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Anna Finocchiaro

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Anna Finocchiaro
Minister for Parliamentary Relations
In office
12 December 2016 – 1 June 2018
Prime MinisterPaolo Gentiloni
Preceded byMaria Elena Boschi
Succeeded byRiccardo Fraccaro
Minister for Equal Opportunities
In office
17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998
Prime MinisterRomano Prodi
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLaura Balbo
Member of the Senate
In office
28 April 2006 – 22 March 2018
ConstituencySicily (2006–2008)
Emilia-Romagna (2008–2013)
Apulia (2013–2018)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
2 July 1987 – 27 April 2006
ConstituencySicily
Personal details
Born (1955-03-31) 31 March 1955 (age 69)
Modica, Italy
Political partyPCI (before 1991)
PDS (1991–1998)
DS (1998–2007)
PD (since 2007)

Anna Finocchiaro Fidelbo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈanna finokˈkjaːro]; born 31 March 1955) is an Italian politician. She was the Democratic Party's leader in the Senate from 2007 to 2013.[1] She served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the cabinet of Romano Prodi from 1996 to 1998.[1]

Biography

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Born in Modica, Finocchiaro graduated in law in 1978, and she worked for the Banca d'Italia's branch in Savona before becoming a magistrate in Leonforte in 1982.[1] She served as a magistrate until 1985, when she was appointed as a deputy public prosecutor at the court of Catania.[1] She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Italian Communist Party in 1987; she was elected to Catania's council in 1988.[1] Finocchiaro was later a member of both the Democratic Party of the Left and the Democrats of the Left, and she was a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD) in 2007.[1]

Finocchiaro served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the first cabinet of Romano Prodi from 1996 to 1998.[1] She stood for the Senate for the first time in the 2006 Italian general election; she was named as the group chair of the Olive Tree coalition following her election.[1] Finocchiaro was named the leader of the PD in the Senate following the party's creation in 2007 and was reconfirmed as leader following the 2008 Italian general election.[1] In 2008 she also stood unsuccessfully to be President of Sicily.[1]

After being under investigation by the Italian courts for abuse of office aggravated fraud, her husband was completely acquitted on all counts in 2018.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Anna Finocchiaro" (in Italian). senatoripd.it. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  2. ^ https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/05/11/news/catania_appalto_sospetto_al_pta_di_giarre_assolto_il_marito_dell_ex_senatrice_finocchiaro-196110714/ Libero
  3. ^ Catania, indagato per abuso d’ufficio Fidelbo Melchiorre, marito di Anna Finocchiaro