Kurt Jaeger

Kurt Jaeger (born 25 November 1961) is a Liechtensteiner diplomat currently serving as the Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) since 2024. He formerly served as Liechtenstein's ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2021, and as ambassador to Belgium and the European Union from 2010 to 2016.

Early life

Kurt Jaeger was born on 25 November 1961, to Kurt Julius Jaeger in Grabs, Switzerland. From 1973 to 1979, he attended a Jesuit boarding school in Vienna, Austria, and later attended a high school in Disentis, Switzerland from 1979 to 1980, before graduating from a high school in Vaduz, Liechtenstein in 1982.

From 1982 to 1984, he attended the University of St. Gallen. In 1987, he graduated from the University of Fribourg with a law degree. In 1989, he graduated from McGill University with a Master of Laws degree. He married Laurette and had one son with her, Fabian Jaeger.