State Secretariat for International Financial Matters SIF
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Curriculum vitae Dr. Michael Ambühl, State Secretary
Born in 1951, school education in Bern, married, one child.
Management science and applied mathematics studies at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), graduated as Dipl. Ing.; Dr. sc. techn. ETH.
1976-1982 | Academic assistant, senior assistant and lecturer in the Faculty of Economics of Zurich University |
1982-2010 | Member of the diplomatic service of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs |
| 1983-1984 Kinshasa |
| 1984-1988 Bern, UN Division |
| 1988-1992 New Delhi, Head of the Economics Division of the Embassy |
| 1992-1999 Brussels, Mission of Switzerland to the EU, member of the negotiation team "First Series of Bilateral Agreements between Switzerland and the EU" |
1999 | Promotion to the rank of ambassador |
1999-2005 | Head of the Integration Office (EU Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Economic Affairs) |
2000-2009 | Lecturer in the Law Faculty of Zurich University |
2001-2004 | Chief negotiator for "Second Series of Bilateral Agreements between Switzerland and the EU" |
2005-2010 | State Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
2008 et 2009 | Facilitator for the Geneva Talks Iran-P5+1 |
| 2008 | Mediator for the Armenia-Turkey Protocols |
2009 | Negotiator for the CH-USA agreement concerning UBS |
2010 | Promotion to State Secretary in the Federal Department of Finance (DFF) |
2010 | Permanent guest of honour at the University of Zurich |
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