Guy Mettan

Guy Mettan (born 19 November 1956 in Evionnaz) is a Swiss journalist and politician.

Career Guy Mettan was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland before becoming a member of the Swiss People's Party.

As a journalist Mettan started with Tribune de Genève as an intern and was its director and editor-in-chief from 1992 to 1998. From 2006 to 2014 he was President of the Geneva Section of the Red Cross Switzerland. He also served as President of the Grand Council of Geneva and sat for the center there until 2019.

Mettan was awarded the Russian medal of the Order of Friendship in February 2017 Parliamentary regulations require elected officials to receive authorization before receiving decorations from foreign governments and the Grand Council of Geneva authorised him to receive the medal on a 36-35 vote.

Mettan's journalistic credibility has been questioned on several occasions. In 2017, Reporters Without Borders criticised Mettan for his pro-Russian views accusing him of serving as a mouthpiece for Russian propaganda.

Personal life Mettan is married. In 1994, the family adopted a three-year-old Russian girl, Oxana, from an orphanage in Suzdal. Later, Russian citizenship was granted to Mettan as a result of the adoption due to a decree by the Yeltsin administration.

Books 2004: Genève, ville de paix: de la Conférence de 1954 sur l'Indochine à la coopération internationale 2010: Guy Mettan, Christophe Büchi, Le dictionnaire impertinent de la Suisse 2014: Guy Mettan, François Bugnion, Jean-François Pitteloud, Serge Nessi, Philippe Bender, Serge Bimpag, 150 ans de passion humanitaire, la Croix-Rouge genevoise de 1864 à 2014, Genève, Slatkine, 2017: Creating Russophobia: From the Great Religious Schism to Anti-Putin Hysteria 2016: (Italian language edition) Russofobia. Mille anni di diffidenza 2019: Le continent perdu. Plaidoyer pour une Europe démocratique et souveraine, 2021: (English-language edition) Europe's Existential Dilemma, Clarity Press