Lucia Annibali (born 18 September 1977) is an Italian lawyer and politician.

Biography

Born in Urbino in 1977, Annibali graduated in Law at the

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and became a lawyer. Her name emerged in the news on 16 April 2013, when her face was scarred with

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by two men sent by her former boyfriend, Luca Varani. In a 2014 decision upheld on appeal in 2016, Varani was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for

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and stalking, while the two men who materially committed the crime were sentenced to 12 years. Annibali told this story in the book ''Io ci sono. La mia storia di non amore'' (''I am here. My non-love story''), written with journalist Giusi Fasano and published in 2014. On 21 November 2013, the President of the Republic

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named her a

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. After a year as an advisor to former minister

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regarding the fight against

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, in the 2018 general elections Annibali was elected to the

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for the

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References

External links

*Files about her parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Annibali, Lucia 1977 births 21st-century Italian politicians Acid attack victims Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Living people People from Urbino Violence against women in Italy Italia Viva politicians