This is a list of diplomatic missions of Switzerland.
Switzerland is well known as a protecting power, having used its embassies abroad to represent the interests of states hostile to each other since the Franco-Prussian War. [1] In the Second World War Switzerland served as protecting power for 35 countries on both sides—its embassy in Washington represented Germany, Italy, Japan, and Vichy France. In many post-war conflicts, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Asia, the Middle East, Serbia, and Georgia, Switzerland has provided a continuity of representation after formal relations were severed between belligerents, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid and conflict resolution.[ citation needed ]
Since 1919, Switzerland has also represented the Principality of Liechtenstein in those countries wherein Liechtenstein itself does not maintain consular representation. [2] Owing to its size and population, Liechtenstein maintains a very small network of diplomatic missions.
Honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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![]() | Algiers | Embassy | [3] | |
![]() | Luanda | Embassy | Countries: | [4] [5] |
![]() | Cotonou | Cooperation office & consular agency [a] | [6] | |
![]() | Ouagadougou | Cooperation office & consular agency [b] | [7] | |
![]() | Bujumbura | Cooperation office & consular agency [c] | [8] | |
![]() | Yaoundé | Embassy | Countries: | [9] [10] |
![]() | N'Djamena | Cooperation office & consular agency [d] | [11] | |
![]() | Kinshasa | Embassy | Countries: | [12] [13] [14] |
![]() | Cairo | Embassy [e] | [15] [1] | |
![]() | Addis Ababa | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: | [16] [17] [18] |
![]() | Accra | Embassy | [19] [6] [20] | |
![]() | Abidjan | Embassy | Countries: | [21] [7] [22] [23] [24] |
![]() | Nairobi | Embassy | International Organizations: | [25] [8] [26] [27] |
![]() | Bamako | Cooperation office & consular agency [f] | [28] | |
![]() | Antananarivo | Embassy | Countries: | [29] [30] [31] [32] |
![]() | Rabat | Embassy | [33] | |
![]() | Maputo | Embassy | [34] | |
![]() | Niamey | Cooperation office & consular agency [d] | [35] | |
![]() | Abuja | Embassy | [36] [11] [35] | |
Lagos | Consulate-General | [36] | ||
![]() | Kigali | Cooperation office & consular agency [c] | [26] | |
![]() | Dakar | Embassy | Countries: | [37] [38] [39] [40] [28] |
![]() | Pretoria | Embassy | [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] | |
Cape Town | Consulate-General | [41] | ||
![]() | Juba | Cooperation office & consular agency [g] | [18] | |
![]() | Khartoum | Embassy | Countries: | [47] |
![]() | Dar es Salaam | Embassy | [48] | |
![]() | Tunis | Embassy | Countries: | [49] [50] |
![]() | Harare | Embassy | [51] [52] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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![]() | Canberra | Embassy | Countries: | [181] [182] [183] [184] [185] |
Sydney | Consulate-General | [181] | ||
![]() | Wellington | Embassy | [186] [187] [188] [189] [190] |
Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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![]() | Strasbourg | France | Permanent Representation | [191] | |
![]() | Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [192] | |
![]() | Rome | Italy | Permanent Representation | International Organizations: | [193] |
![]() | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Representation | [194] | |
![]() | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [195] | |
![]() | Vienna | Austria | Delegation | [196] | |
![]() | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [197] | |
Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [198] | |
Vienna | Austria | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [196] | |
![]() | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [199] | |
![]() | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [200] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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![]() | Conakry | Embassy | 1992 | [22] |
![]() | Tripoli | Embassy | 2014 | [50] |
![]() | Monrovia | Embassy | 1992 | [23] |
Cooperation office & consular agency | 2016 | [23] | ||
![]() | Tangier | Consulate | 1968 | [33] |
![]() | Windhoek | Consulate-General | 1996 | [46] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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![]() | San Salvador | Embassy | 1979 | [61] |
![]() | Asunción | Embassy | 2016 | [80] |
![]() | Houston | Consulate-General | 2006 | [201] [202] |
Los Angeles | Consulate-General | 2018 | [203] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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![]() | Kabul | Cooperation office & consular agency | 2021 | [204] |
![]() | Ulaanbaatar | Cooperation office & consular agency | 2024 | [96] |
![]() | Karachi | Consulate-General | 2018 | [205] |
![]() | Damascus | Embassy | 2012 | [114] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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![]() | Bordeaux | Consulate-General | 2008 | [206] [207] |
Dijon | Consulate | 1995 | [208] | |
![]() | Hamburg | Consulate-General | 2009 | [209] |
![]() | Genoa | Consulate-General | 2011 | [210] |
Naples | Consulate-General | 2007 | [206] [211] | |
![]() | Amsterdam | Consulate-General | 2005 | [202] [212] |
![]() | Málaga | Consulate | 1998 | [213] |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Consulate | 2012 | [202] | |
![]() | Edinburgh | Consulate-General | 2011 | [214] |