CV Hans-Rudolf Hodel

Embassy of Switzerland
Curriculum vitae
Hans-Rudolf HODEL, born April 13, 1953, in Berne, Switzerland
Education
1976
lic. oec. HSG, University of St. Gallen
1977
lic. rer. publ. HSG, University of St. Gallen
1980
Dr. oec. HSG, University of St. Gallen
Profession
1981 – 1983
Admission to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and training in
Berne, Geneva and Ankara, Turkey
1983 – 1988
Diplomatic collaborator, Economic & Financial Service, Federal Department
of Foreign Affairs, Berne
1988 – 1992
Economic and Trade Counsellor, Financial Attaché, Embassy of Switzerland,
Tokyo
1992 – 1996
Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy, (de facto) Representative to UN, Vienna
1996 – 2000
Head of Personnel Division, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Berne
2000 – 2006
Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland to Italy, Rome
2006 – 2008
Ambassador and Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland to Democratic
Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Gabon and
Sao Tomé and Principe, Kinshasa
2008 – 2012
Ambassador and Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland to Costa Rica,
Nicaragua and Panama, San José
2012 – present Ambassador and Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland to Nigeria, Chad
and Niger, Abuja