Curriculum vitae of Ambassador Roger Dubach

  • Born in 1974
  • Studied Law at the University of Fribourg and Philosophy at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
  • In 2003, joined the diplomatic service of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and completed his training in Bern and Dakar
  • From 2004, joined the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and was appointed in 2006 as a Diplomatic Advisor to the Director of the Federal Office for Energy
  • Energy Counsellor at the Swiss Mission to the EU in Brussels from 2009, and acted as Technical Director of the electricity negotiations between Switzerland and the EU
  • In 2013, appointed as a Personal Advisor to the Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, and then as Chief Advisor and later Deputy Director of the Task Force for the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship 
  • From 2016 to summer 2018, served as Diplomatic Advisor on G20 issues in the Cabinet of the OECD Secretary-General in Paris, and was appointed by the Federal Council in August 2018 as an Ambassador and Deputy Director of the Directorate of International Law
  • On 1 March 2024, appointed by the Federal Council as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan.