Jean-Louis Pahud

Jean-Louis Pahud (* 1909 in Lausanne , Canton of Vaud ; † 1993 ) was a Swiss diplomat .

Life

Pahud entered the diplomatic service and was a member of the economic delegation in Poland . On February 1, 1939, he became a legation attaché in the Foreign Ministry, the Federal Political Department (now the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ), and between 1942 and 1947 he was employed as legation secretary at the legation in Egypt , where in 1946 he was promoted to first class legation secretary. In 1947 he was ad interim acting head of the legation in Lebanon and after his return from 1947 to 1948 legation secretary in the trade departmentFederal Department of Economic Affairs (now the Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research ). In the meantime, due to the absence of the envoy Charles von Jenner as chargé d'affaires ad interim, he was the first acting head of the embassy in Bulgaria in August 1947 . Between 1949 and 1950 he acted as Chargé d'affaires ad interim again as acting head of the embassy in Bulgaria.

Then Pahud was from February 10, 1950 to 1955 Legation Counselor at the Legation in Spain and 1956 for some time as Minister Head of the Legation in Ethiopia . On September 7, 1956, he replaced Max König as envoy to Egypt . As such, he was also responsible for Saudi Arabia and, between September 7, 1956 and May 31, 1957, as Chargé d'affaires ad interim, he was again acting head of the embassy in Ethiopia. After upgrading the legation in Cairo to an embassy, ​​he became the first Swiss ambassador to Egypt on April 12, 1957 and held this position until December 6, 1962, after which he was replaced by Robert Maurice . At the same time he was accredited as responsible for Sudan since 1960 .

On February 14, 1963, Pahud succeeded Robert Maurice as ambassador to Belgium and remained there until July 28, 1967. At the same time, he was accredited for Luxembourg and was replaced as ambassador by Philippe Zutter . He then took over the post of Ambassador to Mexico from Fernand Bernoulli on September 24, 1967 and held this office until December 31, 1970, after which he was replaced by Alfred Fischli . As ambassador to Mexico, he was also accredited to represent Switzerland in the Dominican Republic , Haiti and Jamaica . During this time he represented the Federal Council on August 4, 1970 as Ambassador Extraordinary, Special Envoy and Head of the Delegation at the inauguration of the President of the Dominican Republic Joaquín Balaguer . He also represented the Federal Council on December 29, 1970 as Ambassador Extraordinary, Special Envoy and Head of the Delegation at the inauguration of the President of Mexico Luis Echeverría Álvarez .

Most recently, Pahud succeeded René Naville as ambassador to Portugal on October 5, 1970 and remained in this position until he retired on January 31, 1975, after which Giovanni Enrico Bucher became his successor there.

Web link

• Jean-Louis Pahud in the Dodis databaseof Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland