Corina Casanova : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

4 January 1956(age 60)

Place of birth

Ilanz, Switzerland

Political party

Christian Democratic People's Party

Alma mater

University of Fribourg

Chancellor of Switzerland

Assumed office

1 January 2008

President

Pascal Couchepin
Hans-Rudolf Merz
Doris Leuthard
Micheline Calmy-Rey

Deputy

André Simonazzi
Thomas Helbling

Preceded by

Annemarie Huber-Hotz

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Corina Casanova (born 4 January 1956) is the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland.

Born 1956 in Ilanz, Graubünden, Casanova worked as a lawyer in the practice of the former President of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, Giusep Nay, as well as a Red Cross delegate in South Africa, Angola, Nicaragua and El Salvador. She was also a federal parliamentary official and advisor to Federal Councillors Flavio Cotti and Joseph Deiss, both of the Christian Democratic People's Party.

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, a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party, speaks six languages: Romansh, German, French, Italian, English, and Spanish.