Charles-Edouard de Bavier

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Charles-Edouard de Bavier (born November 2, 1893 in Dully , † April 2, 1975 in Givisiez ) was a Swiss diplomat .

origin

Ernst Karl Eduard von Bavier was the third son of Helene Mathild Beck von Basel and Karl Eugen Eduard von Bavier (* 1842), the son of Rosalia (Chapuisat von Aclens, Kt Waadt) and Johann Anton von Bavier (* 1810; † 1881) .

Career

Bavier entered the foreign service in 1919. From 1924 to 1932 he was legation secretary in Rome , before moving to Paris in the same position the following year and then working as counselor at the Swiss embassy in Ankara until 1934 .

From August 28, 1934 to May 1, 1942, he was a member of the Legation Council and had the exequatur as Consul General in Milan : in 1933, almost 5,000 Swiss people lived in this city, which was about half the Swiss community in Fascist Italy. After 1920, numerous Italians developed a national consciousness that was also directed against the German-speaking Swiss. In 1930 Giovanni Bassanesi started in Lodrino TI and threw anti-fascist leaflets through Milan. In 1934 a Swiss fascist cell was founded in Milan. The consulate was upgraded to the consulate general.

Of 5 May 1942 to October 24, 1944 acted Bavier as charge d'affaires in the Wehrmacht occupied Athens and of 24 November 1944 to 9 February 1945, he headed the department protecting power in Berlin . Then he took over the office of Chargé d'affaires in Tehran until February 25, 1947 . He then became envoy there and stayed in Tehran until May 28, 1951, when he was entrusted with the task of envoy in Mexico City . He held this post until 1958. From the beginning of March to the end of December 1958 he was ambassador to Mexico City. He was retired on January 1, 1960.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Gender Book; almanach généalogique suisse 1907, p. 26
  2. ^ Bavier, Charles-Edouard de in the Dodis database of diplomatic documents in Switzerland
  3. ^ Marianne Bauer: Milan. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  4. ^ The Middle East: A Survey and Directory of the Countries of the Middle East, p. 358
  5. ↑ Entry on Dodis (see web links)
predecessor Office successor
Richard Hüni Swiss Consul General in Milan
1934–1942 		Franco Brenni
Franco Brenni Swiss Chargé d'Affaires in Athens
1942–1944 		Alfred Martin Escher
Armin Däniker Swiss ambassador to Tehran
1945–1951 		Alfred Martin Escher
Werner Weingärtner Swiss Ambassador to Mexico City
1951–1958 		Fred Bieri
personal data
SURNAME Bavier, Charles-Edouard de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Dully
DATE OF DEATH April 2nd, 1975
Place of death Givisiez