Rosa Russo Iervolino
Italian politician (born 1936)
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Rosa Russo Iervolino (born Rosa Jervolino, 17 September 1936) is an Italian politician.
Rosa Russo Iervolino | |||||||||||||||||
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Iervolino in 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mayor of Naples | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 May 2001 – 1 June 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Antonio Bassolino | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Luigi de Magistris | ||||||||||||||||
| Minister of the Interior | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 21 October 1998 – 22 December 1999 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Massimo D'Alema | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Giorgio Napolitano | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Enzo Bianco | ||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Public Education | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 June 1992 – 10 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Giuliano Amato Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Riccardo Misasi | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Francesco D'Onofrio | ||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Labour and Social Policies | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 March 1991 – 12 April 1991 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Giulio Andreotti | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Carlo Donat-Cattin | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Franco Marini | ||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Social Affairs | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 July 1987 – 28 June 1992 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Giovanni Goria Ciriaco De Mita Giulio Andreotti | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Adriano Bompiani | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Rosa Jervolino 17 September 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party | Italian Socialist Party (2024–) | ||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | DC (1968–1994) PPI (1994–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (2007–2017) Centre-left independent (2017–2024) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Vincenzo Russo
(m. 1964; died 1985) | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parents |
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| Profession | Lawyer | ||||||||||||||||
Biography
Iervolino was born to Angelo Raffaele Jervolino (1890–1985) and Maria De Unterrichter (1902–1975), a native of Trentino, on 17 September 1936.[1] Her parents were both Christian Democracy parliamentarians. Her uncle was Südtiroler Volkspartei senator Guido De Unterrichter (1903–1979). She would go on to get a degree in law and begin practising as a lawyer.[2] The philosopher and politician Domenico Jervolino (1946–2018) was her cousin.
She married Vincenzo Russo on 26 October 1964.[3] Aldo Moro was her witness. They had three children (Michele, Maria Cristina and Francesca). Her husband died before her fiftieth birthday. Her surname was later rendered as Iervolino (with an I instead of a J) and put beside her husband's surname.
Iervolino was leader of the Christian Democratic Women group from 1968 to 1978.[citation needed] She served as a member of the Italian Senate as a Christian Democrat (Democrazia Cristiana; DC), starting in 1979 as part of legislature VIII to 1994 in legislature XI when she resigned.[2][4][5] She was elected for her first Senate term representing Lazio, but would represent Abruzzo for the remainder of her term as a Senator.[4][5] She would also serve in the Chamber of Deputies for two terms, between 1994 and 2001.[2]
She was the Minister of Public Education (1992–1994) and the first woman to become Minister of the Interior in Italy (1998–1999).[1][6][7][8]
Following the dissolution of the DC, Iervolino joined the Italian People's Party (PPI) in 1994, and together with her fellow party members was a member of the Olive Tree coalition. She ran as a candidate for Mayor of Naples in the 2001 municipal election for the centre-left coalition, and she won with 53% of the votes. She would become the first female mayor of the city. On 29 May 2006, she was confirmed with over 57% of the votes. She would subsequently go on to join the Democratic Party (PD).[9]
Legal Issues
In February 2013, Iervolino was charged by the Court of Audits, alongside other former mayors such as Antonio Bassolino. Each former mayor was charged 560,893 € due to wasting money on 'useless recruits.'[10][11]
Electoral history
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1979 | Senate of the Republic | Rome VIII | DC | 44,811 |  Elected | |
| 1983 | Senate of the Republic | Lanciano–Vasto | DC | 49,659 | Elected | |
| 1987 | Senate of the Republic | Lanciano–Vasto | DC | 50,673 | Elected | |
| 1992 | Senate of the Republic | Lanciano–Vasto | DC | 51,422 | Elected | |
| 1994 | Chamber of Deputies | Campania 1 | PPI | –[a] | Elected | |
| 1996 | Chamber of Deputies | Naples Fuorigrotta | PPI | 38,581 | Elected | |
- Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.
First-past-the-post elections
| 1996 general election (C): Naples — Fuorigrotta | ||||
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| Candidate | Coalition | Votes | % | |
| Rosa Russo Jervolino | The Olive Tree | 38,581 | 58.9 | |
| Domenico Falco | Pole for Freedoms | 26,930 | 41.1 | |
| Total | 65,511 | 100.0 | ||