Grazia Francescato

Grazia Francescato
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
Personal details
Born	(1946-11-23) 23 November 1946 (age 77) Paruzzaro, Piedmont, Italy
Political party	FLV (until 1990) FdV (1990–2009) SEL (after 2009)
Alma mater	Bocconi University
Profession	Politician

Grazia Francescato (born 23 November 1946 in Paruzzaro) is an Italian politician, journalist and activist.

Biography

She graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature at the Bocconi University of Milan, then moved to Rome and worked for the Daily American and Paese Sera. In 1973 she was among the founders of Effe, the first feminist magazine in Italy, which she also directed for two years, between 1976 and 1978. She was editor of ANSA since 1977, of which she was also a correspondent from Brussels. She also collaborated with many magazines and newspapers including Panorama and La Repubblica.

In 1985 she collaborated on the film

In 1986 she was elected to the WWF National Council and in the following year was a candidate for the 1987 parliamentary election with the Federation of Green Lists. In 1989 she was candidate for the European Parliament, again among the Green Lists. President of WWF Italy from 1992 to 1998, in 1994 she also joined the WWF International Council.

From 1999 to 2001 she was President of the Federation of the Greens.^[2]

On 3 May 2003 she was elected in

From 2003 to 2008 she was municipal councilor in Villa San Giovanni and in 2006 she was also elected Deputy among the ranks of the Greens.

Candidate for the 2008 general election on the Rainbow Left list, she was not re-elected. In July 2008 she was appointed spokesperson for the Greens,^[4] but in 2009 she decided to leave the party to join Left Ecology Freedom, led by Nichi Vendola.

Candidate again for the Senate in the 2013 parliamentary election on the list on the SEL list, she was not elected.

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