Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Peter Maurer, who is currently Switzerland’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York, has been named the country’s new secretary of state, in the Foreign Affairs Office. He will service under Federal Councilor Micheline Calmy-Rey, minister for foreign affairs.

Maurer, 56, replaces Michael Ambuehl, who was named 13 January to the new post of International Financial and Tax Matters. Maurer will most likely take up  his post in March 2010, when Ambuehl, whose post must be confirmed by parliament, begins his new job.

Maurer has been in the Swiss diplomatic service since 1987, but he has been part of the New York UN mission since 1996. He was named by the United Nations to head the Fifth Commission, which oversees budget and administrative matters. He holds a doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Bern.

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