Paul Jolles

Paul Jolles   (businessman, diplomat)
Born	25 December 1919 Bern, Switzerland
Died	11 March 2000 (Age 80)
Nationality	Swiss
Alma mater	University of Bern, University of Lausanne, Harvard University
Parents	• Leo Jolles • Ida Jolles
Children	Claudia Jolles
Member of	Nestlé
Quad Bilderberger Swiss diplomat businessman

Paul Jolles was a Swiss diplomat, businessman and Bilderberger. His jobs included Chairman of the Board, Nestle S.A. and State Secretary for Foreign Economic Affairs.

Background

Jolles was son of journalist Leo Jolles and his wife Ida (b. Hegnauer. Jolles studied at the universities of Bern, Lausanne and Harvard, where he earned his doctorate with a dissertation The Theory of Civil Liberties in Swiss and American Constitutional Law. In his student days he joined the Swiss Zofingerverein.

Career

From 1943 he was a member of the Swiss Federal Administration, first in the Federal Department of Political Affairs (now the FDFA), where he worked in Washington, D.C. participated in the conclusion of the Agreement on German Assets in Switzerland of 1946, subsequently in the Department of Economics. From 1957 to 1961 Jolles was Deputy General Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.

In 1961, Federal Councilor Hans Schaffner brought him back to Bern as a delegate of the Federal Council for trade agreements. From 1966 to 1984 Jolles was director of the Federal Office for Foreign Trade, from 1979 in the rank of Secretary of State (Minister). He played a key role in the negotiation of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement of 1972 between Switzerland and the European Economic Community.

Paul Jolles was also President of the Kunsthalle Bern. After resigning from the civil service, he became Chairman of the Nestlé Group and a Privatdozent at the University of Bern. He was an honorary doctor in jurisprudence and in 1984, together with Fritz Leutwiler, winner of the Freedom Award of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation.

Relations

Paul Jolles married Erna Ryffel. His daughter, Claudia Jolles, is the long-time editor-in-chief of the Swiss art magazine Kunstbulletin.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1963	29 March 1963	31 March 1963	France Cannes Hotel Martinez	The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France.
Bilderberg/1972	21 April 1972	23 April 1972	Belgium Hotel La Reserve Knokke	The 21st Bilderberg, 102 guests. It spawned the Trilateral Commission.
Bilderberg/1986	25 April 1986	27 April 1986	Scotland Gleneagles Hotel	The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants
Bilderberg/1987	24 April 1987	26 April 1987	Italy Cernobbio	35th Bilderberg, in Italy, 106 participants

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