Roberta Lombardi (born 15 August 1973) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Roberta Lombardi was born in Orbetello in 1973, to parents from

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in southern Lazio where she grew up. She graduated in law from La Sapienza University of

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with a thesis in international commercial law and followed a course in managerial development at LUISS University. Since 2004 she has worked at an interior design company. In 2008, she ran in the municipal elections of Rome with the civic list "Friends of Beppe Grillo" and obtained 191 preference votes, without being elected. She then joined the Five Star Movement since its foundation. In 2013 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the Lazio 1 constituency. From 19 March to 24 July 2013 she was chairman of the M5S Group in the Chamber (but by virtue of the group's internal regulations, which provided for the quarterly rotation of the office, she ceded unofficially the function of chairman of the group to Riccardo Nuti already on 5 June 2013). She was a candidate for President in the

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, getting 27.0% of preferences and finishing third, behind

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and Nicola Zingaretti.Risultati Regionali Lazio, Zingaretti batte Parisi: “Ora rigenerare il centrosinistra”. Lombardi terza: “Torno a fare la mamma”
/ref> Since 4 March 2018 she is councilor of the Lazio Region and leader of the M5S group in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lombardi, Roberta 1973 births Politicians of Piedmont Five Star Movement politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Living people Sapienza University of Rome alumni People from Orbetello