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
Florence
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, in 1976 and has one brother, Filippo, who is a priest. During her childhood, Landini was a
scout
Scout may refer to:
Youth movement
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**Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom
**Scouts BSA, sectio ...
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,
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 ...
. 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
Mass
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-goer.
She is a teacher of
Italian literature
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,
Latin
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and
history
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in a
lyceum
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of Florence.
Personal life
![Barack Obama, Matteo Renzi, Michelle Obama and Agnese Landini](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Barack_Obama%2C_Matteo_Renzi%2C_Michelle_Obama_and_Agnese_Landini.jpg)
Landini enjoys running, like her husband, and reading books; moreover she is a fan of
opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...
and
classical music
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.
When Renzi was nominated Prime Minister and went to
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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to live in the official residence of the Italian prime minister,
Palazzo Chigi
The Chigi Palace ( it, Palazzo Chigi ) is a palace and former noble residence in Rome which is the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the Prime Minister of Italy. Since 22 October 2022, the tenant of the Chigi Palace h ...
, she decided to remain in
Pontassieve
Pontassieve is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence, nearby Fiesole, at the confluence of the Arno and Sieve rivers.
History
The first rulers of the are ...
, near
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
, 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
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1976 births
Living people
Spouses of prime ministers of Italy
People from Florence
Italian Roman Catholics
Italian schoolteachers