Corina Casanova
Chancellor of Switzerland
Incumbent
Assumed office  1 January 2008
President	Pascal Couchepin Hans-Rudolf Merz
Deputy	André Simonazzi Thomas Helbling
Preceded by	Annemarie Huber-Hotz
Born	4 January 1956 (1956-01-04) (age 53) Ilanz, Switzerland
Political party	Christian Democratic People's Party

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

Born 1956 in Ilanz, 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 also was a federal parliamentary official and advisor to Federal Councillors Flavio Cotti and Joseph Deiss. 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 of Switzerland, speaks seven languages: Romansh, German, French, Italian, English, Spanish and Swiss German.

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

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