Valentin Zellweger is Ambassador of Switzerland to the Kingdom of Morocco.After submitting his doctoral thesis in international law at the University ofBasel, Ambassador Zellweger joined the Federal Department of ForeignAffairs (FDFA) in 1991. He started his career at the Swiss Embassy in Kenyaand worked at the Directorate of International Law of the FDFA (DIL) inBerne and at the Swiss Mission to the United Nations in New York. From2003 and 2007, he served as Chef de Cabinet of the first President of theInternational Criminal Court in The Hague during the setting up phase ofthe newly established Court.Back in Switzerland, Ambassador Zellweger worked again at the DIL, whichhe headed as Chief Legal Adviser from 2010 to 2016. From 2016 to 2020,Ambassador Zellweger was Permanent Representative of Switzerland tothe United Nations and the other international organizations in Geneva,representing Switzerland as the Host State as well as a Member State.After having spent most of his career in multilateral diplomacy and dealingwith international law, Ambassador Zellweger wished to return to theAfrican continent. From 2020 to 2024, he served as Switzerland’sAmbassador to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda and asPermanent Representative of Switzerland to the Office of the UnitedNations in Nairobi.