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Ignazio Cassis new President of Switzerland

GENEVA, 02 January 2022, (TON): Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, who represents in the government the center-right “Free Democratic Party Liberals”, took office as president of the country. He will exercise presidential powers for 12 months, remaining the head of the foreign policy department.

The presidential elections took place on December 8 last year at a joint meeting of the two chambers of parliament.

Cassis was born on April 13, 1961 in the town of Sessa (canton Ticino). Graduated from the University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine in 1987. In 1996 he received his Master’s degree in Public Health and in 1998 he received his Doctor of Medicine degree. From 1988 he worked as a physician, in 1996-2008 – cantonal physician in Ticino.

2008-2012 Vice President of the Swiss Federation of Physicians. From 2007 to 2017 – Member of the National Council – the lower house of the Swiss parliament from the Free Democratic Party. Liberals. From 2015 to 2017, he headed the parliamentary faction of this party.

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