Stefania Gabriella Anastasia Craxi (born 25 October 1960 in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

) is an Italian politician, daughter of the former

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Bettino Craxi Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi ( , , ; 24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) was an Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first PSI membe ...

and sister of

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Biography

Stefania Craxi was an entrepreneur in the world of television, she left her career as a television producer in 2000. She entered politics in 2006, when she was elected MP with Forza Italia. She was re-elected MP in 2008, among the ranks of

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

. She also served as Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet, from 2008 to 2011. In 2011 she left the PdL and founded the Italian Reformists. In the general election of 2018 she was candidate for the Senate in the uninominal constituency of Monza-Seregno (supported by the centre-right coalition) and she was elected with the 46.79% of the vote.Elezioni politiche, risultati eletti al Senato collegio Monza Stefania Craxi „Elezioni politiche 2018, i risultati nel collegio di Monza al Senato: eletta Stefania Craxi“
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Personal life

She married twice: to entrepreneur Renato Neri, with whom she had her son Federico (1987); and to Marco Bassetti, former president of the television distribution company Endemol, now in charge of Banijay, with whom she had daughters Benedetta and Anita (1991).

References

External links

‘Secretary of State Stefania Gabriella Anastasia Craxi’
Italian Ministry of Foreign affairs.
The website of the new political party founded by Stefania Craxi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Craxi, Stefania 1960 births Living people Politicians from Milan The People of Freedom politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Forza Italia politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians Italian Socialist Party politicians Women government ministers of Italy Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy 21st-century Italian women politicians Forza Italia (2013) senators Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy 20th-century Italian women Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)