Susanna Agnelli
Susanna Agnelli Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 17 January 1995 – 17 May 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Lamberto Dini |
Preceded by | Antonio Martino |
Succeeded by | Lamberto Dini |
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 9 August 1983 – 11 April 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Bettino Craxi Giovanni Goria Ciriaco De Mita Giulio Andreotti |
Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
In office 12 July 1983 – 22 April 1992 | |
Constituency | Piedmont |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 17 July 1979 – 1 October 1981 | |
Constituency | North-West Italy |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 5 July 1976 – 11 July 1983 | |
Constituency | Como |
Mayor of Monte Argentario | |
In office 8 July 1974 – 20 October 1984 | |
Preceded by | Ettore Zolesi |
Succeeded by | Florio Zolesi |
Personal details | |
Born | Edoardo Agnelli (father) (mother) | 24 April 1922
Occupation | Entrepreneur, philanthropist, politician, writer |
Susanna Agnelli, Contessa Rattazzi
Early life
Agnelli was born in Turin, the daughter of Edoardo Agnelli and Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte, a daughter of the Prince of San Faustino and his Kentucky-born wife Jane Allen Campbell.[5][6] Her grandfather, Giovanni Agnelli, founded Fiat S.p.A.[7] She is the sister of Gianni Agnelli,[8] who was the head of Fiat until 1996;[9][10][11] members of the Agnelli family are still the controlling shareholders of the company.[2] Affectionally called Suni,[12][13][14] her British governess used to tell her: "Never forget you are an Agnelli."[15][16]
During World War II, Agnelli worked at times as a nurse for the
Politics
Politically, the Agnelli family sought to create a non-ideological,
Agnelli was active in
From the early 1990s, Agnelli was president of the Steering Committee of Telethon, which was founded in Italy in 1990.[26] In 1997, she set up the Il Faro Foundation,[18][27] a non-profit organization that aims to help Italian and foreign young people in difficulty in the labour market.[28][29] She had a popular mail column titled "Private answers" in the weekly magazine Oggi.[30][31] In an interview to The Washington Post several years before her death, Agnelli discussed the most difficult part of politics. She said: "Sitting for days listening to people talk, talk, talk. Male politicians can stand up and talk to an empty house, where there are six people reading newspapers. I could never do that. It's such a waste of time."[32]
Personal life and death
In 1945, Agnelli married Count Urbano Rattazzi Jr. (1918–2012),
Agnelli died in Rome on 15 May 2009, aged 87.[2] From 3 April 2009, she had been hospitalized at the Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic for over a month after severe femoral trauma due to an accidental fall at home.[18][38] After her death, she was mourned among the main political and cultural actors. Journalist Enzo Biagi described Agnelly thusly: "They call her Suni; she is a courageous woman who above all has one merit: sincerity. Sometimes, in interviews, she too can say hasty things: but she's not a hypocrite or flatterer, she doesn't calculate. In forty days she wrote a book of memories, some even unpleasant: We Dressed in the Sailor Suit. It has sold 255,000 copies, has been translated into other languages, and won the Bancarella Prize."[18]
Books
Agnelli wrote a number of books including Vestivamo alla marinara (1975),[39] Gente alla deriva (1980), Ricordati Gualeguaychu (1982), Addio, addio mio ultimo amore (1985), and Questo libro è tuo (1993).[40][41][42] Her 1975 autobiography was a bestseller in Italy and won the Premio Bancarella.[43]
In popular culture
In 2022, Agnelli was the subject of an episode of the RAI docu-series Illuminate.[44]
Electoral history
Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | Notes | |
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1976 | Chamber of Deputies | Como–Sondrio–Varese | PRI | 7,431 | Elected | [1] | |
1979 | Chamber of Deputies | Como–Sondrio–Varese | PRI | 3,571 | Elected | [2] | |
1979 | European Parliament | North-West Italy | PRI | 101,232 | Elected | [3] | |
1983 | Senate of the Republic | Piedmont – Pinerolo | PRI | 24,508 | Elected | [4] | |
1987 | Senate of the Republic | Piedmont – Turin Fiat Aeritalia | PRI | 32,275 | Elected | [5] |
Honours
- Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika, 18 December 1995.[18]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 21 May 1996.[45][46]
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- ^ "Susanna Agnelli, 87, Fiat heir, pol". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Ajmone Marsan, Giulia (23 April 2022). "Le tre vite di Susanna Agnelli". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "La famiglia Agnelli: una stirpe di imprenditori". Rivista Zoom (in Italian). 7 September 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "La famiglia Agnelli: una delle più grandi dinastie italiane". Elle Italia (in Italian). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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- ^ Betts, Paul (26 June 2008). "Keys to the family car". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Kovick, Margaret (9 March 2021). "The personal history of Giovanni 'Gianni' Agnelli". Wanted in Rome. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Castellani, Massimo (23 December 2022). "Calcio. Juventus, 100 anni sotto la real casa Agnelli". Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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- ^ Soncini, Guia (14 April 2022). "Le Suni e i Vittorio che avranno cent'anni nel 2022". Linkiesta. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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- ^ Vella, Charles (25 May 2009). "Credit where credit is due". Times of Malta. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Cini, Letizia (14 January 2022). "Susanna Agnelli fra le 'Illuminate' italiane, una donna coraggiosa con il merito della sincerità". Luce (in Italian). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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- ^ "15 maggio 2009. Si spegne Susanna Agnelli, 'il Faro' di Telethon". TGFuneral24 (in Italian). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Manzo, Paolo (27 June 2002). "La nuova vita della Agnelli. Il Faro di Susanna". Vita (in Italian). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Salini, Antonella (10 April 2015). "'Il Faro', il 60% dei giovani trova lavoro e una vita nuova grazie alla Fondazione di Susanna Agnelli – Video". Dire.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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Further reading
- Ferrante, Marco (2007). Casa Agnelli. Storie e personaggi dell'ultima dinastia italiana (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. ISBN 978-88-04-56673-1.
- Friedman, Alan (1988). Agnelli and the Network of Italian Power. London: Mandarin Paperback (Octopus Publishing Group). ISBN 0-7493-0093-0.
- Galli, Giancarlo (2003). Gli Agnelli. Il tramonto di una dinastia (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. ISBN 88-04-51768-9.
- Mola di Nomaglio, Gustavo (1998). Gli Agnelli. Storia e genealogia di una grande famiglia piemontese dal XVI secolo al 1866 (in Italian). Turin: Centro Studi Piemontesi. ISBN 88-8262-099-9.
- Moncalvo, Gigi (2012). Agnelli segreti: peccati, passioni e verità nascoste dell'ultima "famiglia reale" italiana (in Italian). Florence: Vallecchi. ISBN 978-88-8427-236-2.
- Ori, Angiolo Silvio (1996). Storia di una dinastia: gli Agnelli e la Fiat (in Italian). Rome: Editori Riuniti. ISBN 88-35-94059-1.
External links
- Agnelli Susanna at 150anni.it (in Italian)
- Agnelli, Susanna (1922—) at Encyclopedia.com (in English)
- Agnèlli, Susanna at Sapere.it by De Agostini (in Italian)
- Susanna Agnelli at Biografie online (in Italian)
- Susanna Agnelli at Encyclopedia Britannica(in English)
- Susanna Agnelli at BeWeB by the Episcopal Conference of Italy (in Italian)
- Susanna Agnelli at Camera.it(in Italian)
- Susanna Agnelli at European Parliament (in Italian)
- Susanna Agnelli at Senato.it(in Italian)
- Susanna Agnelli at Telecom Italia(in Italian)
- Susanna Agnelli, una vita per immagini at La Repubblica (in Italian)
- Uno sguardo sulla vita di Susanna Agnelli at RAI (in Italian)