Corina Casanova

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Corina Casanova (born 1956) is a Swiss lawyer and Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland.

Born 1956 in Ilanz, Casanova has worked as a lawyer in the practice of the present 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 has been a federal parliamentary official and advisor to Federal Councillors Flavio Cotti and Joseph Deiss. In August 2005, she was elected Vice-Chancellor by the Swiss Federal Assembly.

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

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