Fernand Corbat

Fernand Corbat (born Asuel, Switzerland on 27 August 1925; died Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland on 13 December 2010) was a Swiss journalist, administrator and politician for The Liberals (Switzerland) from the canton of Geneva.

Early life
Corbat was the son of Xavier, a police officer, and of Marie Meyer. He was married to Eliane Boand. After studying political science at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, he worked as a journalist from 1950 to 1958.

Career
From 1958 to 1963, he was \an employee of the Société pour le développement de l'économie suisse (now part of Economiesuisse). He then served as a consultant until 1972 and later as director of the Center d'information, de publicité et de relations publiques.

From 1964 to 1972, he was a member of the Grand Council of Geneva, which he chaired in 1971. After the 1971 Swiss federal election, he served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1971 to 1979.