Elisabetta Casellati facts for kids
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Elisabetta Casellati
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Casellati in 2018
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| Minister for Institutional Reforms | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2022 |
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| Prime Minister | Giorgia Meloni |
| Preceded by | Maria Elena Boschi (2014–2016) |
| President of the Senate of the Republic | |
| In office 24 March 2018 – 12 October 2022 |
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| Preceded by | Pietro Grasso |
| Succeeded by | Ignazio La Russa |
| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2018 |
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| Constituency | Venice (2018–2022) Potenza (since 2022) |
| In office 30 May 2001 – 15 September 2014 |
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| Constituency | Padua (2001–2006) Veneto (2006–2014) |
| In office 15 April 1994 – 8 May 1996 |
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| Constituency | Cittadella |
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Maria Elisabetta Alberti
12 August 1946 Rovigo, Italy |
| Political party | Forza Italia (1994–2009) The People of Freedom (2009–2013) Forza Italia (2013–present) |
| Spouse | Giambattista Casellati |
| Children | 2, including Alvise |
| Alma mater | University of Ferrara Pontifical Lateran University |
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Maria Elisabetta Alberti (born 12 August 1946), known by her married name as Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, is an Italian lawyer and politician, serving as Minister fo Institutional Reforms since 2022. She was President of the Italian Senate from 2018 to 2022. She was the first woman ever to have held this position. Casellati is a long-time member of the liberal-conservative party Forza Italia and served as Undersecretary of Health and Justice in previous governments. In 2022, she was nominated as candidate for President of Italy by the centre-right coalition.
Early life
Born in Rovigo in the year 1946, to noble parents of Calabrian origins. Her father was a partisan during the Second World War. She graduated with a degree in law at the University of Ferrara. She was subsequently a university researcher at the University of Padua. She also practiced the profession of matrimonial lawyer in Padua. For many years, she also worked as a professional lawyer along with her husband, Gianbattista Casellati. She is mother of two children, writer and bicycle advocate Ludovica Casellati and conductor Alvise Casellati.
See also
In Spanish: Elisabetta Casellati para niños
