Achille Casanova

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Achille Casanova (1986)

Achille Casanova (born October 2, 1941 in Zurich ; † July 17, 2016 in Bern ) was a Swiss journalist , Vice Chancellor and Federal Council spokesman.

Life

Achille Casanova took part in a Federal Council meeting as Vice Chancellor in 1987 (in the center of the picture, right)

Achille Casanova grew up as the son of a PTT employee. He attended elementary school and high school in Lugano . He studied law and economics at the Universities of Bern and Friborg and graduated in 1967 with a licentiate . To finance his studies, he worked from 1962, among other things, for the Swiss dispatch agency and for Italian-language radio and television . After completing his studies, he worked from 1971 as a parliamentary correspondent for Italian-language television. Thanks to his multilingualism, he was able, for example, to conduct interviews with newly elected federal councilors in three languages.

In 1981 Achille Casanova was elected Vice Chancellor with responsibility for information, language services and the staff of the Federal Council. In August 2000, he was appointed first Federal Council spokesman. He resigned at the end of July 2005. Oswald Sigg became his successor.

In 2005 Casanova received the Oertli Prize "for his commitment to multilingual Switzerland, for the personable and credible way in which he embodied the multilingualism of Switzerland at the highest level in the country".

From 2005 to 2016 he was the ombudsman of the SRG and during his term of office handled around 2000 submissions on radio and television broadcasts by Swiss Radio and Television (SRF). He was followed by Roger Blum in April 2016 . From 2006 to 2016 he was President of the Stiftung Internationale Stiftung Preis E. Balzan Fund .

Achille Casanova was married with two children and lived in Bern. He was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) . He died in July 2016 at the age of 74 after a serious illness.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jan Flückiger: The «information pope» is dead. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 18, 2016, accessed July 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b sda: Longstanding Federal Council spokesman Achille Casanova has passed away. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 19, 2016 ; Retrieved July 19, 2016 .
  3. ^ Federal Chancellery: old Vice Chancellor Achille Casanova has died. Retrieved July 19, 2016 .
  4. ^ Farewell to Achille Casanova , Nachrichten.ch, source: sda, June 29, 2005
  5. ↑ Roger Blum: Achille Casanova - sense of duty and concordance. Appreciation of a companion. In: srgd.ch. Retrieved July 19, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Ombudsman: Between protection against manipulation and freedom of the media. In: srgd.ch. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Roger Blum new ombudsman SRG German-speaking Switzerland. In: srgd.ch. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Entry of the "International Foundation Prize E.Balzan Fund" ( memento of February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the commercial register of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on July 18, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Casanova, Achille
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist and Federal Council spokesman
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 2016
Place of death Bern