# Hans Senn

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**Hans Senn** (1918–2007) was a [general officer](/source/General_officer) of the [Swiss Army](/source/Swiss_Army).

Senn was born in [Zofingen](/source/Zofingen) and, as a young officer, studied at the [Ecole Supérieure de Guerre](/source/Ecole_Sup%C3%A9rieure_de_Guerre) in [Paris](/source/Paris). As Army head of operations he unsuccessfully advocated a policy of [nuclear armament](/source/Nuclear_armament) as a deterrent against the [Warsaw Pact](/source/Warsaw_Pact) in the 1960s. Switzerland eventually ratified the [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty](/source/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty).

As [Chief of the General Staff](/source/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Swiss_Army), holding the rank of [Korpskommandant](/source/Korpskommandant) ([NATO: OF-8](/source/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO_armies_officers)), Senn was Switzerland's most senior military officer from 1977 to 1980. After his retirement, he authored two standard works about Swiss defence efforts during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).

## References

- Jürg Stüssi-Lauterburg (4 October 2007). "Obituary of Hans Senn". [Die Weltwoche](/source/Die_Weltwoche). p. 31.

- Hans Senn: "Generalstabsdienste als Teil der Armeeleitung in Friedenszeiten" in [German](http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D8697.php), [French](http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F8697.php) and [Italian](http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/i/I8697.php) in the online *[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland](/source/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland)*.

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