Paul Widmer
Paul Widmer (* 1949 in the canton of St. Gallen ) is a Swiss diplomat and lecturer in international relations at the University of St. Gallen .
Life
Widmer grew up in Toggenburg . He studied history and philosophy in Zurich, where he received his dissertation in 1983 with the uncomfortable reality. Studies on the decline theme in ancient doctorate was. He then spent a year researching with Reinhart Koselleck at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld. In 1977 he joined the Swiss diplomatic service. His first foreign post took him to New York , first to the Consulate General , then to the Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations . In 1979 he was appointed diplomatic assistant to Political Department I at headquarters. From 1983 to 1984 he worked at the Institute for East-West Security Studies in New York, then as Embassy Secretary in Washington. There he was appointed counselor in 1987. From 1989 he headed the CSCE ( OSCE ) service in the Foreign Ministry in Bern and from 1992 to 1999 the Swiss representation in Berlin. In 1999 he became ambassador to Croatia and in 2003 to Jordan . From 2007 he was the permanent representative of Switzerland at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. From late 2011 to early 2014, he was a non-resident ambassador to the Holy See .
In 2014 he published Diplomacy: A Handbook to Introduce Future Diplomats to Their Work . The handbook encompasses the history, theory and practice of diplomacy, which Widmer describes as “power politics in a civil form”.
The cultural foundation of the major bank UBS recognized him as an essayist in 2002 . Since 2016 he has been writing a column as a guest columnist in the NZZ am Sonntag . He lives in Bern.
Works
Widmer authored several political and historical books including:
- The Swiss legation in Berlin. With an article about Peter Gross pp.370-374. History of a difficult diplomatic post. NZZ Libro, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-85823-683-7 .
- Swiss foreign policy and diplomacy. From Pictet de Rochemont to Edouard Brunner . NZZ Libro, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-03823-632-2 .
- Switzerland as a special case. Basics - history - design. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-03823-495-1 .
- Minister Hans Frölicher . The most controversial Swiss diplomat. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-03823-779-2 .
- Diplomacy. A manual. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03823-881-2 .
- Federal Councilor Arthur Hoffmann . Rise and fall. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03810-253-3 (reading sample) .
Web links
- Publications by and about Paul Widmer in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Paul Widmer's personal website
- Short biography and reviews of works by Paul Widmer at perlentaucher.de
- Paul Widmer , University of St. Gallen, with a list of publications
- Die Welt : On the High Culture of Diplomacy , July 1st, 1999
- Documents by and about Paul Widmer in the Dodis database of Diplomatic Documents in Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation: Appointments in the FDFA , short biography
- ↑ a b NZZ -Podium: Attention Switzerland! - On the State of the Union , September 22, 2011
- ^ University of St. Gallen : Directory of persons. Paul Widmer . Retrieved February 10, 2014
- ^ Thomas Zaugg: Swipes by an ex-diplomat. In: Tages-Anzeiger of July 2, 2014, p. 24 (Review on diplomacy. A manual ).
- ↑ Bielefeld University, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Annual Report 1977, 35
- ↑ Vatican Radio : Pope denounces arms trade on May 15, 2014
- ↑ Vatican Radio : Switzerland Ambassador: “Deepening Relationship with the Vatican” , December 15, 2012
- ↑ a b Urs Hafner: Visiting Paul Widmer , Neue Zürcher Zeitung online from April 7, 2014, accessed on July 24, 2014
- ^ Rainer Blasius : Slumbering Relationships , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung online from May 26, 2014, accessed on July 24, 2014
- ↑ Wolf Lepenies: The West needs a new Holbrooke. , Die Welt online on May 26, 2014, accessed on July 24, 2014
- ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung : Behind the Scenes of Diplomacy , June 29, 2003
- ↑ Dear readers. In: NZZ am Sonntag of January 10, 2016, p. 2.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Widmer, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss diplomat and lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canton of St. Gallen |