Erika Stefani (born 18 July 1971) is an Italian lawyer and politician who served as the

Italian Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies The Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies (Italian: ''Ministro per Affari Regionali e le Autonomie'') is one of the positions in the Italian government. The current Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies is Roberto Calderoli, a m ...

from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019 and as the

Italian Minister for Disabilities The Minister for Disabilities (Italian: ''Ministro per le Disabilità'') in Italy is one of the positions in the Cabinet of Italy, Italian government. The current Minister for Disabilities is Alessandra Locatelli, who held the office since 22 Oc ...

since 13 February 2021. A member of

Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...

, she has served as a member of the

Italian Senate The Senate of the Republic ( it, Senato della Repubblica), or simply the Senate ( it, Senato), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral sy ...

since 15 March 2013.

Biography

Stefani originally became involved in politics when she stood as a candidate for councillor in the

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

Trissino Trissino ( vec, Trisino) is a ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, in northern Italy. Its mayor is Davide Faccio (member of Lega Nord, right). The town is famous all over Italy for its hockey team, the Gruppo Sportivo Hockey Trissino. Twin t ...

, in 1999, winning the election. She subsequently joined

, and was reelected as councillor in 2009 on the Lega Nord

party list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

. During her latter term, she also served as deputy mayor of Trissino and as councillor for urban planning. In the Italian general election of 2013, she stood as her party's candidate for the

for the constituency of

Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...

, and won; she was reelected in the 2018 election for the constituency of

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

. On 1 June 2018, Stefani was sworn in as the Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies. She served until 5 September 2019. On 13 February 2021, Stefani was appointed as the

.Erika Stefani alle Politiche della disabilità, dopo una breve esperienza nel primo governo Conte
''la Repubblica''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stefani, Erika Living people Politicians of Veneto Venetist politicians Italian women lawyers Women government ministers of Italy Conte I Cabinet Draghi Cabinet Lega Nord politicians Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Senators of Legislature XIX of Italy University of Padua alumni People from the Province of Vicenza 21st-century Italian lawyers 21st-century Italian women politicians People from Valdagno 21st-century women lawyers 20th-century Italian women Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy) 1971 births

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