Nicole Providoli

Nicole Providoli, Swiss citizen, born in 1972, has a degree in Sociology of the  University of Geneva (1992-1995) and a Law degree, obtained at the University of  Fribourg (1995-2000). From 2001 to 2003 she worked as a lawyer in the Directorate of  International Law of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA. In May 2003 she  joined the diplomatic service of the FDFA and was assigned as a trainee at the Swiss  Embassy in Santiago de Chile.

From 2004 to 2005 she worked within the Economic  Cooperation and Development division of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs  (SECO) in Berne, followed by a work experience in the Integration Office FDFA/FDEA  (2005-2008), which was responsible for the coordination of Swiss policy on the  European Union (now the Europe Division of the FDFA State Secretariat).

From 2008  to 2012 she worked as First Secretary at the Swiss Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and from  2012 to 2015 as Deputy Head of Mission at the Swiss Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.  In 2015 she returned to Berne and worked in the fields of mediation and peace  promotion at the FDFA’s Human Security Division (now the Peace and Human Rights  Division of the FDFA State Secretariat). From 2019 to 2024 she worked as Deputy  Head of Mission at the Swiss Embassy in Paris. Since September 2024 she is Swiss  Ambassador to Tanzania.