Francesca Pometta

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Francesca Pometta (1986)

Francesca Pometta (born June 24, 1926 in Geneva , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland ; † March 16, 2016 in Genthod , Canton of Geneva, Switzerland) was a Swiss diplomat . She was the first woman in Swiss professional diplomacy to be appointed head of mission at a foreign representation by the Federal Council .

Life

Francesca Pometta came from Broglio in Val Lavizzara , a side valley of the Valle Maggia in the canton of Ticino . She was the daughter of federal judge Carlo Pometta and Monique Pfäffli-Pometta.

From 1945 to 1949 she studied at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Lausanne and worked professionally at home and abroad. In 1956 she joined the Federal Political Department (EPD, since 1979 FDFA) and was embassy attaché (1958–1960) and in the department's finance and economic service (1960–1963). She worked at the Swiss Embassy in Washington, DC , at the United Nations in New York and at the Council of Europe in Bern and the Embassy in Rome .

In 1975 she became Vice Director and in 1977 Director for International Organizations at the EPD. From 1982 to 1987 Pometta was Switzerland's permanent observer at the United Nations (UN). For the duration of this mission, Pometta received the title of ambassador (titular ambassador). In 1987 she became the first Swiss ambassador and until 1991 was accredited both in Italy and Malta and with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) based in Rome.

After her retirement, she worked on the advisory board of the Special Fund for Holocaust Victims and on the committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross .

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  1. ↑ Francesca Pometta obituary , NZZ , March 18, 2016
  2. ^ First Swiss ambassador has died , Aargauer Zeitung , March 18, 2016
  3. ^ First Swiss ambassador. Francesca Pometta died at the age of 89 , NZZ , March 18, 2016
  4. ^ Sarah Brian Scherer: Francesca Pometta. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
predecessor Office successor
... Permanent observer for Switzerland at the United Nations in New York
1982–1987 		...
Gaspard Bodmer Swiss Ambassador to Italy
1987–1991 		Francis Pianca
Gaspard Bodmer Swiss Ambassador for Malta , based in Rome
1987–1991 		Francis Pianca
personal data
SURNAME Pometta, Francesca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pometta, Francesca Maria Renata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2016
Place of death Genthod , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland