List of ambassadors of Switzerland to China

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The Swiss ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Bern to the Government of China.

List of representatives

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!| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation

!| Ambassador

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!| Observations

!| Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland

!| List of members of the Swiss Federal Council

!| Prime Minister of China

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|Henry de Torrenté

|(1893–1962)

|Minister

|{{Dodis|P82|Henry de Torrenté}}

|Eduard von Steiger

|{{dts|1948||}}

|Charles von Jenner

|(1886–1970)

|{{Dodis|P575|Charles von Jenner}}

|Enrico Celio

|{{dts|1949||}}

|Jean-Pierre Jéquier

|(1919–2010)

|Chargé d'affaires

|{{Dodis|P578|Jean-Pierre Jéquier}}

|Ernst Nobs

|{{dts|1949||}}

|{{dts|1950|05|}}

|Sven Stiner

|(1910–1968)

|Chargé d'affaires

|{{Dodis|P1130|Sven Stiner}}

|Max Petitpierre

|Zhou Enlai

|{{dts|1950|11|}}

|{{dts|1950|09|14}}

|The governments in Beijing and Bern established diplomatic relations.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0OPAAAAMAAJ&q=Switzerland+diplomatic+relations+since+1950,+Sep+14+Swiss+ambassadors:+50-+C.+Rezzonico+(minister)+54-+F.+Bernoulli+(minister)|title = The Diplomatic Service of the People's Republic of China as of June 1981 (With Biographies)|isbn = 9783921469781|last1 = Bartke|first1 = Wolfgang|year = 1981| publisher=Instituts für Asienkunde }}

|Max Petitpierre

|Zhou Enlai

|{{dts|1950|11|}}

|Clemente Rezzonico

|(1897–1976)

|{{Dodis|P843|Clemente Rezzonico}}

|Max Petitpierre

|Zhou Enlai

|{{dts|1954|07|}}

|{{dts|1954|09|07}}

| rowspan="2" |Fernand Bernoulli

| rowspan="2" |(1905–1979)

| rowspan="2" |{{Dodis|P1112|Fernand Bernoulli}}

|{{dts|1957|04|12}}

|{{dts|1958|12|8}}

|{{dts|1959|05|}}

|René Naville

|(1905–1978)

|{{Dodis|P133|René Naville}}

|Paul Chaudet

|Zhou Enlai

|{{dts|1962||}}

|{{dts|1963|04|}}

|{{Ill|Hans Keller (diplomat)|de|Hans Keller (Diplomat)}}

|(1908–1999)

|{{Dodis|P184|Hans Keller}}

|Willy Spühler

|Zhou Enlai

|{{dts|1966||}}

|{{dts|1967|03|}}

|Oscar Rossetti

|(1912–1996)

|{{Dodis|P2031|Oscar Rossetti}}

|Roger Bonvin

|Zhou Enlai

|{{dts|1972|02|}}

|{{dts|1972|04|}}

|Albert Natural

|(1918–2002)

|{{Dodis|P2696|Albert Natural}}

|Nello Celio

|Zhou Enlai

|{{dts|1975||}}

|{{dts|1975|09|}}

|Heinz Langenbacher

|(1919–2013)

|{{Dodis|P5076|Heinz Langenbacher}}

|Pierre Graber

|Zhou Enlai

|{{dts|1977|03|}}

|{{dts|1977|05|}}

|Werner Sigg

|(1917–1989)

|May 1975 Werner Sigg, Switzerland A Li Yunchuan Li Yun-chuan B (Sigg left his post, Aug 82)[https://books.google.com/books?id=VF4NAQAAIAAJ&q=Switzerland%09%22Zheng+Weizhi%22+50 Uli Sigg]

|{{Dodis|P16134|Werner Sigg}}

|Kurt Furgler

|Hua Guofeng

|{{dts|1982|08|}}

|{{dts|1982|11|}}

|Hansjakob Müller (1921–2001)

|(1921–2001)

|[https://books.google.com/books?id=-tcoAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Switzerland+A+B+Hans+Muller%22 Hans Müller]

|{{Dodis|P121|Hansjakob Müller}}

|Fritz Honegger

|Zhao Ziyang

|{{dts|1986|09|}}