Richard Aman

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Richard Charley Aman-Volkart (different spelling of the name: Richard Charley Aman-Veillon ; born April 14, 1914 in Zurich ; † July 5, 1988 in Erlenbach , Canton of Zurich ) was a Swiss diplomat .

Life

Between July 13, 1944 and December 31, 1945, Aman was a legal trainee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federal Political Department (now the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ), and then on January 1, 1946, he joined the Political Directorate of the Political Department as a legation attaché enter the diplomatic service. From December 10, 1946 to December 31, 1948, he was first legation attaché and then between January 1, 1949 and April 15, 1951, legation secretary at the legation in Belgium . He then moved on May 12, 1951 to the legation in the People's Republic of Poland as second class legation secretary and was promoted to first class legation secretary there on December 23, 1952. As such, he was temporarily acting head of the embassy in Poland between July 13, 1953 and February 1954 as charge d'affaires ad interim .

Aman was then from April 3, 1954 to April 23, 1956 legation secretary at the embassy in France and was promoted to Legation Council on October 26, 1956 . From November 24, 1956 to July 28, 1958, he served as Legation Councilor at the Embassy in Japan and from August 29, 1958 to February 10, 1959 after the Korean War, he was head of the Swiss delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea . After his return he was from February 10, 1959 to January 2, 1963 as Legation Counselor Chief of Protocol in the Political Department and on July 26, 1960 received the personal title of envoy .

On January 23, 1963, Aman replaced Walter Hofer as ambassador to Thailand and remained in this post until December 21, 1968, whereupon Rudolf Hartmann became his successor there. From February 22, 1963 to 1968, he was also accredited as the Swiss representative in Malaysia . On January 31, 1969, he succeeded Werner Fuchss as ambassador to the Hungarian People's Republic and held this office until June 5, 1973. His successor there was then René Stoudmann . Most recently he replaced Guy von Keller as ambassador to Ireland on June 23, 1973 and held this post until he left the diplomatic service on April 25, 1978, whereupon Etienne Serra was his successor.

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SURNAME Aman, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aman-Volkart, Richard Charley (full name); Aman-Veillon, Richard Charley (different spelling of names)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1988
Place of death Erlenbach , Canton of Zurich