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Claude Haegi
  • President of the European Foundation for the Sustainable Development of the Regions (FEDRE)
  • Expert, Honorary Member and former President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
  • Former President of the Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva
  • Former Mayor of Geneva
  • President of the Foundation Denis de Rougemont for Europe
  • President of the Swiss-Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Honorary President of the African Institute of Urban Management, Dakar, Senegal
  • Administrator of various companies, in particular in the banking and financial sectors, the financial press, energy and transportation


Since 2001 Consultative Status (FEDRE) with the Council of Europe
1983 - 2001 Member and President of the Swiss Delegation at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
1997 - 2001 Member of Parliament, Parliament of the Republic and Canton of Geneva
1996 -1998 President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
1994 - 1996 President of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
1989 - 1997 Member of the Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva (cantonal Minister), responsible for the Department of the Interior, the Environment and Regional Affairs. President of the Government from 1993 to 1994 (annual rotation)
1987 - 1997 President of the Foundation for the African Institute of Urban Management, Dakar, Senegal
1983 - 1989 Member of the executive organ of the City of Geneva (government of 5 persons), responsible for the Department of Finance
Mayor of Geneva from 1987 to 1988 (annual rotation)
1983 - 1989 Member of the AIMF, International Association of Mayors of French-speaking Capitals and Cities (President Jacques Chirac, Mayor of Paris)
1977 - 1983 Member of Parliament, Parliament of the Republic and Canton of Geneva Member of several regional, European, political and economic bodies
Publications  
1997 Léman – Mont-Blanc, Nouvelle région d’Europe, Editons Slatkine
1997 Diamant Alpin, Genève, Lyon, Turin, with the collaboration of Umberto Agnelli and Alain Merieux, Editions Slatkine
1995 L’Europe des régions, Editions Georg
1993 La Région, notre avenir, Editions Slatkine
Distinctions  
Pro-Merito medal, Council of Europe
Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
Order of the Lion, Republic of Senegal