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Politics of Italy
The politics of Italy is conducted through a parliamentary, democratic republic with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised collectively by the Council of Ministers, which is led by the President of the Council of Ministers, referred to as "Presidente del Consiglio" in Italian...
politician.
She is a member of the Democratic Coalition (Olive Tree). She was leader of Christian Democratic Women (1968 to 1978). In 1979 she was senator for Christian Democracy
Christian Democracy (Italy)
Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
party. In 1993 was the president of Italian People's Party (1994–2002).
She was the Minister of the Public Instruction (1992–1994) and the first woman to become Minister of the Interior
Italian Minister of the Interior
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in Italy
Italy
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(1998–1999) and mayor of a big city.
She ran as a candidate for Mayor of Naples in the 2001 municipal election as The Union
The Union (political coalition)
The Union was an centre-left coalition of political parties in Italy. It was led by Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy from April 2006 to April 2008, and former President of the European Commission.-Parties:...
(centre-left coalition) and she won with 53% of votes.
On 29 May 2006, she was confirmed with over 57% of votes.