Alessandra Maiorino (born 24 July 1974) is an

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politician of the

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, who serves as a Senator. She is a member of the

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Biography

Education

She graduated in Classics, she obtained the teaching qualification in 2012. She has taught in

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and

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. She collaborated with the online newspaper Cronache Laiche, which deals with

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, civil rights and politics.

Election as Senator

In the general elections of 2018 she was elected to the Senate of the Republic in the plurinominal electoral college Lazio - 02 under the

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party. From 3 July 2018 to 16 October 2019 she held the role of Vice-President of the International Area of the

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Parliamentary Group in the Senate under the Conte I Government. She is a member of the 1st Permanent Commission (Constitutional Affairs), of the pre-eminent Commission for the protection and promotion of human rights and of the Commission of Inquiry on

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. She is also a member of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. On 16 October 2019 she was appointed deputy leader of the

parliamentary group in the

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. On 31 March 2022, Senator Maiorino introduced a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

References

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