Corina Casanova

Corina Casanova
Chancellor of Switzerland
Incumbent
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
Personal details
Born	4 January 1956 (1956-01-04) (age 55) Ilanz, Switzerland
Political party	Christian Democratic People's Party
Alma mater	University of Fribourg

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.

References

• Official curriculum

Political offices
Preceded by Hanna Muralt Müller	Vice Chancellor of Switzerland 2005–2008	Succeeded by Thomas Helbling
Preceded by Annemarie Huber-Hotz	Chancellor of Switzerland 2008–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Casanova, Corina
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Date of birth	4 January 1956
Place of birth	Ilanz, Switzerland
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