CURRICULUM VITAE JOSEPH DEISS

Name Joseph DEISS

Date of birth 18th January 1946

Family Married Three sons

Citizenship Swiss

Education College Saint-Michel, (CH) (CH) King’s College, Cambridge (UK)

Language skills French, German, English, Italian

Academic degrees Licence ès sciences économiques et sociales (MA) Docteur ès sciences économiques et sociales (Ph D) Habilitation en économie internationale (Ph D)

Distinctions Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan (2008) Dr. h.c. Business School Lausanne (2008) Officier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur, France (2007) Dr. h.c. University of Neuchâtel, (2007) Dr. h.c. University of Sofia, Bulgaria (2001)

POLITICAL MANDATES

2004 President of the Swiss Confederation 2003-2006 Minister of the Economy 1999-2002 Minister of Foreign Affairs In these capacities, Joseph Deiss accumulated a vast experience in international and multilateral affairs: He headed Switzerland’s accession campaign to the UN and chaired the UNECE Prepcom for the Johannesburg 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development to which he was Switzerland’s Head of Delegation. He was presidential Head of Delegation to the UN General Assembly, and ministerial Head of Delegation to the Human Rights Commission, the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, the Council of Europe, the OECD, the OSCE and the Stability Pact, as well as the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. Joseph Deiss chaired the 2002 Ministerial Conference of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. At the WTO, he headed the Swiss delegation in many Green Room negotiations, and was Chairman of the G10 Group. He was also a member of the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the EBRD, and was in charge of Switzerland’s negotiations with the EU. 1997-1998 President of the Parliamentary Committee for the total review of the Swiss Federal Constitution 1995-1997 Vice-President of the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Parliament 1991-1999 Member of the Swiss Parliament (National Council)

1 1991 President of the Parliament of the Canton of Fribourg 1986-1990 President Committee of Pardon, Parliament of the Canton of Fribourg 1982-1996 Mayor of the Municipality of Barberêche, Fribourg 1981-1991 Member of the Parliament of the Canton of Fribourg

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2007- Professor of Political Economy, University of Fribourg 2007- Member of the Strategic Council of the University Saint-Joseph, Beirut (Lebanon) 2007- Chairman of the Board of the Foundation Adolphe Merkle, Fribourg 1996-1998 Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Fribourg 1993-1996 Swiss Price Supervisor (regulator for all non competitive and administrated prices) 1991-1992 Visiting Professor of Economics, 1990-1991 Visiting Professor of Economics, ETH Zurich 1987-1988 Visiting Professor of International Economics, 1987-1988 Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Geneva 1985-1992 Federal Appeal Commission on scientific research, Berne 1984-1988 Board of the Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg 1983-1999 Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Fribourg 1980-1983 Provost, College Saint-Michel, Fribourg 1977-1979 Lecturer in International Economics, University of Lausanne 1973-1983 Lecturer in Economics, University of Fribourg 1970-1980 Professor, College Saint-Michel, Fribourg

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

2008- Member of the Board of Zurich Insurance Company Ireland, Dublin (Ireland) 2007- Member of the Board of Open TV, San Francisco (USA) 2007- Vice-Chairman of the International Advisory Council, Zurich Financial Services, Zurich (CH) 2007- Member of the Board of Zurich Insurance Company South Africa, Johannesburg (SA) 2007- Member of the Board of Emmi Group, Lucerne (CH)

ASSOCIATIONS and FOUNDATIONS

2007- Member of the Committee of the Foundation for the dialogue of civilisations, Geneva 2007- Member of the Committee of the Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe, Lausanne 1981-1984 President of Nouvelle Société Helvétique, Fribourg

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