André Simonazzi appointed as new Federal Council Spokesman
Schmid is leaving, Simonazzi is coming: As announced on Wednesday, André Simonazzi will become the new vice chancellor and spokesperson for the Federal Council. On Wednesday, the Federal Council elected the 40-year-old from Valais to succeed Oswald Sigg.
Schmid goes, Simonazzi comes: As announced on Wednesday, André Simonazzi will be the new Vice-Chancellor and Federal Council Spokesperson. On Wednesday, the Federal Council elected the 40-year-old from Valais to succeed Oswald Sigg, who will retire at the end of March next year.
Simonazzi has worked in the Information Service of the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) since 2004. He has held the position of Head of Information since October 2005. Prior to this, the trained journalist worked for Caritas Switzerland for around ten years.
His predecessor Oswald Sigg took over from Achille Casanova at the beginning of August 2005 and will retire at the end of March 2009 at the age of 65. The second Vice-Chancellor since the beginning of June this year is Thomas Helbling, who took over from Corina Casanova, who was promoted to Federal Chancellor.
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Simonazzi has worked in the Information Service of the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) since 2004. He has held the position of Head of Information since October 2005. Prior to this, the trained journalist worked for Caritas Switzerland for around ten years.
His predecessor Oswald Sigg took over from Achille Casanova at the beginning of August 2005 and will retire at the end of March 2009 at the age of 65. The second Vice-Chancellor since the beginning of June this year is Thomas Helbling, who took over from Corina Casanova, who was promoted to Federal Chancellor.
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