Achille Casanova
Achille Casanova | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland | |
| In office July 1981 – 31 July 2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Oswald Sigg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1941 Switzerland |
| Died | 17 July 2016 (aged 74) Bern, Switzerland |
Achille Casanova (2 October 1941 – 17 July 2016) was a Swiss journalist and politician. He held the office of Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland between 1981 and 2005, and during this time became the first official spokesman for the Swiss Federal Council when that role was created on 1 September 2000.