List of ambassadors of Switzerland to Turkey

Ambassador of Switzerland to Turkey

Inaugural holder| Henri François Martin [de]
Formation| April 16, 1926

The Swiss ambassador in Ankara is the official representative of the Government in Bern to the Government of Turkey.

## List of representatives

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Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Function  | Observations  | List of members of the Swiss Federal Council | Prime Minister of Turkey | Term end

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April 16, 1926 | Henri François Martin [de] | Henri François Martin in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Envoy  |  | Heinrich Häberlin | Ali Fethi Bey | October 1, 1928
October 16, 1928 | Henri François Martin [de] | Henri François Martin in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Envoy  |  | Edmund Schulthess | Ali Fethi Bey | October 31, 1937
1933 | Charles-Edouard de Bavier [de] | Charles-Edouard de Bavier in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland |  |  | Edmund Schulthess | Ali Fethi Bey | 1934
October 9, 1934 | Emil Anton Bloesch | Emil Anton Bloesch in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | head  |  | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Ali Fethi Bey | April 20, 1905
October 16, 1934 | Emil Anton Bloesch | Emil Anton Bloesch in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Chargé d'affaires |  | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Ali Fethi Bey | September 30, 1938
October 16, 1934 | Emil Anton Bloesch | Emil Anton Bloesch in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Ali Fethi Bey | September 30, 1938
September 19, 1938 | Etienne Lardy | Etienne Lardy in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Envoy  |  | Johannes Baumann | Celâl Bayar | May 12, 1946
April 22, 1905 | Alfred Zehnder | Alfred Zehnder in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Murad V. | April 23, 1905
January 1, 1941 | Friedrich Zuber | Friedrich Zuber in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Legation Council  |  | Ernst Wetter | Refik Saydam | April 17, 1943
January 14, 1941 | Friedrich Zuber | Friedrich Zuber in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Ernst Wetter | Refik Saydam | December 31, 1941
April 10, 1941 | Xavier de Meyer | Xavier de Meyer in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Attaché  |  | Ernst Wetter | Refik Saydam | December 31, 1941
1942 | Robert Frick | Robert Frick in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Military attaché  |  | Philipp Etter | Ahmet Fikri Tüzer | 1946
January 1, 1942 | Xavier de Meyer | Xavier de Meyer in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Philipp Etter | Ahmet Fikri Tüzer | June 6, 1943
January 1, 1945 | Roger Dürr | Roger Dürr in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Attaché  |  | Eduard von Steiger | Ahmet Fikri Tüzer |
January 1, 1946 | Daniel Gagnebin | Daniel Gagnebin in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Attaché  |  | Karl Kobelt | Recep Peker |
January 1, 1946 | Oscar Rossetti | Oscar Rossetti in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Karl Kobelt | Recep Peker | January 1, 1949
January 1, 1946 | Camille Gorgé | Camille Gorgé in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Envoy  |  | Karl Kobelt | Recep Peker | January 1, 1950
January 1, 1946 | Charles Daniel (Swiss diplomat) | Charles Daniel in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Military attaché  |  | Karl Kobelt | Recep Peker | January 1, 1948
April 5, 1946 | Camille Gorgé | Camille Gorgé in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Envoy  |  | Karl Kobelt | Recep Peker | January 1, 1950
September 13, 1946 | Harald Feller | Harald Feller in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Karl Kobelt | Recep Peker | April 25, 1949
1947 | Ferdinand Dufour | Ferdinand Dufour in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Philipp Etter | Hasan Saka |
January 1, 1948 | Jean-Louis Berthoud | Jean-Louis Berthoud in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Enrico Celio | Hasan Saka | January 15, 1949
1951 | Etienne Vallotton | Etienne Vallotton in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Attaché  |  | Eduard von Steiger | Adnan Menderes |
February 2, 1951 | Julien Rossat | Julien Rossat in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Envoy  |  | Eduard von Steiger | Adnan Menderes | April 5, 1957
December 16, 1954 | Hans Conrad Cramer | Hans Conrad Cramer in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Rodolphe Rubattel | Adnan Menderes | May 10, 1905
April 26, 1957 | Eric Kessler  | Eric Kessler in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Hans Streuli | Adnan Menderes | May 15, 1905
September 26, 1962 | René Keller (Swiss diplomat) | René Keller in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Paul Chaudet | İsmet İnönü | December 23, 1965
1964 | François Pictet | François Pictet in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Marc-Emile Ruchet | Murad V. | April 1, 1966
1965 | Carl Weidenmann | Carl Weidenmann in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Military attaché  |  | Hans-Peter Tschudi | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü |
May 19, 1966 | Arturo Marcionelli | Arturo Marcionelli in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Hans Schaffner | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü | December 13, 1972
1967 | Hikmet Belbez | Hikmet Belbez in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Legal adviser  |  | Roger Bonvin | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü |
1968 | Dieter Chenaux-Repond | Dieter Chenaux-Repond in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | II. Secretary  |  | Willy Spühler | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü |
1969 | Antoine Jean Guisolan | Antoine Jean Guisolan in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Military attaché  |  | Ludwig von Moos | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü | 1969
1971 | Paul Friedrich Stauffer | Paul Friedrich Stauffer in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Rudolf Gnägi | Nihat Erim |
1972 | Urs Peter Ramser | Urs Peter Ramser in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Military attaché  |  | Nello Celio | Ferit Melen | 1972
1973 | Adolf Knöpfel | Adolf Knöpfel in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Vice Consul  |  | Roger Bonvin | Mehmet Naim Talu |
1973 | Adolf Knöpfel | Adolf Knöpfel in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Office of the Chancellor  |  | Roger Bonvin | Mehmet Naim Talu |
March 19, 1973 | Jean-Denis Grandjean | Jean-Denis Grandjean in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Roger Bonvin | Mehmet Naim Talu | December 6, 1974
1974 | Johann Heinrich Ghisler | Johann Heinrich Ghisler in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | II. Secretary  |  | Ernst Brugger | Mustafa Bülent Ecevit |
January 15, 1975 | Charles Masset | Charles Masset in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Pierre Graber | Süleyman Demirel | October 30, 1976
1976 | Johann Heinrich Ghisler | Johann Heinrich Ghisler in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Secretary  |  | Rudolf Gnägi | Süleyman Demirel |
December 19, 1976 | Georges Bonnant | Georges Bonnant in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Rudolf Gnägi | Süleyman Demirel | January 31, 1980
March 22, 1980 | Dieter Chenaux-Repond | Dieter Chenaux-Repond in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Georges-André Chevallaz | Bülent Ulusu | March 23, 1983
July 1, 1983 | André Maillard | André Maillard in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Pierre Aubert | Turgut Özal | September 30, 1987
September 16, 1987 | Adolf Lacher | Adolf Lacher in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Pierre Aubert | Turgut Özal | March 26, 1991
May 11, 1991 | Pierre Barraz | Pierre Barraz in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Flavio Cotti | Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz | February 20, 1993
April 1, 1993 | Paul André Ramseyer | Paul André Ramseyer in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Adolf Ogi | Tansu Çiller | August 31, 1993
December 9, 1994 | André Faivet | André Faivet in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  |  | Otto Stich | Tansu Çiller |
January 19, 2009 | Raimund Kunz | Raimund Kunz in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ambassador  | [1] | Hans-Rudolf Merz | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | March 2013
March 11, 2013 | Walter Haffner |  |  |

* From 2008 to August 2012 he was ambassador in Tel Aviv,
* From August 2012 to 2013 he was ambassador to Latvia, Lithuania[2]

| Guy Parmelin | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | December 31, 2021

39°53′55″N 32°51′40″E﻿ / ﻿39.898693°N 32.861128°E﻿ / 39.898693; 32.861128 [3]

## References

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1. ^ Raimund Kunz
2. ^ Walter Haffner
3. ^ Ambassade de Suisse à Ankara in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland