Claude Wild

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Claude Wild (born March 1, 1964, in Lausanne) is a Swiss diplomat.

Life[edit]

Education[edit]

Claude Wild studied political science and international relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva where he completed a postgraduate degree.[1][2]

Diplomatic career[edit]

He was appointed ambassador and head of the Human Security Department of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in 2010.[1] In 2015, Ambassador Wild became Switzerland's permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations, and other international organizations in Vienna.[1]

Wild became ambassador to Kyiv in 2019 and was ambassador to Ukraine in the first months of the Russo-Ukrainian war.[3] In early March 2022, Wild and his staff had to be escorted out of the country by special forces due to the threatening security situation.[4][5] He returned to his post in the Ukrainian capital in May 2022.[6][7][8] Wild was subsequently made responsible for the implementation of Swiss aid in Ukraine. He has repeatedly clarified that Switzerland's principle of neutrality in foreign policy (so-called Swiss neutrality) means, in the context of the war, that the country “does not join a military alliance, and does not send weapons to the conflict zone, even to support the victims”, yet “we stand clearly behind the Ukrainian position.”[9] He has warned against Switzerland adopting a stance of "neutrality fetishism" in the context of the war.[10] His posting as ambassador to Ukraine ended at the end of March 2023, and he was succeeded by Félix Baumann.[11]

In April 2023, Wild became the permanent representative of Switzerland to the Council of Europe.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Ambassador Claude Wild" (PDF). Confédération Suisse.
  2. ^ "Nouveau chef de la DP IV du DFAE | IHEID". www.graduateinstitute.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  3. ^ "Ambassador Claude Wild: "It's not just another conflict where in parallel we can deal with business as usual"". destinations.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  4. ^ "Invasion de l'Ukraine – L'ambassadeur de Suisse à Kiev raconte sa fuite". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. ^ Keystone-SDA/dos. "Swiss Ambassador to Ukraine laments 'human stupidity' of war". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  6. ^ "Forum des 100 | Edition 2022". www.forumdes100.ch (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  7. ^ "Claude Wild, ambassadeur de Suisse en Ukraine: "A Kiev, l'alarme sonne trois à quatre fois par jour"". Claude Wild, ambassadeur de Suisse en Ukraine: «A Kiev, l’alarme sonne trois à quatre fois par jour» (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  8. ^ Schumacher, Samuel (2023-02-20). ""Je n'oublierai jamais l'odeur des cadavres en décomposition"". Blick (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  9. ^ Keystone-SDA/dos. "Ambassador: Switzerland has clear position in Ukraine". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  10. ^ Keystone, Ats. "Claude Wild met en garde contre le "fétichisme de la neutralité"" (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  11. ^ swissinfo.ch/mga. "Beware 'neutrality fetishism' warns ex-Swiss ambassador to Kyiv". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  12. ^ "New Swiss ambassadors". State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. Swiss Confederation.
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