Franz Muheim (diplomat)

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Franz Emmanuel Muheim (born  September 27, 1931 in Bern ) is a former Swiss ambassador . From 1996 to 2001 he was President of the Swiss Red Cross .

Life

Franz Muheim graduated from grammar school in his hometown of Bern and from 1952 to 1956 studied humanities at the universities of Freiburg , Geneva and Paris . After various internships, he joined the diplomatic service in the Federal Political Department (EPD), today's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), and worked in Belgrade , Rabat and London until 1971 . He then headed the EPD's Council of Europe service for two years and the United Nations and International Organizations section from 1973 to 1978 .

From 1978 to 1981 he was the first employee of the Swiss Ambassador to the United States . Until 1984 he was Deputy Director of the Political Directorate of the FDFA and Head of Political Division I for Europe and North America , and then until 1989 Head of the Directorate for International Organizations. From 1989 to 1994 he was ambassador to London .

Franz Muheim was a Fellow at Harvard University from 1981 to 1982 and Professor at the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies from 1995 to 1996 , an educational and research institution for international relations and diplomacy at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore . In 1996 he took over the office of President of the Swiss Red Cross (SRK) from Karl Kennel . In this position he was followed in 2001 by the lawyer and politician René Rhinow .

literature

  • Muheim, Franz Emmanuel. In: Elizabeth Sleeman: The International Who's Who 2004. Taylor & Francis, London 2003, ISBN 1-85743-217-7 , p. 1183

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personal data
SURNAME Muheim, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muheim, Franz Emmanuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Ambassador and President of the Swiss Red Cross (1996–2001)
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern