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Sabrina Dallafior
Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Assumed office
25 July 2026
Preceded byFernando Arias
Personal details
BornSabrina Dallafior Matte
(1970-08-13) 13 August 1970 (age 56)
Basel, Switzerland
CitizenshipSwiss
OccupationDiplomat

Sabrina Dallafior Matter (born 13 August 1970 in Basel, Switzerland) is Swiss diplomat currently serving as director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the first woman to hold that office. She was previously ambassador of Switzerland to Finland.

Biography

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From 2019 to 2023, she was Consul General of Switzerland in Milan. In 2023, she was appointed ambassador of Switzerland to Finland.[1][2]

In November 2025, she was elected director-general of the OPCW for a four-year term beginning in July 2026.[3][4]

References

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  1. ↑ "Sabrina Dallafior Matter, Ambassador of Switzerland to Finland - Finland Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg". 17 July 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Interview with H.E. Mrs. Sabrina Dallafior Matter Ambassador of Switzerland to Finland". Finncham. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Servettaz, Elena (14 February 2026). "Swiss becomes first woman to head chemical weapons body". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "La Suissesse Sabrina Dallafior, première femme à diriger l'Organisation pour l'interdiction des armes chimiques | RTS". rts.ch (in French). 21 February 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.