Thomas Greminger is the new head of Regional Cooperation at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

FDFA Thomas Greminger, currently ambassador and head of the Swiss Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and head of the Switzerland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the international organisations in Vienna, will become deputy director (with the title of ambassador) and head of Regional Cooperation at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Bern.

Thomas Greminger follows Maya Tissafi, who will will become the new ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As head of Regional Cooperation at the SDC Thomas Greminger will be responsible for SDC's global health programme.

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