Martin Dahinden (born 8 January 1955) is a Swiss diplomat who has served as ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America from 2014 to 2019.

[1][2][3] Dahinden presented his credentials to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, on November 18, 2014 at the White House in Washington, D.C.[4][5] He retired in 2019.

Later, he worked in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs' Service for Disarmament Policy and Nuclear Issues (1991 to 1995), as head of the section of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and held the position of deputy head of the OSCE Coordination Unit during the Swiss chairmanship in 1996.

[12] Prior to assuming the position of ambassador of Switzerland to the U.S. in 2014, Dahinden served as the director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (2008-2014).

[3] In July 2016 Dahinden published a book about Swiss culinary art and its influence on American cuisine.