Ambassador Dr. Pierre von Arx
Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
Ambassador Dr. Pierre von Arx from Switzerland was appointed Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek on 14 October 2016. He also acts as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. Ambassador von Arx possesses 16 years of experience with the OSCE.
He studied biochemistry at the University of Geneva, earning his doctorate in natural sciences in the field of molecular biology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich. He is a retired general-staff colonel, and has also a master in military sciences. Ambassador von Arx is fluent in French, German, English and Spanish and holds a basic knowledge of Russian.