Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti (* 26. November 1949 in Milan as Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi ) is an Italian entrepreneur and politician . Of 29 May 2006 to 30 May 2011, she was mayor of the city of Milan.
Life and work
Letizia Moratti's father Paolo Brichetto was a partisan of the Italian resistance movement during World War II and was interned with his wife Paola in the Dachau concentration camp .
After attending the privately run girls' school “Collegio delle Fanciulle” in Milan, Moratti studied political science at the University of Milan and graduated in 1972 with a diploma ( laurea ). She then worked as an assistant for European law at her university .
Moratti is a Europe-wide recognized entrepreneur in the fields of finance , insurance , risk management as well as communication and mass media . She is the majority shareholder in the investment company Syntek Capital Group. From 1994 to 1996 she was President of the Italian public radio and television company RAI . She then took over the insurance broking group Nikols, which soon became the Italian market leader under her leadership. 1998 Moratti CEO ( CEO ) of News Corp. Europe, the European branch of Rupert Murdoch's media group. She was primarily responsible for the development of the Italian cable television Stream and the German broadcaster TM3 . She is the founder of the investment company GoldenEgg, which is active in the media and communication sector.
family
Letizia Moratti was married to the entrepreneur Gian Marco Moratti , who died in 2018, and is the mother of two children, Gabriele and Giada. Her brother-in-law Massimo Moratti was president of the Inter Milan football club . Massimo's wife Milly Moratti is also politically active in Milan. In 2001, she was the top candidate for the Milan Green Party for mayor. In 2006 Milly Moratti was again elected to the city council as a free candidate in a list of citizens who supported Letizia Moratti's challenger Bruno Ferrante .
Political career
On June 11, 2001, Letizia Moratti became the Italian Minister for Education , Universities and Research in the Berlusconi II and III cabinets . During her tenure , she pushed through a reform of the Italian school system.
In 2006 she ran as a candidate for mayor in the municipal elections in Milan. It was supported by two lists of citizens , one of which consisted exclusively of young people, as well as the parties Forza Italia , Alleanza Nazionale , Lega Nord , Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro , as well as some smaller parties. On May 30, 2006, she was elected mayor of Italy's second largest city in the first ballot with 52% of the vote .
As mayor, she opened with the Italian national government , the Lombardy regional government , as well as the executive branch of the Province of Milan the negotiating table Milan ( Tavolo Milano to seek common solutions to find) for the development of the metropolis. She is also the promoter of Milan's successful candidacy to organize Expo 2015 .
Letizia Moratti is a citizen involved in the fight against drugs. She was once on the steering committee of the NGO Rainbow International Association Against Drugs and has been an ambassador for the United Nations Drug Control Program since March 2007 .
In 2007 it met with opposition due to censorship efforts in the visual arts. On an exhibition on homosexuality in art, she judged: "La mostra" Vade retro "feriva chi ha dei valori. La raffinatezza, il gusto e la sensibilità degli omosessuali non affioravano. Erano solo brutte immagini, abbiamo cercato di rimediarla ma il vizio era nell´origine »(" The exhibition "Vade retro" hurt those who uphold values. The sophistication, taste and sensitivity of homosexuals did not come to light. It was just Ugly pictures, we tried to deal with this, but the error was there from the start. ") Several allegedly blasphemous pictures should be removed from the exhibition. City Councilor for Culture Vittorio Sgarbi canceled the event, which will now take place in Naples. He declared that he was not ready to bow to the censorship "of the convent assembly under the direction of the nun Letizia".
In the local elections at the end of May 2011, Letizia Moratti lost her re-election as mayor as a candidate for the Popolo della Libertà (PdL) party against the left-wing candidate Giuliano Pisapia . Pisapia won 55.1 percent, incumbent Moratti got 44.9 percent of the vote.
swell
- ↑ OECD: Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi Moratti
- ^ La Repubblica: Election results for local elections 2006
- ^ Italian government: A Milano il Tavolo con le istituzioni locali
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stefano Rossi, Moratti: la mostra gay era brutta, July 15, 2007, La repubblica.
- ^ "Art and homosexuality" canceled in Milan. In: derStandard.at. July 24, 2007, accessed December 15, 2017 .
- ^ Defeat for Berlusconi in local elections . news.ch. May 30, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moratti, Letizia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bricchetto Arnaboldi, Letizia (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician, Lord Mayor of Milan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |