Anna Maria Corazza Bildt ('' née'' Anna Maria Corazza; born 10 March 1963) is an Italian-Swedish entrepreneur and

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between 2009 and 2019. She is a member of the Swedish

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, part of the European People's Party.

Early career

In 1998, she married

Carl Bildt Nils Daniel Carl Bildt (born 15 July 1949) is a Swedish politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994. He was the leader of the Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999. Bildt served as Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affair ...

, former

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(1991–1994), former leader of the Swedish

(1986–1999) and subsequent Foreign Minister (2006–2014). The two met in the

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where she had been working for the

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during the

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and he served as the first High Representative in Bosnia. They now have one child together. She owns and runs Italian Tradition, a company importing Parmesan cheese, as well as Borgo di Tabiano Castello, a hotel near

Fidenza Fidenza ( Parmigiano: ; locally ) is a town and ''comune ''in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy. It has around 27,000 inhabitants. The town was renamed Fidenza in 1927, recalling its Roman name of ''Fidentia''; before, it was cal ...

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–2019

Corazza Bildt successfully ran for MEP in the 2009 elections. She received 14.3% of Moderate personal votes. This was only surpassed by party top name Gunnar Hökmark (15.2%). She successfully ran for re-election in the 2014 elections. She received 16.37% of Moderate personal votes, putting down top name Gunnar Hökmark (12.08%) Corazza Bildt served as vice chair of the

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, and a member of the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, she co-chaired the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Right
European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights

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.> and was a member of the

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. In 2014, Corazza Bildt was appointed as the leader of the Single Seat campaign in favor of abandoning Strasbourg for

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

as the sole location of the European Parliament. In 2015, news media reported that Corazza Bildt was included in a Russian blacklist of prominent people from the

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who are not allowed to enter the country. In 2015, Corazza Bildt made headlines by asking parliamentary officials to check if there were any irregularities with the votes of Marine Le Pen, which prompted the European Parliament to open an investigation into whether MEPs voted on Le Pen's behalf, which would be a violation of the body's rules. She lost her parliamentary seat in the

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Other activities

* Kangaroo Group, Member

Honours

*: Grand Officer of the

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References

External links

* The Corazza family castle on Italian Wikipedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Corazza Bildt, Anna Maria 1963 births Living people Italian emigrants to Sweden Politicians from Rome University of San Diego alumni Columbia University alumni Moderate Party MEPs MEPs for Sweden 2009–2014 MEPs for Sweden 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for Sweden

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