Information about Person dodis.ch/P88
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Ruegger, Paul
* 14.8.1897 Slovenske Konjice • † 9.8.1988 Florence
Additional names: Rüegger, Paul • Rügger, PaulGender: male
Reference country:
Switzerland
Nationality:
Switzerland
Canton of origin:
Lucerne (Canton)
Activity:
Diplomat
Title/Education:
Dr. iur. (1917)
Activity of the father:
Teacher
Military grade:
no service
Confession:
catholic
Civil status upon entry:
single
EDA/BV:
Entry FDFA 15.7.1918 •
Exit FDFA 30.4.1948
Literature:
Paul Ruegger, Victor H. Umbricht: A Paul Ruegger pour son 80e anniversaire 14.8.1977, Riehen-Basel 1977. Stefan Glur: Vom besten Pferd im Stall zur persona non grata. Paul Ruegger als Schweizer Gesandter in Rom 1936-1942, Bern 2005.
Personal papers:
Biographisches Dossier Paul J. A. Ruegger (1897-1988) - Präsident des Internationalen Komitees des Roten Kreuz. Gesandter der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft in Italien. ETH-Bibliothek. CH-ETH-BIB#CH-001807-7 Biogr Ruegger, Paul J.A. Nachlass
Dr. iur. Paul Ruegger
(1897–1988), Archiv für Zeitgeschichte, CH-AfZ#NL Paul Ruegger. (1834-1988)
Personal dossier:
E2500#1000/719#440*
Relations to other persons:
Ruegger, Isabelle is married to Ruegger, Paul • 27.6.1932
Functions (18 records founds)
Date | Function | Organization | Comments |
19.7.1944-30.4.1948 | Schweizerischer Gesandter | Swiss Embassy in London | Nommé le 9.5.1944. Rappelé par PVCF No 727 du 20.3.1948. Arrivé à Londres le 19.7.1944, reçu par Eden le 21; remise des lettres de créances le 10.8.1944. |
...14.11.1945-15.11.1945... | Member | Swiss Consultative Commission for the Review of the Charter of the United Nations | |
29.11.1946... | Member | Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees | PVCF No 3006. |
1948-1973 | Member | International Committee of the Red Cross | En tout cas jusqu'à 1968; cf. E 2807/1974/12/23. |
30.4.1948-31.8.1955 | President | International Committee of the Red Cross | Cf. PVCF No 1426 du 24.8.1955 (mise à la retraite de Rüegger).Cf. dodis.ch/18572, e.a pp. 35 ss. |
1955... | Employee | UN/International Labour Organization | "[1955, P.R.] übernahm Aufgaben für die Internationale Arbeitsorganisation." Cf. Schweizer Lexikon. Mengis+Ziehr, Visp 1999. |
18.12.1961-1981 | Member | Working group Historische Standortsbestimmung | Voir dodis.ch/30165. Cf. aussi E 7110 (-) 1972/32, vol. 5, lettres de Weitnauer à Ruegger du 8.12.1961 et 22.12.1961, cf. aussi E7113(A) 1979/22 Bd. 72 (771.5). |
1965-1979 | Lehrbeauftragter | University of Geneva |
Written documents (132 records found)
Date | Nr | Type | Subject | Summary | L | |
10.5.1941 | 47223 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Others) | ![]() | fr![]() |
17.5.1941 | 47228 | ![]() | Political report | Italy (Politics) | ![]() | fr![]() |
5.6.1941 | 47235 | ![]() | Political report | Italy (Politics) | ![]() | fr![]() |
24.6.1941 | 47250 | ![]() | Political report | Italy (Politics) | ![]() | fr![]() |
15.10.1941 | 47301 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Economy) | ![]() | fr![]() |
15.10.1941 | 47302 | ![]() | Political report | Vatican (the) (Holy See) (General) | ![]() | fr![]() |
24.11.1941 | 47313 | ![]() | Political report | Humanitarian aid | ![]() | fr![]() |
13.12.1941 | 47325 | ![]() | Political report | Italy (Politics) | ![]() | fr![]() |
22.12.1941 | 47327 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Politics) | ![]() | fr![]() |
11.1.1942 | 47334 | ![]() | Telegram | Italy (Economy) | ![]() | de![]() |
Signed documents (29 records found)
Date | Nr | Type | Subject | Summary | L | |
15.5.1936 | 53760 | ![]() | Letter | League of Nations |
P. Ruegger, Ministre de Suisse à Rome, décrit la position des différents ministres italiens par rapport à la « Conférence des neutres » et la position de la SdN concernant l'invasion de l’Italie en... | fr |
27.7.1936 | 53754 | ![]() | Letter | League of Nations |
Suite à l’incident de Genève en 1936, P. Ruegger, Ministre de Suisse à Rome assure à Pierre Bonna que les journalistes suisses se trouvant en Italie ne doivent pas craindre des mesures de représailles... | fr |
12.11.1936 | 53972 | ![]() | Letter | Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936) |
Die Schweiz will das italienische "Impero" in Äthiopien nicht offiziell anerkennen, die Schweizerische Gesandtschaft in Rom bemüht sich aber darum, ein Strassenbauprojekt zwischen Addis Abeba und... | fr |
9.12.1938 | 15394 | ![]() | Address / Talk | Swiss policy towards foreigners | ![]() | fr |
10.12.1938 | 46732 | ![]() | Letter | Attitudes in relation to persecutions | ![]() | fr![]() |
20.11.1939 | 46959 | ![]() | Political report | Italy (Economy) | ![]() | fr![]() |
24.11.1941 | 47313 | ![]() | Political report | Humanitarian aid | ![]() | fr![]() |
8.12.1944 | 54608 | ![]() | Telegram | Questions concerning the Accession to International Organizations |
La Légation de Suisse à Londres demande à la Centrale d'envoyer plusieurs exemplaires de l'édition anglaise du message du Conseil fédéral sur l'accession de la Suisse à la Société des Nations du... | fr |
24.1.1945 | 47950 | ![]() | Political report | Planification of the Post-War Order (World War II) (1943–1944) | ![]() ![]() | fr![]() |
6.7.1945 | 1914 | ![]() | Letter | Russia (Politics) | ![]() Eine "de facto" Vermittlung... | de![]() |
Received documents (74 records found)
Date | Nr | Type | Subject | Summary | L | |
8.12.1937 | 46420 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Others) | ![]() | fr![]() |
13.1.1938 | 46439 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Politics) | ![]() | fr![]() |
21.1.1938 | 60713 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (General) |
Les plaintes du régime italien concernant la couverture médiatique en Suisse semblent très exagérées. Elles sont d'autant plus surprenantes que le Conseil fédéral a exprimé des sentiments amicaux à... | fr |
8.2.1938 | 46459 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Others) | ![]() | de![]() |
30.3.1938 | 46512 | ![]() | Report | Italy (Others) | ![]() | fr![]() |
30.4.1938 | 46539 | ![]() | Report | Irredentism in Ticino (1876–1942) | ![]() | fr![]() |
21.6.1938 | 46591 | ![]() | Note | Italy (Politics) | ![]() | it![]() |
21.12.1938 | 46745 | ![]() | Letter | France (Politics) | ![]() | fr![]() |
9.2.1939 | 46780 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Others) | ![]() | de![]() |
10.6.1939 | 46857 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Economy) | ![]() | de![]() |
Mentioned in the documents (257 records found)
Date | Nr | Type | Subject | Summary | L | |
10.7.1936 | 46185 | ![]() | Minutes of the Federal Council | Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936) | ![]() | de![]() |
3.8.1936 | 46194 | ![]() | Letter | League of Nations | ![]() ![]() | fr![]() |
24.9.1936 | 46216 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (Others) | ![]() | fr![]() |
3.11.1936 | 46231 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (General) | ![]() | fr![]() |
21.12.1936 | 46256 | ![]() | Memo | Italy (General) | ![]() | fr![]() |
9.3.1937 | 46305 | ![]() | Circular | Political activities of foreign persons | ![]() | fr![]() |
1938-1945 | 26778 | Information Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland-Second World War (ICE) | 15 - ICE: Neutrality |
Info UEK/CIE/ICE (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ns | |
10.1.1938 | 46436 | ![]() | Letter | Italy (General) | ![]() | de |
14.1.1938 | 46440 | ![]() | Minutes of the Federal Council | Organizational issues of the FPD/FDFA | ![]() | de![]() |
27.1.1938 | 46454 | ![]() | Letter | Political activities of foreign persons | ![]() | de![]() |