Bürgenstock 2007 in Montreux > Speakers
H.E. Alexis P. Lautenberg
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Mr Alexis P. Lautenberg was born in 1945 in Zurich, and is a citizen of Basle and Ascona, Canton Ticino. Mr Lautenberg obtained a degree in Political Science at the University of Lausanne. After joining the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in 1974, he completed his diplomatic training in Berne, Geneva and Stockholm. In 1976 he was transferred to Warsaw, as Deputy to the Head of Mission, and in 1977 to the Swiss Delegation to EFTA and GATT in Geneva. In 1981 he became Head of the Economic Section at the Embassy of Switzerland in Bonn, where he was promoted to the rank of Counsellor in 1983. In 1985 he was appointed Deputy Director of the former Directorate of International Organisations, with the title of Minister. He took up the post of Head of the Economic and Finance Service at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in the following year. In 1993 the Federal Council appointed Mr Lautenberg Ambassador and Head of the Swiss Mission to the European Communities in Brussels. From 1999 to 2004 he was Switzerland’s Ambassador to Italy, Malta and San Marino, with residence in Rome. Since October 2004 he has been Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Kingdom. Mr Lautenberg was a Member of the Board of the Foundation for Research in International Banking and Finance (FRIBF) at California University, Riverside CA, USA from 1987 to 1994. He was Chairman of the Group for negotiations on financial services within the Uruguay Round from 1990 to 1991, and Chairman of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering from 1991 to 1992. From 1994 to 1999 he was a Member of the Board of the College of Europe in Bruges. Ambassador Lautenberg is married and has three children, born in 1975, 1976 and 1980.
See also:04:15 pm Welcome address
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