Paul Stauffer
Paul Friedrich Stauffer (born April 7, 1930 in Basel , † October 18, 2008 in Bern ) was a Swiss diplomat and historian .
Life
He received his doctorate in 1959 under Edgar Bonjour at the University of Basel with a dissertation on the Swiss historian Johannes von Müller .
He joined the foreign service in 1960. From July 10, 1978 to May 30, 1981 he was Ambassador to Karachi , Pakistan . On March 16, 1981, he was appointed ambassador to Iran by the Federal Council . From November 1, 1981 to December 31, 1983, he was ambassador to Tehran .
On July 6, 1983, he was appointed ambassador to Poland by the Federal Council . From January 1, 1984 to May 31, 1989, he was the Swiss ambassador in Warsaw . There he conducted research in Polish archives on the history of the Free State of Danzig in the 1930s, v. a. on the role of the League of Nations representative Carl Jacob Burckhardt , which he had described in the 1960 book Meine Danziger Mission . In his 1991 book, Stauffer questioned the authenticity and reliability of some of Burckhardt's statements and representations. This led to disputes, u. a. with the publicist Marion Countess Dönhoff in the Stauffer-Dönhoff controversy .
Works (selection)
- The idea of European equilibrium in Johannes von Müller's political thought , Basel 1960 (dissertation)
- Carl Jakob Burckhardt, Between Hofmannsthal and Hitler, Facets of an Extraordinary Existence , Zurich 1991
- Six terrible years ... In the footsteps of Carl Jakob Burckhardt through the Second World War , Zurich 1998
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Stauffer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Werner Hagmann: Stauffer, Paul. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Paul Stauffer in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
- Estate at the Archives for Contemporary History (PDF)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Lucien Mossaz | Swiss ambassador to Pakistan 1978–1981 |
Paul Wipfli |
| Erik-Roger Lang |
Swiss ambassador to Iran 1981–1983 |
Serge François Salvi |
| Roger-Etienne Campiche | Swiss Ambassador in Warsaw 1984–1989 |
Richard Gächter |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stauffer, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stauffer, Paul Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss diplomat and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2008 |
| Place of death | Bern |