Major General General Marco Schmidlin
Defence Attaché in Washington

Major General Schmidlin is the defence attaché at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington. He safeguards Switzerland’s security policy and armed forces interests in the United States of America and in Canada. He is accountable to the Head of International Relations Defence in the Armed Forces Staff.
Career
2023 | Major General, Defence Attaché to the United States of America and Canada with residence in Washington |
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2022 | Commandant Command Support Training Unit |
2018 | Head of Armed Forces Planning and Deputy Head of Armed Forces Staff |
2015 | Brigadier General, Commander Command Support Brigade 41 |
2014 | Officer assigned to commander in staff of Command Support Brigade 41 |
2012 | Operations chief in territorial region staff |
2009 | Colonel General Staff, assistant chief of staff strategic-operational staff of Armed Forces Command |
2005 | Readiness chief of air defence training unit |
2002 | Lieutenant colonel General Staff, light air defence guided missile battalion commander |
2000 | Major General Staff, operations chief in field division |
1995 | Captain, anti-aircraft battery commander |
Functions
2009 | Head of political and military strategy affairs for Armed Forces Command |
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2007 | Commander for progressive training of senior cadre in air defence training unit |
2006 | Deputy commander at headquarters for GBAD basic training |
2004 | Chief of course management in headquarters for GBAD basic training |
2001 | Head of air defence doctrine and training, Project manager for establishing a ‘foundations, planning, controlling’ cell |
2000 | Member of Air Force XXI study project |
1996 | Officer of instruction of an air defence school |
Documents
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CV Marco Schmidlin
30.09.2023 | PDF, 1 Pages, 157 KB