Valeria Fedeli (born 29 July 1949) is an Italian politician, former Minister of Education, Universities and Research in the

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Biography

Fedeli began her career in the 1970s as a kindergarten teacher in Milan, and then went to Rome in order to work at the national secretariat of the Italian General Confederation of Labour. In 1994 she joined the National Directorate of syndicate. In 2013, during the Silvio Berlusconi's Rubygate Scandal, Fedeli was among the founders of the feminist committee ''Se non ora, quando?'' (''If not now, when?'') to denounce the "degrading model flaunted by one of the highest offices of the State, damaging the dignity of women and institutions". She is married to former

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Achille Passoni.

Political career

In 2012, she left the syndicate in order to candidate for the

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with the Democratic Party at the 2013 elections. Once elected, she became Vice-president of the

and, while the

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held the function of acting President of Italy, she presided over the work of the Senate as vicar Vice-president: in this role, she helped the

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Laura Boldrini in conducting the work of Parliament in joint session for the election of the President of the Italian Republic, which leads to the presidency Sergio Mattarella. On 12 December 2016, after the resignation of the Renzi Cabinet,

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became the new Prime Minister, and Fedeli became Minister of Education, Universities and Research. She was re-elected as Senator at the

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and was the Democratic Party candidate for the role of

: eventually the elected president was

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from

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References

External links

*Files about her parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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