Elisabetta Casellati
Elisabetta Casellati | |
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Minister for Institutional Reforms | |
Assumed office 22 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Giorgia Meloni |
Preceded by | Maria Elena Boschi (2014–2016) |
President of the Senate of the Republic | |
In office 24 March 2018 – 12 October 2022 | |
Preceded by | Pietro Grasso |
Succeeded by | Ignazio La Russa |
Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 23 March 2018 | |
Constituency | Venice (2018–2022) Potenza (since 2022) |
In office 30 May 2001 – 15 September 2014 | |
Constituency | Padua (2001–2006) Veneto (2006–2014) |
In office 15 April 1994 – 8 May 1996 | |
Constituency | Cittadella |
Personal details | |
Born | Maria Elisabetta Alberti 12 August 1946 Rovigo, Italy |
Political party | Forza Italia (1994–2009) The People of Freedom (2009–2013) Forza Italia (2013–present) |
Spouse | Giambattista Casellati |
Children | 2, including Alvise |
Alma mater | University of Ferrara Pontifical Lateran University |
Profession | |
Maria Elisabetta Alberti (born 12 August 1946), known by her married name as Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati,
Early life
Born in
Political career
Previously a member of the
Casellati was not re-elected in
She was re-elected again in the 2006 general election, which saw a narrow victory for the centre-left party of Romano Prodi; Casellati was confirmed vice-leader of her party in the Senate.[12] The 2008 election featured a strong showing by Berlusconi's new party The People of Freedom and his centre-right coalition; Casellati was re-elected in the Senate and served as undersecretary for Justice from 12 May 2008 to 16 November 2011, when the conservative Prime Minister was forced to resign amid financial crisis and public protests.[13][14]
In the 2013 general election, Casellati was elected to the multi-member constituency of Veneto. However, on 15 September 2014 she was elected by the Parliament in joint session to the High Council of the Judiciary (CSM), where she remained as a member until returning to the Senate in 2018 with the revived Forza Italia.[15] At the CSM she served as president of the Third Commission for access to the judiciary and for mobility from October 2016 until her resignation.[16]
President of the Senate
On 24 March 2018 she was elected
On 18 April 2018 she was given an exploratory mandate by President
On 27 October 2021 she agreed on allowing a secret vote on a law that would have extended Italy's already existing hate speech and hate crime statutes to cover hate based on ability, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity (Italian law currently covers racial-based and religion-based hatred only), by using a provision in the Italian Senate rule of procedures code that is meant to be enacted only when voting on named individuals. This resulted in having the law proposal being voted down, and barred similar provisions from being proposed again in the six months following the vote.[23]
Minister for Institutional Reforms
On 22 October 2022, following the right-wing victory in the
On 3 November 2023, the government officially presented the reform which provided the direct election of the Prime Minister, the so-called "premierato", and a new electoral law which gave 55% of parliamentary seats in both houses to the coalition that arrives first in the general election.[25]
Political views
Casellati has described herself as a
Casellati strongly opposed the
She supports the chemical castration for those guilty of sexual violence or pedophilia, saying in 2008 that "chemical castration is a path to follow as it is not a violent imposition on those who have committed aberrant offenses, but the administration of a drug that lowers sexual impulses."[35] She supported the Bossi–Fini law, which introduced criminal sentences for those illegally entering Italy; she declared that "only those who have the opportunity to live and keep themselves in dignity should be able to come to Italy."[36][37]
On 15 March 2013, she presented a law for the abolition of the IMU, the real estate tax promoted by Mario Monti's technocratic government in 2011. She is a strong supporter of the flat tax and when she became president of the Senate, she stated that the priority for Italy was a tax reform to support families and businesses.[38]
Electoral history
Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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1994 | Senate of the Republic | Cittadella | FI | 70,207 | Elected | |
1996 | Senate of the Republic | Cittadella | FI | 52,196 | Not Elected | |
2001 | Senate of the Republic | Padua | FI | 77,598 | Elected | |
2006 | Senate of the Republic | Veneto at-large | FI | –[a] | Elected | |
2008 | Senate of the Republic | Veneto at-large | PdL | –[a] | Elected | |
2013 | Senate of the Republic | Veneto at-large | PdL | –[a] | Elected | |
2018 | Senate of the Republic | Venice | FI | 118,877 | Elected | |
2022 | Senate of the Republic | Potenza | FI | 88,277 | Elected |
- ^ a b c Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.
First-past-the-post elections
1994 general election (S): Veneto — Cittadella | ||||
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Candidate | Coalition or Party | Votes | % | |
Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati | Pole of Freedoms | 70,207 | 43.2 | |
Tino Bedin | Pact for Italy | 37,365 | 23.0 | |
Dino Cavinato | Alliance of Progressives | 28,265 | 17.4 | |
Gabriella Tornaboni | National Alliance | 10,390 | 6.4 | |
Others | 16,384 | 10.0 | ||
Total | 162,611 | 100.0 |
1996 general election (S): Veneto — Cittadella | ||||
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Candidate | Coalition or Party | Votes | % | |
Luciano Gasperini | Lega Nord | 56,707 | 34.0 | |
Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati | Pole of Freedoms | 52,196 | 31.2 | |
Stelio Decarolis | The Olive Tree | 50,439 | 30.2 | |
Others | 7,658 | 4.7 | ||
Total | 167,000 | 100.0 |
2001 general election (S): Veneto — Padua | ||||
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Candidate | Coalition or Party | Votes | % | |
Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati | House of Freedoms | 77,598 | 41.7 | |
Paolo Giaretta | The Olive Tree | 74,863 | 40.2 | |
Germano Grassivaro | Italy of Values | 7,471 | 4.0 | |
Manlio Tommaso Gaddi | Communist Refoundation Party | 6,000 | 3.2 | |
Alessandro Lanzerotto | Bonino List–Pannella List | 5,465 | 2.9 | |
Others | 14,587 | 7.8 | ||
Total | 185,984 | 100.0 |
2018 general election (S): Veneto — Venice | ||||
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Candidate | Coalition or Party | Votes | % | |
Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati | Centre-right coalition | 118,877 | 41.9 | |
Marco Nardin | Five Star Movement | 76,734 | 27.0 | |
Andrea Ferrazzi | Centre-left coalition | 66,749 | 23.5 | |
Giulio Marcon | Free and Equal | 10,263 | 3.6 | |
Caterina Baldo | The People of Family | 2,353 | 0.8 | |
Others | 6,311 | 2.2 | ||
Total | 283,723 | 100.0 |
Notes
- maiden name.
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- ^ "Scheda su disegno di legge S. 191 Modifiche al decreto-legge 6 dicembre 2011, n. 201, convertito, con modificazioni, dalla legge 22 dicembre 2011, n. 214, in materia di imposta municipale propria - OpenParlamento". parlamento17.openpolis.it.
External links
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