Margherita Boniver

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Margherita Boniver
Member of the Senate
In office
29 January 1980 – 11 July 1983
In office
22 April 1992 – 14 April 1994
Member of the European Parliament
In office
15 September 1987 – 24 July 1989
Personal details
Born (1938-03-11) 11 March 1938 (age 86)
Rome, Italy
Political partyPSI (until 1994)
PS (1996-1999)
FI (1999-2009)
PdL (2009-2013)
Alma materGeorgetown University
OccupationJournalist, politician

Margherita Boniver (Italian pronunciation: [marɡeˈriːta boniˈvɛr]; born 11 March 1938) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Until 1962 she lived abroad, in places such as Washington, D.C., Bucharest and London. In Italy she founded the Italian section of Amnesty International which she led from 1973 to 1980.

She was a member of the

Amato I Cabinet
.

After the disbanding of PSI, Boniver joined Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia along with many other Socialists. After having unsuccessfully run again for the Italian Senate in 2001, she was appointed and served until 2006 as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in Berlusconi's II and III cabinets.

In 2006 and 2008 she was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies, representing the social-democratic wing of the party.

References

  1. ^ "Your MEPs : Margherita BONIVER". Europa. European Parliament. Retrieved 5 March 2011.