Patrick Gauchat (22 May 1968) is a Swiss General Officer.[1] He is the first Swiss to lead a UN Mission.[2]

Military Career

Training and First Command

Promotions[1]

After training, Gauchat took command of a mountain fusilier company (1997).

Service as a Staff Officer

As a staff officer, he performed various commanding duties, including commander of a mountain infantry battalion (from 2006), deputy commander of the Tenth Mountain Infantry Brigade 10 (2014–2015)[3] and deputy commander of Territorial Division 1 (2016–2017).[3]

Service in the Rank of General

In 2017, he was appointed head of the Swiss delegation to the Neutral Monitoring Commission for the Armistice between the Two Koreas (NNSC).

Overseas Assignments

Private Life

Gauchat holds and engineering degree from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne[1][3] and is fluent in German, English, French, and Spanish.[3]

References

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