Achille Casanova
 Achille Casanova (born 1941) is a Swiss journalist and politician. He held the office of Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland between 1981 and 2005 and during this time became the first official spokesman for the Swiss Federal Council when that role was created on 1 September 2000.Born in Zurich in 1941 but originating from the Italian-speaking canton Ticino he first attended school in Lugano before studying political science at the universities of Bern and Fribourg.