Pitteloud, which carries a title of Ambassador, was appointed by the Federal Council on Friday the extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador in the USA, such as the Department of foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. The current Ambassador Martin Dahinden is in the Pension, such as the EDA announced on request of the Agency, Keystone SDA.

born in 1962 and Valais was from 2000, news coordinator of the Federal government. After several mishaps, the service was reorganized, and a crisis staff. 2006 Pitteloud in the services of the at the time of Federal councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey joined, headed the FDFA. In 2010, he was Swiss Ambassador to Kenya.

In the visor of the judiciary

To the attention of the justice was Pitteloud 2016, after he had been accused of two Kenyan brothers, to have you under pressure. He should have the attitude of a criminal investigation, if you would pay him 50 million francs.

The investigation against Pitteloud was set in the spring. The with the procedure in charge of Vaud, attorney General Eric Cottier found that the actions of Pitteloud had been allowed. Against the decision of the two Kenyans rekurrierten about your lawyer. The procedure is not completed yet.

Pitteloud was in the time of the criminal investigation, apparently also in the race for the office of Director of the intelligence service (NDB). Won this in the end, Jean-Philippe Gaudin.

Since the 2015 agreement signed with the Director of resources is in the EDA. His successor for this office, the Federal Council has determined also on Friday, at the proposal of the foreign Minister, Ignazio Cassis.

successor in EDA

It is Tania Dussey-Cavassini, your new function on 1. July 2019. The 51-year-old French-speaking Swiss, is a lawyer and has a teaching diploma from the music Conservatory in Lausanne. She joined in 1996 EDA, graduated from the diplomatic Stage, and then worked until 2006 in a number of functions for the EDA.

image: 2018 World Economic Forum

After working in the private sector) Dussey until June 2017 Vice-Director of the International Affairs division at the Federal office for health (BAG. Since then, she leads the 2012 founded Forestay River Consulting Ltd. This advises companies and institutions in corporate strategy, resource management and communication.

On Friday, the Federal Council appointed in the framework of the periodic dislocations other new ambassadors. Among them, Christian Meuwly, head of mission in Brussels. He is the new Ambassador and Permanent representative of Switzerland to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. (nag/sda)

Created: 14.12.2018, 16:29 PM