Press releases, 21.12.2018

Sebastian Hueber has been appointed as the new head of FDFA Information by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis. Currently head of communication at the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Mr Hueber will take up his new post at the FDFA in April 2019 at the latest.

Mr Hueber is 46 and has previously worked as a journalist and editor, including eight years at the Swiss News Agency SDA-ATS. From 2005 to 2011, Mr Hueber was press spokesperson, head of information and deputy head of communication at the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. Six months after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, he transferred to the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, where he was in charge of setting up a new communication section. He has headed this section since 2011.

Mr Hueber will take up his new post at the FDFA by April 2019 at the latest, replacing Jean-Marc Crevoisier, who will take up a new communication post at the Swiss mission to the UN in New York in mid-2019.


Address for enquiries:

FDFA Information
Federal Palace West Wing
CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 58 462 31 53
Fax: +41 58 464 90 47
E-mail: info@eda.admin.ch


Publisher:

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Last update 19.07.2023

  • FDFA Communication answers media queries Mondays to Fridays during office hours and operates a weekend emergency on-call service.

Contact

FDFA Communication

Federal Palace West
3003 Bern

Phone (for journalists only):
+41 58 460 55 55

Phone (for all other requests):
+41 58 462 31 53

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