Yves Rossier

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Yves Rossier (born November 14, 1960 in Delsberg ; legal resident in La Brillaz ) is a Swiss civil servant and diplomat. He has been Switzerland's ambassador to Russia since February 2017.

Life

Rossier is the son of a bank clerk and a secretary. He obtained a licentiate degree in law from the University of Friborg, then studied European law at the College of Europe in Bruges and obtained a Master of Laws from McGill University in Montreal.

In 1990 Rossier began his career as legal advisor to the integration office of the FDFA under Jakob Kellenberger . After the diplomatic concours he did a stage in the Political Department II there in 1993. Afterwards Rossier, who is a member of the FDP, worked as a scientific advisor to the Federal Councilors Jean-Pascal Delamuraz and Pascal Couchepin . From 2000 to 2003 he headed the Federal Casino Commission. In February 2004 he became director of the Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO) in the Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI). When Federal Councilor Didier Burkhalter moved from the interior to the external department in 2012, he took Rossier with him.

In January 2012, the Federal Councilor appointed Rossier State Secretary in the Directorate of Political Affairs in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), and he took office on May 1, 2012. He succeeded Peter Maurer , who became President of the ICRC . He stepped down from his position in August 2016, and was succeeded by Pascale Baeriswyl . In October 2016, Rossier was appointed Swiss ambassador to Russia in place of the previous ambassador in Kosovo , Krystyna Marty Lang , who had been scheduled for the post the previous year . He took up this position in February 2017 as the successor to Pierre Helg , who retired at the end of November 2016 .

Rossier is married to a lawyer and has five children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Appointment of the State Secretary and the General Secretary in the FDFA www.news.admin.ch. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Yves Rossier. A sculptor of foreign policy. In: The time . February 7, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Yves Rossier becomes the new State Secretary in the FDFA. In: Tages-Anzeiger . January 11, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Florence Vuichard: Power network. The quick thinker Yves Rossier. In: Balance . March 28, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ State Secretariat eda.admin.ch. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ Marcel Amrein: Back to the organization chart. In: nzz.ch. August 23, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Diplomats are wondering - Rossier receives preferred position. Tages-Anzeiger , October 5, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ Newsletter of the Swiss Embassy in the Russian Federation, December 22, 2016. Available online on the FDFA website, PDF file, 1.8 MB, accessed on February 23, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Rossier, Yves
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss civil servant and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Delémont