Vanessa D'Ambrosio (born 26 April 1988) is a former

Captain Regent Captains Regent (; ) are the two heads of state of the Republic of San Marino. They are elected every six months by the Grand and General Council, the country's legislative body. Normally the Regents are chosen from parties in coalition and s ...

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, serving from April until October 2017 (alongside Mimma Zavoli).

Early life and education

She was born in Borgo Maggiore, San Marino on 26 April 1988. She graduated with a thesis on the economy of labor and the gender issue in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf crisis from the University of Bologna. She is the granddaughter of Francesco Berti, one of the founders of the

Sammarinese Communist Party The Sammarinese Communist Party (, abbreviated PCS) was a Marxist political party in the small European republic of San Marino. It was founded in 1921 as a section of the Communist Party of Italy (PCI). The organization existed for its first two de ...

Career

She was elected to the

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council (; ) is the unicameral parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term. History From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all the family heads known ...

back in 2014. She was appointed to become a coordinator for the United Left. D'Ambrosio is the second youngest woman who became

in the history of San Marino after Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini, who was sworn in at the age of 25. Since December 2016, D'Ambrosio has been the Head of Delegation for San Marino to the Council of Europe. She participated in the Strasbourg Plenary Session in January 2017, where she signed a motion for the protection of migrant children through education.

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Vanessa D'Ambrosio Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Ambrosio, Vanessa 1988 births People from Borgo Maggiore 21st-century women politicians Captains regent of San Marino Members of the Grand and General Council Female heads of state Living people Sammarinese economists Women captains regent of San Marino 21st-century Sammarinese politicians University of Bologna alumni United Left (San Marino) politicians