama, Bienne, 1969

literature

• Michaela Trisconi: "Débâcle au Soleil-Levant: journal d'un témoin": le ministre Camille Gorgé durant son activité diplomatique au Japon 1940-1945 . in: Equinoxe 12 . 1994, pp. 11-26.
• Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 4, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1996 ISBN 3-598-23164-4 . P. 99.

Web links

• Literature by and about Camille Gorgé in the catalog of the German National Library
• Marc Perrenoud / AW: Gorgé, Camille. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Gorgé, Camille in the Dodis databaseof diplomatic documents of Switzerland

predecessor	Office	successor
Walter Thurnheer	Swiss envoy in Tokyo 1940–1945	Reinhard Hohl
Etienne Lardy	Swiss envoy in Ankara 1946–1950	Julien Rossat
Hans Zurlinden	Swiss envoy in Moscow 1950–1953	Edouard de Haller
Alexandre Girardet	Swiss envoy (from 1957 ambassador) in Copenhagen 1954–1958	Alfred Sonderegger