Edouard Brunner
Edouard Brunner (born February 24, 1932 in Istanbul , † June 24, 2007 in Nyon ) was a Swiss diplomat .
Life
Brunner studied at the University of Geneva Law and graduated in 1954 from. In 1956 he joined the Swiss Foreign Ministry . At the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) in 1975 he was present when the Helsinki Act was signed.
Under Foreign Minister Pierre Aubert , Brunner was appointed Head of Political Affairs Department 1 in the Swiss Foreign Ministry in 1980 and State Secretary in the Political Directorate in 1984. Aubert's successor René Felber transferred the top diplomat Brunner as Swiss ambassador, initially to Washington, then to Paris.
From 1991 to 1993 he was the UN Secretary General's special envoy for the Middle East , and from 1993 to 1997 for Georgia and thus also for the Abkhazia conflict.
Brunner, who is widely regarded as one of the most influential Swiss diplomats of the post-war period, died after a serious illness at the age of 75.
Works
- The position of Switzerland in today's world. German Ges. For Foreign Policy, Bonn 1984. (Lecture)
- As editor: Insight into Swiss foreign policy: on the 65th birthday of Raymond Probst . Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-85823-103-7 . (Festschrift)
- Lambris dorés et coulisses: souvenirs d'un diplomate , Genève 2001, ISBN 2-8257-0756-2 .
literature
- Paul Widmer: Swiss foreign policy and diplomacy from Pictet de Rochemont to Edouard Brunner . Zurich, ISBN 978-3-03823-632-0 (2nd updated edition 2014)
Web links
- Marc Perrenoud / CS: Edouard Brunner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Edouard Brunner in the archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives
- Publications by and about Edouard Brunner in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Edouard Brunner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Documents by and about Brunner, Edouard in the Dodis database of Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Klaus Jacobi |
Swiss Ambassador to Washington, DC 1989–1993 |
Carlo Jagmetti |
| Carlo Jagmetti |
Swiss ambassador in Paris 1993–1997 |
Benedikt von Tscharner |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brunner, Edouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 2007 |
| Place of death | Nyon |