Vincenza Bono Parrino (born 1942) is an Italian retired teacher and politician. She served as the minister of cultural and environmental heritage in the

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in the period 1988–1989. She was a member of the

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Biography

Bono Parrino was born in

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on 29 October 1942. She is a literature and history teacher and high school administrator by profession. She worked as a city councilor in Alcamo. She was a member of the

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for two terms, legislatures X (1987–1992) and XI (1992–1994) representing

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for the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. She was elected to the Senate when her husband died while serving as a senator. During her term at the senate Bono Parrino was the president of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party being the first Italian woman to hold this post. She was appointed minister of cultural and environmental heritage on 13 April 1988 to the

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and held the post until 21 July 1989.

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* 20th-century Italian women politicians 21st-century Italian women 1942 births Living people Women government ministers of Italy Culture ministers of Italy Italian Democratic Socialist Party politicians Senators of Legislature X of Italy Senators of Legislature XI of Italy People from Alcamo Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy) {{Italy-politician-stub