Germaine Seewer is a Swiss major general and the current head of international relations for the Swiss Armed Forces, since 1 August 2024. Seewer is the highest-ranking woman in the military history of Switzerland.
Early life and education Seewer was born in the Leuk municipality, in Upper Valais. She studied chemistry at ETH Zurich, and received a Doctorate of Natural Sciences from the institution. While in university Seewer worked with animal scientists and completed her doctoral thesis on meat quality.
Military service Seewer joined the Swiss Armed Forces in 1998 as a military intelligence officer. In 2000 she deployed as a staff officer with Swisscoy to Kosovo, and in 2004 she deployed as an observer with UNMEE in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Seewer attended the NATO Defense College in Rome in 2011.
Dates of rank and duty assignments + Insignia Rank Duty assignment Date Captain Air force operations headquarters company, Swisscoy, KFOR 2000 Major Command and control section officer (within a brigade) 2002 Lieutenant Colonel Air force operations general staff 2003 Colonel Chief of Air Force Training and Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff 2010 Brigadier General Head of Armed Forces Personnel 2013 Major General Commander of the Armed Forces College and Deputy Chief of the Education and Training Command (2020)Head of International Relations (2024) 2020https://www.vtg.admin.ch/dam/en/sd-web/o6HkKj7Yn-K6/260401%20Seewer_e.pdf
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