Corina Casanova

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Corina Casanova
15th Chancellor of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2008 – 31 December 2015
PresidentPascal Couchepin
Hans-Rudolf Merz
Doris Leuthard
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Ueli Maurer
Didier Burkhalter
Simonetta Sommaruga
Preceded byAnnemarie Huber-Hotz
Succeeded byWalter Thurnherr
Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2000 – 31 December 2007
Serving with Oswald Sigg
(2005-2007)
ChancellorAnnemarie Huber-Hotz
Preceded byHanna Muralt Müller
Succeeded byAndré Simonazzi
Personal details
Born (1956-01-04) 4 January 1956 (age 68)
Ilanz, Switzerland
Political partyChristian Democratic People's
Party
Alma materUniversity 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 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.