Corina Casanova
Corina Casanova | |
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Chancellor of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2015 | |
| President | Pascal Couchepin Hans-Rudolf Merz Doris Leuthard Micheline Calmy-Rey Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Ueli Maurer Didier Burkhalter Simonetta Sommaruga |
| Vice-Chancellor | Oswald Sigg Thomas Helbling André Simonazzi |
| Preceded by | Annemarie Huber-Hotz |
| Succeeded by | Walter Thurnherr |
| Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 August 2005 – 31 December 2007 Serving with Oswald Sigg | |
| Chancellor | Annemarie Huber-Hotz |
| Preceded by | Hanna Muralt Müller |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Helbling |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1956 Ilanz, Switzerland |
| Political party | Christian Democratic People's Party |
| Alma mater | University of Fribourg |
Corina Casanova (born 4 January 1956) is a Swiss politician who was the
Federal Chancellor of Switzerland
between 2008 and 2015.
Born in
.In August 2005, she was elected to the office of Vice-Chancellor by the
Swiss Federal Assembly. In December 2007, that assembly elected her to the office of Chancellor in the course of the 2007 Swiss Federal Council election
. In March 2008 she was designated by the Swiss Federal Council member of the directional committee for electronic government in Switzerland.
Casanova is a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party and speaks six languages: Romansh, German, French, Italian, English, and Spanish.
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