Corina Casanova Corina Casanova 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,
2019 Swiss federal election 2019 Swiss federal election Federal elections are scheduled to be held in Switzerland in 2019 to elect all members of both houses of the Federal Assembly. Subsequently there will be the 2019 election of the Swiss Federal Council, the federal executive, by the United Federal Assembly. The elections for the National Council will be held nationally on 20 October 2019. The cantons individually organise their elections for the Council of States, which all but one are to be held on 20 October 2019; the exception is the election in Appenzell Innerrhoden which will already take place in April. In some