Bern, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The top Swiss army officer, Roland Nef, Friday handed in his resignation to Federal Council Samuel Schmid and the rest of the Swiss Federal Council, or cabinet. Nef was suspended Monday for a month, pending an investigation and a decision by the council on his personal trustworthiness (see GenevaLunch, 21 July). He was asked to show that the charges against him were false. Nef in his resignation acknowledged that he had made mistakes when he parted company with his former companion, according to TSR, but at the time of his appointment, after the split with her, he was unaware this might become public.

Zurich-based SonntagsZeitung 20 July published extracts of the municipal police record from 2006 where the Nef’s former companion accused him of using her e-mail address in responding to sex-related classified ads online and including her photo, fixed and cell phone numbers and her private address. She later dropped the charges and the couple reached a private settlement.

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News story, GenevaLunch, 25 July 2008.

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  1. GenevaLunch » Blog Archive » Swiss councilor Schmid resigns: health, family, good of country Says:
    November 12th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    [...] dating back at least to the summer of 2007 when his appointment to head the Swiss armed forces, Roland Nef, came under fire because a newspaper learned that his former companion had taken him to court for [...]

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