Agnese Landini (; born 11 November 1976) is an Italian teacher, wife of former

Prime Minister of Italy The Prime Minister of Italy, officially the President of the Council of Ministers ( it, link=no, Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri), is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is ...

Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having been ...

Life and work

Landini was born in

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, in 1976 and has one brother, Filippo, who is a priest. During her childhood, Landini was a

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in the

Association of Catholic Guides and Scouts of Italy The ''Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani'' ( en, Association of Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts, italic=yes, link=yes, AGESCI) is a Catholic Church, Catholic Scouting and Girl Guides, Guiding association in Italy. It is mixed-sex ...

(AGESCI). In her later years, she met her future husband,

. On August 27, 1999 Agnese Landini married Renzi, with whom she has two sons, Francesco and Emanuele, and a daughter, Ester. Like her husband, she is a regular

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-goer. She is a teacher of

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and

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in a

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of Florence.

Personal life

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Landini enjoys running, like her husband, and reading books; moreover she is a fan of

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and

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. When Renzi was nominated Prime Minister and went to

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to live in the official residence of the Italian prime minister,

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, she decided to remain in

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, near

, with their children.Agnese Landini, moglie di Matteo Renzi, prende l'aspettativa dal lavoro: "Non vado a Roma, mi dedico ai figli"
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Landini, Agnese 1976 births Living people Spouses of prime ministers of Italy People from Florence Italian Roman Catholics Italian schoolteachers