Name Thomas Borer | Role Diplomat | |
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Spouse Shawne Fielding (m. 1999–2014) | ||
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Thomas Borer (born 1957) is a former diplomat of Switzerland. He had a role in resolving the problems created by Swiss banking secrecy laws in protecting the Nazi seizure of Jewish assets during the Holocaust, and in the use of Swiss banks as a medium for tax evasion.
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- Table talk der klubschule migros mit dr thomas borer
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- Biography
- Career
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2002 akv dr thomas borer ritterrede
Biography
Thomas Borer was born in 1957 and studied law at the University of Basel where he obtained his doctorate summa cum laude in 1985. His thesis focused on the principle of legality and foreign affairs.
Career
In 1987, Borer joined the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) as a diplomat. He was posted to Bern (Department for International Law, 1987 and 1989–93), Lagos (1987/88) and Geneva (1988/89). In 1993, he was appointed Embassy Secretary for Legal and Political Affairs at the Swiss Embassy in Washington, USA. On 21 December 1994, he was appointed Deputy General Secretary of the EDA by the Swiss Federal Council. In this role, he led the personnel, technology, logistics, finance and administrative law departments. In addition, he was responsible for the reorganisation of the EDA and the Swiss Representative Network Abroad.
On 25 October 1996 the Swiss Federal Council appointed him Ambassador and Head of the “Switzerland – Second World War” Task Force, which examined the role of Switzerland as a financial centre during the Nazi era. The Task Force contributed substantially to settle a lawsuit filed by the World Jewish Congress against Swiss banks in 1995. As a consequence on August 12, 1998, the Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse reached an agreement with the World Jewish Congress and agreed to pay $1.25 billion to victims of the holocaust or their heirs. Borer gained international recognition for his commitment in this process.
On 31 March 1999, the Swiss Federal Council named Borer as Swiss Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. At the end of April 2002, he left public service and returned to Switzerland. Shortly after he became strategic consultant for Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, and in 2005 a member of the Board of Directors of Renova Group, Viktor Vekselberg’s company.
In the German and international news media Borer is a popular speaker and commentator on economic issues and on Swiss-German relations, particularly on Switzerland as a financial center and on the banking secrecy.