What is Flavio Cotti?
[[Image:Dodis-P25146-F4.jpg|thumb]] '''Flavio Cotti''' (18 October 1939 &ndash; 16 December 2020) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[politician]]. He was born in [[Prato-Sornico]], Switzerland. He was elected to the [[Federal Council of Switzerland]] on 10 December 1986. He retired on 30 April 1999. He was a member of the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland]]. He was [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation]] twice, first in 1991 and then again in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/flavio-cotti.html|title=Flavio Cotti|publisher=Admin|access-date=June 28, 2020}}</ref> Cotti died on 16 December 2020 of [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] in [[Locarno]], [[Switzerland]] at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 December 2020|title=Ex-Bundesrat Flavio Cotti ist tot|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/ex-bundesrat-flavio-cotti-ist-tot|access-date=16 December 2020|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)|language=de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cotti, Flavio}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland]] [[Category:Presidents of the Swiss Confederation]] [[Category:Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)]] [[Category:People from Ticino]] {{bio-stub}}