- Born on 7 January 1954 in Bern
- Languages: German, French and English
- Training as mechanical engineer at the cantonal polytechnical institute of Fribourg
- Advanced studies as illumination specialist at the Juventus Zurich
- After two years of experience as project manager for the illumination of football and sports stadiums accession to the career officer's corps in 1980.
Brigadier General Peter Zahler
Chief Air Force Staff
Milestones in senior duties
Since 1 july 2009
in his present function
2008 - 2009
Commander Command Support Training Unit 30 (CS TU 30)
2006 - 2007
Commander Command Support Training Unit 34 (CS TU 34)
2000 - 2003
Commander of Command Support Recruit and NCO School 95
2000 - 2002
Commander of Air Force Radar and Signal Regiment 21, as militia officer
1998
Training at the Air Command and Staff College at the US Air Force Maxwell Air University in Montgomery
1995 - 1997
Deputy commander of Command Support Recruit and NCO School 95
1993 - 1996
Commander of Signal Battalion 14
in his present function
2008 - 2009
Commander Command Support Training Unit 30 (CS TU 30)
2006 - 2007
Commander Command Support Training Unit 34 (CS TU 34)
2000 - 2003
Commander of Command Support Recruit and NCO School 95
2000 - 2002
Commander of Air Force Radar and Signal Regiment 21, as militia officer
1998
Training at the Air Command and Staff College at the US Air Force Maxwell Air University in Montgomery
1995 - 1997
Deputy commander of Command Support Recruit and NCO School 95
1993 - 1996
Commander of Signal Battalion 14
