Helene Budliger Artieda

Helene Budliger Artieda (* 1965 in Zurich ) is a Swiss diplomat and Director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) as State Secretary since August 2022. She is a former director of resources at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and was ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, based in Bangkok, from 2019 to 2022.

Career 20 January 2026 – World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos: Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis and State Secretary Helene Budliger Artieda welcome He Lifeng, Vice Premier of China, and his delegation, including Li Chenggang, Vice Minister of Commerce, for talks on bilateral relations at the House of Switzerland. Her career at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) began in 1985 as a secretary in Bern. In this function, Helene Budliger made her first foreign assignments in Lagos in Nigeria, Havana in Cuba and San Francisco in the US. She completed the FDFA stage in Bern and the practical part as a consular employee in Strasbourg. Budliger Artieda's first stop after her training took her to Lima, Peru, where she met her future husband. Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mauritius were also part of her remit.

Helene Budliger Artieda is married and lives in Eich LU. She grew up in Dübendorf.