Anna Finocchiaro
Anna Finocchiaro | |
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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 | Modica, Italy | 31 March 1955
Political party | PCI (before 1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (since 2007) |
Anna Finocchiaro Fidelbo (Italian pronunciation: Senate from 2007 to 2013.[1] She served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the cabinet of Romano Prodi from 1996 to 1998.[1]
Biography
Born in
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
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 aggravated fraud, her husband was completely acquitted on all counts in 2018.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Anna Finocchiaro" (in Italian). senatoripd.it. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/05/11/news/catania_appalto_sospetto_al_pta_di_giarre_assolto_il_marito_dell_ex_senatrice_finocchiaro-196110714/ Libero
- ^ Catania, indagato per abuso d’ufficio Fidelbo Melchiorre, marito di Anna Finocchiaro