Anna Sanna

Sanna was born in Thiesi on 6 July 1948. She received her higher school diploma and began work as a primary school teacher.^[1][2] She was a councillor for Samatzai, Cagliari, and later a member of the regional section of Sardinia. Sanna also served as a member of the central committee for the Italian Communist Party (PCI).^[1]

Sanna was first elected as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies for Cagliari-Sassari-Nuoro-Oristano on 25 June 1987. She was a representative of the PCI until 13 February 1991 when the party was dissolved, after which she joined the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS). She was a member of the social affairs commission.^[3] Sanna was re-elected in the 1992 general election and served as a member of the XI commission on labour. She left office on 14 April 1994.^[4]

She was the mayor of Sassari from 1995 to 2000 with the Democrats of the Left. She ran as an independent for a second term in 2000 but she lost to Gian Vittorio Campus, a candidate for the National Alliance.^[2]