Angelo Gnädinger

Jurist

Angelo Gnaedinger, born in 1951, trained as a lawyer and served as examining magistrate in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen before joining the ICRC in 1984.

Following initial field assignments in the Middle East and Africa he held various posts at the ICRC's Department of Operations in Geneva. In particular, he was head of the Detention Division from 1992 to 1994, Delegate-General for Western and Central Europe and the Balkans from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, he was appointed Delegate-General for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. He is Director-General since 2002. Mr Gnaedinger is married and has two children.