Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi (born 21 April 1946) is a
Swiss
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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
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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.
References
External links
www.chiara-simoneschi.ch*
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
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