H.E. Livia Leu

Switzerland
Date of accreditation:
Education
  • 1989 Licence to practice law of the Canton of Zurich
  • 1986 Lic. iur, University of Zurich
Professional Career
  • 2020 – date
    State Secretary at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Bern, and Switzerland's chief negotiator with the EU
  • 2018 – 2020
    Ambassador of Switzerland to France and Monaco
  • 2013 – 2018
    Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements, Head of Bilateral Economic Relations, Member of the Executive Board of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), Bern
  • 2009 – 2013
    Ambassador of Switzerland to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran
  • 2006 – 2008
    Head of the Political Affairs Division Africa/Middle East, FDFA
  • 2004 – 2006
    Deputy Head of Division, Political Affairs Division Africa/Middle East, FDFA
  • 2003
    One-year parental leave
  • 2002
    Deputy Head of Division, Political Affairs Division Americas, FDFA
  • 1998 – 2002
    Deputy Head of Mission, Swiss Embassy in Egypt, Cairo
  • 1994 – 1998
    Embassy Secretary and Counsellor at the Swiss Observer Mission to the United Nations, New York
  • 1991 – 1994
    Diplomatic assistant in the UN section, FDFA
  • 1989 – 1991
    Diplomatic days in Bern, Paris and Geneva
  • 1989
    Concours Diplomatique and entry into the Diplomatic Service of the FDFA
  • 1988 – 1989
    Trainee lawyer in Zurich
Personal Details
  • Pers. Status: verheiratet, zwei Kinder
Sprachen
Französisch, Deutsch, Englisch, Italienisch
Nationalfeiertag
1. August