List of diplomatic missions of Switzerland explained

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Switzerland, excluding honorary consulates. Switzerland is well known as a protecting power,[1] having used its embassies abroad to represent the interests of states hostile to each other since the Franco-Prussian War. In the Second World War Switzerland served as protecting power for 35 countries on both sides—its embassy in Washington represented Germany, Italy, Japan, and Vichy France. In many post-war conflicts, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Asia, the Middle East, and Serbia, Switzerland has provided a continuity of representation after formal relations were severed between belligerents, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid and conflict resolution.

Since 1919, Switzerland has also represented the Principality of Liechtenstein in those countries wherein Liechtenstein itself does not maintain consular representation.[2] Owing to its size and population, Liechtenstein maintains a very small network of diplomatic missions.

Current missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Embassy [3]
LuandaEmbassy [4] [5]
CotonouCooperation office & consular agency[6]
OuagadougouCooperation office & consular agency[7]
BujumburaCooperation office & consular agency[8]
YaoundéEmbassy [9] [10]
N'DjamenaCooperation office & consular agency[11]
KinshasaEmbassy [12] [13] [14]
CairoEmbassy [15]
Addis AbabaEmbassy [16] [17] [18]
AccraEmbassy [19] [20]
AbidjanEmbassy [21] [22] [23] [24]
NairobiEmbassy [25] [26] [27]
BamakoCooperation office & consular agency[28]
AntananarivoEmbassy [29] [30] [31] [32]
Embassy [33]
Embassy [34]
NiameyCooperation office & consular agency[35]
AbujaEmbassy [36]
LagosConsulate-General
KigaliCooperation office & consular agency
DakarEmbassy [37] [38] [39] [40]
PretoriaEmbassy [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]
Consulate-General
JubaCooperation office & consular agency
KhartoumEmbassy [47]
Dar es SalaamEmbassy [48]
TunisEmbassy [49] [50]
Embassy [51] [52]

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Embassy [53]
Embassy [54]
Embassy [55]
Consulate-General
Consulate-General
Embassy [56] [57]
Consulate-General
Consulate-General
Embassy [58]
Embassy [59]
San JoséEmbassy [60] [61] [62] [63] [64]
Embassy [65] [66]
Embassy [67] [68] [69] [70]
Embassy [71]
Embassy [72]
Cooperation office[73]
TegucigalpaCooperation office & consular agency
Embassy [74] [75]
ManaguaCooperation office & consular agency
Embassy [76]
Embassy[77] [78]
Consulate-General
ChicagoConsulate-General
Consulate-General
San FranciscoConsulate-General
BostonConsulate
Embassy [79] [80]
Embassy [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88]

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Embassy [89]
Embassy [90] [91]
Embassy [92]
Phnom PenhCooperation office & consular agency[93]
Embassy[94] [95] [96]
Consulate-General
GuangzhouConsulate-General
Consulate-General
ShanghaiConsulate-General
Embassy [97]
Embassy [98]
Consulate-General
Consulate-General
Embassy[99] [100]
Embassy [101]
Embassy [102]
Embassy [103]
Consulate
Embassy [104] [105]
Embassy [106] [107]
Embassy [108]
Embassy [109]
VientianeCooperation office & consular agency[110]
Embassy [111] [112]
Embassy [113]
UlaanbaatarCooperation office & consular agency
Embassy [114]
Embassy [115]
MuscatEmbassy [116] [117]
Embassy [118]
Representative office[119]
Embassy [120] [121] [122]
Embassy [123]
Trade Office[124]
Embassy[125]
Embassy[126] [127]
Embassy [128]
Embassy [129]
DushanbeCooperation office & consular agency
Embassy [130]
Embassy [131]
Consulate-General
Embassy [132]
Embassy [133]
Consulate-General
Embassy [134]
Consulate-General

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Embassy [135]
Embassy [136]
Embassy [137]
Embassy [138]
Embassy [139]
Embassy [140]
Embassy [141]
Embassy [142]
Embassy [143]
Embassy [144]
Embassy [145]
[146] [147]
Consulate-General
Consulate-General
Consulate-General
Embassy [148]
Consulate-General
Consulate-General
Consulate-General
Embassy [149]
Embassy [150]
Embassy [151]
Embassy [152]
RomeEmbassy [153] [154] [155]
MilanConsulate-General
Embassy [156]
Embassy [157] [158] [159]
Embassy [160]
Embassy[161]
Embassy [162]
Embassy [163] [164]
Embassy [165]
Embassy [166]
Embassy [167]
Embassy [168]
Saint PetersburgConsulate-General
Embassy [169] [170]
Embassy [171]
Embassy [172]
MadridEmbassy [173] [174]
BarcelonaConsulate-General
Embassy [175]
Embassy [176] [177]
Embassy[178]

Oceania

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
CanberraEmbassy [179] [180] [181] [182] [183]
SydneyConsulate-General
Embassy[184] [185] [186] [187] [188]

Multilateral organizations

OrganizationHost cityHost countryMissionConcurrent accreditation
StrasbourgFrancePermanent Representation[189]
BrusselsBelgiumMission[190]
Food and Agriculture OrganizationRomeItalyPermanent Representation[191]
BrusselsBelgiumPermanent Representation[192]
OECDParisFrancePermanent Delegation[193]
OSCEViennaAustriaDelegation[194]
New York CityUnited StatesPermanent Mission[195]
GenevaSwitzerlandPermanent Mission[196]
ViennaAustriaPermanent Mission
ParisFrancePermanent Delegation[197]
GenevaSwitzerlandPermanent Mission[198]

Closed missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMission Year closed
ConakryEmbassy1992
TripoliEmbassy2014
MonroviaEmbassy1992
Cooperation office & consular agency2016
TangierConsulate1968
WindhoekConsulate-General1996

Americas

Host countryHost cityMission Year closed
San SalvadorEmbassy1979
AsunciónEmbassy2016
HoustonConsulate-General2006[199] [200]
Los AngelesConsulate-General2018[201]

Asia

Host countryHost cityMission Year closed
KabulCooperation office & consular agency2021[202]
BaghdadEmbassy1991
KaruizawaLegation1945[203]
KarachiConsulate-General2018[204]
DamascusEmbassy2012

Europe

Host countryHost cityMission Year closed
BordeauxConsulate-General2008[205] [206]
Consulate 1995[207]
HamburgConsulate-General2009[208]
GenoaConsulate-General2011[209]
NaplesConsulate-General2007[210]
AmsterdamConsulate-General2005[211]
MálagaConsulate1998[212]
Consulate 2012
EdinburghConsulate-General2011[213]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Protecting Power Mandates . . 28 December 2023.
  2. Web site: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Education and Sport.
  3. Web site: Switzerland and Algeria . . 19 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Switzerland and Angola . . 19 March 2022.
  5. Web site: São Tomé and Príncipe . . 19 March 2022.
  6. Web site: Switzerland and Benin . . 19 March 2022.
  7. Web site: Switzerland and Burkina Faso . . 19 March 2022.
  8. Web site: Switzerland and Burundi . . 19 March 2022.
  9. Web site: Switzerland and Cameroon . . 19 March 2022.
  10. Web site: Equatorial Guinea . . 19 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Switzerland and Chad . . 19 March 2022.
  12. Web site: Switzerland and the Democratic Republic of Congo . . 19 March 2022.
  13. Web site: The Republic of the Congo. . 19 March 2022.
  14. Web site: Gabon . . 19 March 2022.
  15. Web site: Switzerland and Egypt . . 19 March 2022.
  16. Web site: Switzerland and Ethiopia . . 19 March 2022.
  17. Web site: Djibouti . . 19 March 2022.
  18. Web site: South Sudan . . 19 March 2022.
  19. Web site: Switzerland and Ghana . . 19 March 2022.
  20. Web site: Togo . . 19 March 2022.
  21. Web site: Switzerland and Côte d'Ivoire . . 19 March 2022.
  22. Web site: Guinea. . 19 March 2022.
  23. Web site: Liberia . . 19 March 2022.
  24. Web site: Sierra Leone . . 19 March 2022.
  25. Web site: Switzerland and Kenya . . 19 March 2022.
  26. Web site: Switzerland and Rwanda . . 19 March 2022.
  27. Web site: Switzerland and Uganda . . 19 March 2022.
  28. Web site: Switzerland and Mali . . 19 March 2022.
  29. Web site: Switzerland and Madagascar . . 19 March 2022.
  30. Web site: Comoros . . 19 March 2022.
  31. Web site: Seychelles . . 19 March 2022.
  32. Web site: Diplomatic Missions . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Seychelles . 12 August 2024.
  33. Web site: Switzerland and Morocco . . 19 March 2022.
  34. Web site: Switzerland and Mozambique . . 19 March 2022.
  35. Web site: Switzerland and Niger . . 19 March 2022.
  36. Web site: Switzerland and Nigeria . . 19 March 2022.
  37. Web site: Switzerland and Senegal . . 19 March 2022.
  38. Web site: Cabo Verde . . 19 March 2022.
  39. Web site: Gambia . . 19 March 2022.
  40. Web site: Guinea-Bissau . . 19 March 2022.
  41. Web site: Switzerland and South Africa . . 19 March 2022.
  42. Web site: Botswana . . 19 March 2022.
  43. Web site: Eswatini . . 19 March 2022.
  44. Web site: Lesotho. . 19 March 2022.
  45. Web site: Mauritius . . 19 March 2022.
  46. Web site: Switzerland and Namibia . . 19 March 2022.
  47. Web site: Switzerland and Sudan . . 19 March 2022.
  48. Web site: Switzerland and Tanzania . . 19 March 2022.
  49. Web site: Switzerland and Tunisia . . 19 March 2022.
  50. Web site: Switzerland and Libya . . 19 March 2022.
  51. Web site: Switzerland and Zimbabwe . . 19 March 2022.
  52. Web site: Switzerland and Malawi . . 19 March 2022.
  53. Web site: Switzerland and Argentina . . 19 March 2022.
  54. Web site: Switzerland and Bolivia . . 17 March 2022.
  55. Web site: Switzerland and Brazil . . 19 March 2022.
  56. Web site: Switzerland and Canada . . 19 March 2022.
  57. Web site: Bahamas . . 19 March 2022.
  58. Web site: Switzerland and Chile . . 19 March 2022.
  59. Web site: Switzerland and Colombia . . 19 March 2022.
  60. Web site: Switzerland and Costa Rica . . 19 March 2022.
  61. Web site: El Salvador . . 19 March 2022.
  62. Web site: Switzerland and Honduras . . 19 March 2022.
  63. Web site: Switzerland and Nicaragua . . 19 March 2022.
  64. Web site: Panama . . 19 March 2022.
  65. Web site: Switzerland and Cuba . . 19 March 2022.
  66. Web site: Jamaica . . 19 March 2022.
  67. Web site: Switzerland and the Dominican Republic . . 19 March 2022.
  68. Web site: Antigua and Barbuda . . 19 March 2022.
  69. Web site: Dominica . . 19 March 2022.
  70. Web site: St. Kitts and Nevis . . 19 March 2022.
  71. Web site: Switzerland and Ecuador . . 19 March 2022.
  72. Web site: Switzerland and Guatemala . . 17 March 2022.
  73. Web site: Switzerland and Haiti . . 23 August 2023.
  74. Web site: Switzerland and Mexico. . 19 March 2022.
  75. Web site: Belize . . 19 March 2022.
  76. Web site: Switzerland and Peru . . 17 March 2022.
  77. Web site: Switzerland and the United States of America . . 19 March 2022.
  78. Web site: Permanent Observers . August 2009 . . 13 August 2021.
  79. Web site: Switzerland and Uruguay . . 17 March 2022.
  80. Web site: Switzerland and Paraguay . . 17 March 2022.
  81. Web site: Switzerland and Venezuela . . 19 March 2022.
  82. Web site: Barbados . . 19 March 2022.
  83. Web site: Grenada . . 19 March 2022.
  84. Web site: Guyana . Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. 19 March 2022.
  85. Web site: St. Lucia . . 19 March 2022.
  86. Web site: St. Vincent and the Grenadines . . 19 March 2022.
  87. Web site: Suriname . . 19 March 2022.
  88. Web site: Trinidad and Tobago . . 19 March 2022.
  89. Web site: Switzerland and Armenia . . 19 March 2022.
  90. Web site: Switzerland and Azerbaijan . . 19 March 2022.
  91. Web site: Turkmenistan . . 19 March 2022.
  92. Web site: Switzerland and Bangladesh . . 19 March 2022.
  93. Web site: Switzerland and Cambodia . . 19 March 2022.
  94. Web site: Switzerland and China . . 19 March 2022.
  95. Web site: Switzerland and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . . 19 March 2022.
  96. Web site: Switzerland and Mongolia . . 19 March 2022.
  97. Web site: Switzerland and Georgia . . 19 March 2022.
  98. Web site: Switzerland and India . . 10 January 2022.
  99. Web site: Switzerland and Indonesia . . 19 March 2022.
  100. Web site: East TImor. . 19 March 2022.
  101. Web site: Switzerland and Iran . . 19 March 2022.
  102. Web site: Switzerland and Israel . . 19 March 2022.
  103. Web site: Switzerland and Japan . . 10 January 2022.
  104. Web site: Switzerland and Jordan . . 19 March 2022.
  105. Web site: Switzerland and Iraq . . 19 March 2022.
  106. Web site: Switzerland and Kazakhstan . . 19 March 2022.
  107. Web site: Switzerland and Tajikistan . . 19 March 2022.
  108. Web site: Switzerland and Kuwait . . 19 March 2022.
  109. Web site: Switzerland and Kyrgyzstan . . 19 March 2022.
  110. Web site: Switzerland and Laos . . 19 March 2022.
  111. Web site: Switzerland and Lebanon . . 19 March 2022.
  112. Web site: Switzerland and Syria . . 17 March 2022.
  113. Web site: Switzerland and Malaysia . . 19 March 2022.
  114. Web site: Switzerland and Myanmar . . 19 March 2022.
  115. Web site: Switzerland and Nepal . . 19 March 2022.
  116. Web site: Switzerland and Oman . . 19 March 2022.
  117. Web site: Switzerland and Yemen . . 19 March 2022.
  118. Web site: Switzerland and Pakistan . . 19 March 2022.
  119. Web site: Switzerland and the occupied Palestinian Territory . . 19 March 2022.
  120. Web site: Switzerland and Philippines . . 19 March 2022.
  121. Web site: Palau . . 19 March 2022.
  122. Web site: Marshall Islands . . 19 March 2022.
  123. Web site: Switzerland and Qatar. . 19 March 2022.
  124. Web site: Switzerland and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) . . 19 March 2022.
  125. Web site: Switzerland and Saudi Arabia . . 19 March 2022.
  126. Web site: Switzerland and Singapore . . 19 March 2022.
  127. Web site: Brunei Darussalam . . 19 March 2022.
  128. Web site: Switzerland and the Republic of Korea . . 19 March 2022.
  129. Web site: Switzerland and Sri Lanka . . 19 March 2022.
  130. Web site: Switzerland and Thailand . . 19 March 2022.
  131. Web site: Switzerland and Turkey . . 10 January 2022.
  132. Web site: Switzerland and Uzbekistan . . 19 March 2022.
  133. Web site: Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates . . 10 January 2022.
  134. Web site: Switzerland and Vietnam . . 10 January 2022.
  135. Web site: Switzerland and Albania . . 19 March 2022.
  136. Web site: Switzerland and Austria . . 19 March 2022.
  137. Web site: Switzerland and Belarus . . 19 March 2022.
  138. Web site: Switzerland and Belgium . . 19 March 2022.
  139. Web site: Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina . . 19 March 2022.
  140. Web site: Switzerland and Bulgaria . . 19 March 2022.
  141. Web site: Switzerland and Croatia . . 19 March 2022.
  142. Web site: Switzerland and Cyprus . . 19 March 2022.
  143. Web site: Switzerland and the Czech Republic . . 19 March 2022.
  144. Web site: Switzerland and Denmark . . 19 March 2022.
  145. Web site: Switzerland and Finland . . 19 March 2022.
  146. Web site: Switzerland and France . . 10 January 2022.
  147. Web site: Monaco . . 19 March 2022.
  148. Web site: Switzerland and Germany . . 10 January 2022.
  149. Web site: Switzerland and Greece . . 19 March 2022.
  150. Web site: Ceremony marks new Swiss embassy to Holy See . Swissinfo . 6 May 2022 . 19 May 2022.
  151. Web site: Switzerland and Hungary . . 19 March 2022.
  152. Web site: Switzerland and Ireland . . 19 March 2022.
  153. Web site: Switzerland and Italy . . 10 January 2022.
  154. Web site: Switzerland and Malta . . 10 January 2022.
  155. Web site: San Marino . . 19 March 2022.
  156. Web site: Switzerland and Kosovo . . 19 March 2022.
  157. Web site: Switzerland and Latvia . . 19 March 2022.
  158. Web site: Switzerland and Estonia . . 19 March 2022.
  159. Web site: Switzerland and Lithuania . . 19 March 2022.
  160. Web site: Switzerland and Luxembourg . . 19 March 2022.
  161. Web site: Switzerland and the Netherlands . . 19 March 2022.
  162. Web site: Switzerland and North Macedonia . . 19 March 2022.
  163. Web site: Switzerland and Norway . . 19 March 2022.
  164. Web site: Iceland . . 19 March 2022.
  165. Web site: Switzerland and Poland . . 19 March 2022.
  166. Web site: Switzerland and Portugal . . 19 March 2022.
  167. Web site: Switzerland and Romania . . 19 March 2022.
  168. Web site: Switzerland and Russia . . 19 March 2022.
  169. Web site: Switzerland and Serbia . . 19 March 2022.
  170. Web site: Montenegro . . 19 March 2022.
  171. Web site: Switzerland and Slovakia . . 19 March 2022.
  172. Web site: Switzerland and Slovenia . . 19 March 2022.
  173. Web site: Switzerland and Spain . . 19 March 2022.
  174. Web site: Andorra . . 19 March 2022.
  175. Web site: Switzerland and Sweden . . 19 March 2022.
  176. Web site: Switzerland and Ukraine . . 19 March 2022.
  177. Web site: Switzerland and Moldova . . 19 March 2022.
  178. Web site: Switzerland and the United Kingdom . . 19 March 2022.
  179. Web site: Switzerland and Australia . . 19 March 2022.
  180. Web site: Nauru . . 19 March 2022.
  181. Web site: Papua New Guinea . . 19 March 2022.
  182. Web site: Solomon Islands . . 19 March 2022.
  183. Web site: Vanuatu . . 19 March 2022.
  184. Web site: Switzerland and New Zealand . . 19 March 2022.
  185. Web site: Republic of Fiji . . 19 March 2022.
  186. Web site: Samoa . . 19 March 2022.
  187. Web site: Tonga . . 19 March 2022.
  188. Web site: Tuvalu . . 20 March 2022.
  189. Web site: Permanent Representation of Switzerland to the Council of Europe . . 19 March 2022.
  190. Web site: Mission of Switzerland to the European Union . . 19 March 2022.
  191. Web site: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations organisations in Rome . . 19 March 2022.
  192. Web site: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to NATO in Brussels . . 19 March 2022.
  193. Web site: Delegation of Switzerland to the OECD . . 19 March 2022.
  194. Web site: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the OSCE, the United Nationsand other international organisations in Vienna . . 19 March 2022.
  195. Web site: Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York . . 19 March 2022.
  196. Web site: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to the other international organisations in Geneva . . 19 March 2022.
  197. Web site: UNESCO . . 19 March 2022.
  198. Web site: Switzerland-Permanent Mission (UN, WTO, EFTA) . Genève Internationale . 19 March 2022.
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  200. Web site: La Suisse ferme trois consulats . Switzerland closes three consulates . fr . . 19 November 2005.
  201. Web site: Closure of Swiss consulates general in Karachi and Los Angeles. 2021-07-27. 2021-07-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727072602/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-70534.html. live.
  202. Web site: Switzerland and Afghanistan . . 19 March 2022.
  203. https://grandtourofswitzerland.jp/cms/730/ Former Swiss Legation in Karuizawa (1944-1945) | Grand Tour of Switzerland in Japan
  204. News: Swiss Consulate in Karachi shuts down on Dec 31 . . 11 June 2018 . 17 March 2022.
  205. News: Le DFAE renonce à des consulats en Europe pour renforcer sa présence en Asie . Le Temps . French . 11 June 2007 . 27 July 2021 . 27 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727075553/https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/dfae-renonce-consulats-europe-renforcer-presence-asie . live.
  206. Web site: A Bordeaux, là où a commencé l'histoire consulaire suisse. 26 May 2019 . 2021-07-27. 2021-07-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727082232/https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/suisses-de-l-%C3%A9tranger_bordeaux--o%C3%B9-a-commenc%C3%A9-l-histoire-consulaire-suisse/44989786. live.
  207. Web site: La Suisse ferme son consulat de Dijon et renforce celui de Besançon . 16 August 1995 . 19 July 2021 . 19 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210719074026/https://www.lesechos.fr/1995/08/la-suisse-ferme-son-consulat-de-dijon-et-renforce-celui-de-besancon-864405 . live.
  208. Web site: Aus für älteste Schweizer Vertretung in Deutschland . Jean-Michel Berthoud . German . . 19 September 2008 . 3 September 2009.
  209. News: Genova, requiem per un consolato . . Italian . 15 November 2018 . 18 March 2022.
  210. Web site: COSTITUIRE UNA SOCIETÁ IN SVIZZERA . Setting up a company in Switzerland . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203155704/https://www.mn.camcom.gov.it/files/CommercioEstero/Svizzera.pdf . 2022-12-03 . 23 October 2023 . www.mn.camcom.gov.it . it.
  211. Web site: Information about organization dodis.ch/R1298 Schweizerisches Generalkonsulat in Amsterdam . en, de, fr . Dodis . 9 May 2024.
  212. Web site: Relación Consular.
  213. News: Swiss expats hear good news and bad . . 19 June 2011 . 18 March 2022.