Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi
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Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi (born 21 April 1946) is a Swiss politician. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (PPD/CVP/PDC), she was elected to the National Council in 1999 and re-elected in 2003 and 2007. Simoneschi was the President of the Swiss National Council in 2008/2009.
From 1987 to 1999, Simoneschi was a member of the cantonal parliament of Ticino and its president in 1998/1999. She was encouraged to go into politics by a young mother by the name of Ersilia Fossati, who was one of the first generation of women to be elected to the Grand Council of Ticino in 1971.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- www.chiara-simoneschi.ch
- Biography of Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi on the website of the Swiss Parliament. (Italian)
Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Members of the National Council (Switzerland)
- Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland)
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians
- Women members of the National Council (Switzerland)
- 20th-century Swiss women politicians
- 20th-century Swiss politicians
- 21st-century Swiss women politicians
- 21st-century Swiss politicians
- Swiss politician stubs