Anna Finocchiaro
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Anna Finocchiaro Fidelbo (born 31 March 1955; Modica
) is an Italian
politician. She is the Democratic Party
's leader in the Senate
. She served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the cabinet of Romano Prodi
from 1996-98.
's branch in Savona
before becoming a magistrate in Leonforte
in 1982. She served as a magistrate until 1985, when she was appointed as a deputy public prosecutor at the court of Catania
. She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies
as a member of the Communist Party
in 1987
; she was elected to Catania's council in 1988. She was later a member of both the Democratic Party of the Left
and the Democrats of the Left
, and she was a founding member of the Democratic Party in 2007.
Finocchiaro served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the first cabinet of Romano Prodi
from 1996-98. She stood for the Senate for the first time at the 2006 general election
—she had been in the lower chamber since 1987—and was named as the group chair of the Olive Tree coalition following her election. She was named the leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate following the party's creation in 2007, and she was reconfirmed as leader following the 2008 general election
. In 2008 she also stood unsuccessfully to be President of Sicily
.
Modica
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) is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
politician. She is the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
's leader in the Senate
Italian Senate
The Senate of the Republic is the upper house of the Italian Parliament. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno , itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848...
. She served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the cabinet of Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008...
from 1996-98.
Biography
Finocchiaro graduated in law in 1978, and she worked for the Banca d'ItaliaBanca d'Italia
Banca d'Italia is the central bank of Italy and part of the European System of Central Banks. It is located in Palazzo Koch, Roma, via Nazionale...
's branch in Savona
Savona
Savona is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea....
before becoming a magistrate in Leonforte
Leonforte
Leonforte is a town and comune in the province of Enna, Sicilia, Italy....
in 1982. She served as a magistrate until 1985, when she was appointed as a deputy public prosecutor at the court of Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
. She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...
as a member of the Communist Party
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
in 1987
Italian general election, 1987
The Italian election of 1987 was held on June 14. Italian citizens chose the tenth Parliament of the Italian Republic.This election marked the final inversion of the trend of the entire republican history of Italy: for the first time, the distance between the Christian Democrats and the Communists...
; she was elected to Catania's council in 1988. She was later a member of both the Democratic Party of the Left
Democratic Party of the Left
The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:...
and the Democrats of the Left
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...
, and she was a founding member of the Democratic Party in 2007.
Finocchiaro served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the first cabinet of Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008...
from 1996-98. She stood for the Senate for the first time at the 2006 general election
Italian general election, 2006
In the Italian general election, 2006 for the renewal of the two Chambers of the Parliament of Italy held on April 9 and April 10, 2006 the incumbent prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the center-right House of Freedoms, was narrowly defeated by Romano Prodi, leader of the center-left The...
—she had been in the lower chamber since 1987—and was named as the group chair of the Olive Tree coalition following her election. She was named the leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate following the party's creation in 2007, and she was reconfirmed as leader following the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
. In 2008 she also stood unsuccessfully to be President of Sicily
Sicilian regional election, 2008
The Sicilian regional election of 2008 for the renewal of the Regional Assembly and the election of the Presidency of Sicily was held on 13 -14 April 2008....
.