Cornelio Sommaruga

Cornelio Sommaruga
Born(1932-12-29)29 December 1932
Rome, Italy
Died18 February 2024(2024-02-18) (aged 91)
Geneva, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Occupations
  • Humanitarian
  • lawyer
  • diplomat

Cornelio Sommaruga (29 December 1932 – 18 February 2024) was a Swiss humanitarian, lawyer and diplomat who is best known for having been President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 1987 to 1999. He chaired the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) in Geneva. He was also active on a number of boards, such as the International Union Against Cancer. He was Chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation For the Future, an organization dedicated to promoting human rights in the Middle East and North Africa,[1] and the honorary President of Initiatives of Change International,[2] a global organization dedicated to "building trust across the world's divides"[3] of culture, nationality, belief, and background.

  1. ^ [1] Archived 16 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Chair of the Board of Directors - Chair of the Board of Director - Dr. Cornelio Sommaruga, Switzerland]
  2. ^ "Search | IofC International". www.iofc.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ Initiatives of Change – An overview Archived 24 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine