Mariarosaria Rossi (born March 8, 1972 in

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) is an Italian politician.

Biography

She became an entrepreneur in the field of debt collection with the "Euro Service Group" of her husband at the time, Antonio Persici, with whom she has a son named Lorenzo. Her first political experience was on the District Council in the 10th Municipality of

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in 2006. In 2008 she was elected MP at the Chamber of Deputies, and in 2013 she was elected to the Senate. On 20 May 2014, she replaced

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as Forza Italia special commissioner with the task of cutting costs and signing nominations. Within two years she was able to reduce the debt from 12 to 3.5 million euros. On 2 March 2016 she was appointed commissioner of the party in the province of

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. She was given the nickname "La badante" ("The caregiver"), as she personally assisted

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in private and public matter. Together with

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, Alessia Ardesi and Deborah Bergamini, Rossi formed Berlusconi's so-called "magic circle". Following Berlusconi's heart surgery, the “family council” (Berlusconi’s children along with

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, Fedele Confalonieri and

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) replaced the “circle” which they had judged guilty of increasing the stress on the former prime minister. On June 29, 2016, Rossi resigned as party commissioner being replaced by Alfredo Messina and at the same time she was appointed Treasurer of the Forza Italia Group in the Senate. In December she returned to Berlusconi's "court" to take care of "minor commissions and house management".

Judicial proceedings

In 2010, wiretaps done as part of investigations by the judicial police revealed Rossi’s regular participation in the ''bunga bunga'' parties at Berlusconi’s residence in

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. On 24 June 2013, as part of the trial for extortion and child prostitution against Silvio Berlusconi, the minutes of Rossi's deposition were transmitted to the prosecution to assess whether or not the conditions existed for her to be investigated for perjury. On 30 June 2015, the Milan Public Prosecutor announced the end of the investigation of 34 suspects, including Rossi, accused of perjury in the "Ruby Ter" investigation into the Arcore dinners. On 19 October 2016 she was arraigned for prosecution together with 22 other people.Ruby e la senatrice Maria Rosaria Rossi rinviate a giudizio
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