Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi (born 21 April 1946) is a

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. 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

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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

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in 1971.

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www.chiara-simoneschi.ch
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