Alexander Wittwer Ambassador in Harare © FDFA

Dear Visitor,
On this site, we aim to provide some basic information and services to all those interested in Switzerland and our partnership with Zimbabwe, and to our fellow Swiss citizens living, working or travelling in Zimbabwe.

I hope these pages will constitute a useful source of information with regard to my country as well as to the activities of this Embassy and the services which it is able to offer. We will continuously be updating and adding to the information provided on this site. We will be happy to include new material that might interest you – do not hesitate to contact us with comments, questions and suggestions regarding this site.

Of course, we are also at your disposal through other channels and I would like to encourage you to contact our Embassy directly, in person, by phone or in writing, regarding any suggestion, question or request you may have. Our doors are always open.

Sincerely yours, 

Alexander Wittwer 
Ambassador

Mr Alexander Wittwer, who originates from Schangnau/BE, was born in Berne in 1956. He studied at the University of Berne and is a barrister. He joined the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in 1987 starting his career as a trainee diplomat in Geneva and Washington. In 1989, he was assigned as Diplomatic Collaborator to the Integration Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berne. In 1992, he was transferred to Budapest as Second Secretary of the Swiss Embassy and in 1996 he was promoted to First Secretary of the Swiss Embassy in Harare. In 2000, he became Deputy Head of the Diplomatic Inspection at the State Secretariat in Berne. Since 2004, he has been occupying the post of Deputy Head of Mission in Washington, with the title of a minister.

Mr Wittwer is married with two daughters.