Achille Casanova

Achille Casanova
Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland
In office
July 1981  31 July 2005
Succeeded byOswald Sigg
Personal details
Born(1941-10-02)2 October 1941
Switzerland
Died17 July 2016(2016-07-17) (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.