Cornelio Sommaruga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Cornelio Sommaruga

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1932

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Profession: jurist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Cornelio Sommaruga (born December 29, 1932 in Rome) is a prominent Swiss humanitarian, lawyer and diplomat who is best known for being President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 1987 to 1999.
Today, he chairs the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) in Geneva.
He is also active on a number of boards, such as the International Union Against Cancer.
Currently he is 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, and the honorary President of Initiatives of Change International, a global organization dedicated to "building trust across the world's divides" of culture, nationality, belief, and background.