Martin Dahinden

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His Excellency Martin Dahinden Ph.D.
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Incumbent
Assumed office Assumed office in 2014
Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
In office 2008–2014
Director of Corporate Management at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
In office 2004–2008
Personal details
Born	Martin Dahinden (1955-01-08) 8 January 1955 Zurich, Switzerland
Died	thumb AmbDahinden Web-138
Resting place	thumb AmbDahinden Web-138
Nationality	Swiss
Spouses	Anita
Children	Robert, Andrea
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Residences	Washington DC, Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.
Alma mater	University of Zurich, Zurich
Occupation	Diplomat

Martin Dahinden is a senior Swiss diplomat who since October 2014 is the Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America . Mr. Dahinden presented his credentials to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, on November 20th 2014 at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Mandate

As Head of the Embassy of Switzerland to the United States in Washington DC, Ambassador Dahinden oversees all relations between Switzerland and the United States. This extends to all Consulates General, the Swiss Business Hub, the offices of Swissnex and other entities that promote exchange in the fields of trade, business, politics, science, technology and culture between the United States and Switzerland.

The focus areas of Ambassador Dahinden’s tenure are the furthering of the relations between the “Sister Republics” Switzerland and the U.S., in particular the two countries’ joint efforts of fostering global peace and stability, and the protection of human rights and humanitarian law. Like the U.S., Switzerland is a founding member of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum, and is strongly committed to combating international terrorism and all forms of its financing. In line with its humanitarian tradition, Switzerland represents U.S. interests in Cuba (since 1961) and in Iran(since 1979) and is a partner to the U.S.’s humanitarian engagement in mediating international conflicts and disputes between Armenia and Turkey, Russia and Georgia, as well as in Mali.

Ambassador Dahinden advocates for a framework of sustainable trade relations between Switzerland and the U.S. (by the end of 2012 Swiss investments in the U.S. amounted to $204 billion, Switzerland’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in the U.S. currently ranks 6th worldwide , and U.S. subsidiaries of Swiss companies created 472’000 jobs in the U.S. in 2013. Ambassador Dahinden’s tenure also extends to the promotion of cooperation in the fields of innovation, research & development, and education (e.g. the Swiss model of the dual education system and apprenticeship).

Career

Prior to assuming the position of Ambassador of Switzerland to the U.S., Mr. Dahinden served as the Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (2008 to 2014) where he oversaw and managed the agency’s re-organization. From 2004 to 2008 he acted as Head of the Directorate of Corporate Management at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), preceded by his appointment as Director of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining from 2000 to 2004.

Mr. Dahinden entered the diplomatic service in 1987. Early assignments included his service as a member of the Swiss Delegation to GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), at the Embassy of Switzerland in Paris, as Deputy to the Swiss Ambassador in Nigeria (1989 to 1991), and in a temporary posting at the Swiss Mission to the United Nations in New York. Later, he worked in the FDFA's Service for Disarmament Policy and Nuclear Issues (1991 to 1995), as Head of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Service of the Directorate of Political Affairs and held the position of Deputy Head of the OSCE Coordination Unit during the Swiss Chairmanship of the OSCE in 1996. The following year, he was sent abroad as Deputy Head of the Swiss Mission to NATO in Brussels (1997 to 2000).

Personal Life

Born in Zurich, Switzerland, on the 8th of January 1955, Martin Dahinden earned a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Mr. Dahinden’s private life is devoted to classical music, literature, painting and culinary arts beyond the Swiss historical and contemporary canon. Ambassador Dahinden and his wife Anita Dahinden have two children, Robert and Andrea.

Publications

Martin Dahinden: Swiss security policy and partnership with NATO. Nato Review, No.4 Winter 1999 - Volume 47, pp. 24-25. http://www.nato.int/docu/rev-pdf/eng/9904-en.pdf

Martin Dahinden: The Response to the Humanitarian Crisis Created by Landmines. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2002. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09557570220126261

Martin Dahinden: "War from the Victims‘ Perspective: Photographs by Jean Mohr", Opening Remarks at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, November 20, 2014. http://www.swissemb.org/downloads/AmbSpeech_WarFromVictim%27sPerspective_Nov2014.pdf

Category:Living people Category:1955 births Category:Swiss diplomats