Valeria Fedeli
Valeria Fedeli | |
|---|---|
Member of the Senate | |
| In office 15 March 2013 – 13 October 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 July 1949 Treviglio, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Achille Passoni |
| Occupation | Politician, syndicalist |
Valeria Fedeli (born 29 July 1949) is an Italian politician, former
Gentiloni Cabinet
.
Biography
Fedeli began her career in the 1970s as a kindergarten teacher in Milan,[1] and then went to Rome in order to work at the national secretariat of the Italian General Confederation of Labour. In 1994 she joined the National Directorate of syndicate.
In 2013, during the
Rubygate Scandal, Fedeli was among the founders of the feminist committee Se non ora, quando? (If not now, when?) to denounce the "degrading model flaunted by one of the highest offices of the State, damaging the dignity of women and institutions".[2][3]
She is married to former
senator Achille Passoni.[4]
Political career
In 2012, she left the syndicate in order to candidate for the
President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini in conducting the work of Parliament in joint session for the election of the President of the Italian Republic, which leads to the presidency Sergio Mattarella
.
On 12 December 2016, after the resignation of the
Minister of Education, Universities and Research.[5]
She was re-elected as Senator at the
Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati from Forza Italia.[6]
References
- Huffington Post. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Il comitato promotore". senonoraquando.eu. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Cosa resta di Se non ora quando e perché le femministe si sono divise". L'Espresso. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ ""Candidate le mogli di...". Bufera sul web". Corriere della Sera. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Tutte le foto di Valeria Fedeli, nuovo ministro dell'Istruzione e della Ricerca". formiche.net. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "I nuovi presidenti di Camera e Senato". Il Post. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
External links
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