Anna Finocchiaro
Italian politician (born 1955)
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Anna Finocchiaro Fidelbo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈanna finokˈkjaːro]; born 31 March 1955) is an Italian politician. She was the Democratic Party's leader in the Senate from 2007 to 2013.[1] She served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the cabinet of Romano Prodi from 1996 to 1998.[1]
Anna Finocchiaro | |
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| Minister for Parliamentary Relations | |
| In office 12 December 2016 – 1 June 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Paolo Gentiloni |
| Preceded by | Maria Elena Boschi |
| Succeeded by | Riccardo Fraccaro |
| Minister for Equal Opportunities | |
| In office 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Laura Balbo |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 28 April 2006 – 22 March 2018 | |
| Constituency | Sicily (2006–2008) Emilia-Romagna (2008–2013) Apulia (2013–2018) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 2 July 1987 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Constituency | Sicily |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1955 |
| Party | PCI (before 1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (since 2007) |
Biography
Born in Modica, Finocchiaro graduated in law in 1978, and she worked for the Banca d'Italia's branch in Savona before becoming a magistrate in Leonforte in 1982.[1] She served as a magistrate until 1985, when she was appointed as a deputy public prosecutor at the court of Catania.[1] She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Italian Communist Party in 1987; she was elected to Catania's council in 1988.[1] Finocchiaro 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 (PD) in 2007.[1]
Finocchiaro served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the first cabinet of Romano Prodi from 1996 to 1998.[1] She stood for the Senate for the first time in the 2006 Italian general election; she was named as the group chair of the Olive Tree coalition following her election.[1] Finocchiaro was named the leader of the PD in the Senate following the party's creation in 2007 and was reconfirmed as leader following the 2008 Italian general election.[1] In 2008 she also stood unsuccessfully to be President of Sicily.[1]
After being under investigation by the Italian courts for abuse of office and aggravated fraud, her husband was completely acquitted on all counts in 2018.[2][3]