H.E. Ambassador Jean-Daniel Ruch

Ambassador of Switzerland to Serbia, Montenegro, Israel, Swiss Foreign Ministry, Berne, Head Peace Policy (2007-2008), then Special Representative for the Middle East (2008-2012)

His Excellency Mr Jean-Daniel Ruch was born on 7 February 1963 in Moutier, Switzerland. After studying international relations and international security in Geneva,  His Excellency Mr Jean-Daniel Ruch joined the Ministry of Defence of Switzerland in 1988 and then moved to the diplomatic service in 1992. He worked for the OSCE in the nineties, before moving to Belgrade in 2000. From 2003 to 2007 he was the political advisor of the UN Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal’s prosecutor. After an assignment in Berne as Special Envoy for the Middle East, he became Ambassador of Switzerland to Serbia and Montenegro (2012), Israel (2016), and Türkiye (2021-2023).