Alessandra Guerra (born 19 July 1963) is an Italian politician, former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Biography

Born in

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, the daughter of one of the founders of the

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, she graduated in literature with 110 cum laude, was a teacher in middle schools and collaborated with various art museums.

President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

She joined

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's Northern League and in 1993 she was elected regional councilor of

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; in 1994, after a serious political crisis that had hit the region, she was appointed President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a position she held until 1995. In this period she has also been President of the

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Later activities

From 15 June 2001 to 23 June 2003, Guerra has been vice president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region and councilor for education and culture. In view of the regional elections in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in 2003, she was nominated for the presidency of the Region by the

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coalition. Guerra lost the competition against former mayor of Trieste

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, endorsed by The Olive Tree. In April 2008, Guerra left the Northern League to join the Illy's coalition, supported by the

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and other left-wing political forces. Later, in July 2009, Guerra joined the same

, supporting the motion of

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in the leadership election of that year. In autumn 2017 she declared that she wanted to participate in the 2018 regional elections in Friuli-Venezia Giulia as a candidate for the presidency of the Region for the

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as also confirmed by the spokesman for the Greens of the region, but this announcement was not followed up.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerra, Alessandra 1963 births Living people People from Udine Lega Nord politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian politicians University of Udine alumni