Corina Casanova

Corina Casanova
15th 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
Deputy	André Simonazzi Thomas Helbling
Preceded by	Annemarie Huber-Hotz
Succeeded by	Walter Thurnherr
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) was the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland between 2008 and 2015.

Born 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 and speaks six languages: Romansh, German, French, Italian, English, and Spanish.

References

• Official biography