Ignazio Cassis
| Ignazio Cassis | |
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| Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs Designate |
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Taking office 1 November 2017 |
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| Succeeding | Didier Burkhalter |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council Elect |
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Taking office 1 November 2017 |
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| Succeeding | Didier Burkhalter |
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13 April 1961 Sessa, Switzerland |
| Political party | FDP.The Liberals |
| Spouse(s) | Paola Cassis |
| Alma mater |
University of Zürich University of Lausanne |
Ignazio Cassis (born 13 April 1961, in Sessa) is a Swiss physician and politician. He is affiliated to the FDP The Liberals and was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 20 September 2017.
At his birth, Cassis was an Italian citizen. In 1976 he was naturalized in Switzerland and had to give up his Italian passport. In 1991 he became a dual citizen of Switzerland and Italy. During his Federal Council candidacy in 2017, Cassis renounced his Italian citizenship.
Cassis studied medicine at the University of Zurich until 1987. He subsequently specialized in internal medicine and public health, and received his master in public health in 1996. Cassis was awarded a doctorate in medicine (Dr. med., MD) from the University of Lausanne in 1998. He was a cantonal doctor in Ticino from 1996 to 2008 and vice president of the Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH, literally "Swiss Medical Association") from 2008 to 2012.
A native of the Canton of Ticino, he was a member of the Swiss National Council from 4 June 2007 to 30 October 2017. Cassis is affiliated with the FDP The Liberals.
On 20 September 2017, he was elected by the Federal Assembly to the Federal Council in the second round by taking 125 of 244 valid votes, becoming the 117th Federal Councilor since 1848.
Ignazio Cassis was born to Mariarosa and Gino at the Malcantonese Hospital of Castelrotto, Ticino. He has three sisters, two older and one younger than himself. Born in Sessa, Ticino, he is citizen of Biasca. Cassis entered late into politics, as an outsider in his forties. In the Swiss military, he was a battalion physician in the staff of the Ticino mountain troopers and later a member of the chief field physician's staff. Cassis is married to Paola Cassis and lives in Montagnola.
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