State Councillor Isabelle Chassot from Fribourg is to become the new Director of the Federal Office of Culture (FOC). The Federal Council has appointed the Fribourg native as the successor to Jean-Frédéric Jauslin.
In September, Jauslin takes up his duties as ambassador for UNESCO and the Francophonie in Paris. Isabelle Chassot takes up her post in November 2013. Deputy Director Yves Fischer takes over the management of the Office on an interim basis.
Isabelle Chassot (48) has been a member of the State Council of the Canton of Fribourg since 2002, where she heads the Directorate of Education, Culture and Sport. She has been President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK) since 2006. In this role, she has been involved in the National Cultural Dialogue from the outset.
Before her election to the government of Fribourg, Isabelle Chassot was a personal assistant to Federal Councillor Arnold Koller and Federal Councillor Ruth Metzler.
