Debora Serracchiani | |
Order: | Vice President of the Democratic Party |
President: | Paolo Gentiloni (2019–2020) Valentina Cuppi (2020–present) |
Term Start: | 17 March 2019 |
Term End: | 12 March 2023 |
Alongside: | Anna Ascani |
Predecessor: | Barbara Pollastrini Domenico De Santis |
Successor: | Loredana Capone Chiara Gribaudo |
Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start2: | 23 March 2018 |
Constituency2: | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
Office3: | President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
Term Start3: | 25 April 2013 |
Term End3: | 3 May 2018 |
Predecessor3: | Renzo Tondo |
Successor3: | Massimiliano Fedriga |
Office4: | Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party |
Leader4: | Matteo Renzi |
Alongside4: | Lorenzo Guerini |
Term Start4: | 28 March 2014 |
Term End4: | 7 May 2017 |
Predecessor4: | Enrico Letta |
Successor4: | Maurizio Martina |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1970 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Profession: | Politician, lawyer |
Alma Mater: | Sapienza University of Rome |
Debora Serracchiani (born 10 November 1970) is an Italian politician. Born in Rome, she is a member of Democratic Party, and was president of the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In 2016, she proposed and got the approval of a regional law which officially abolished provinces of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia, moving their competences to the lower and the upper administrative level, which were respectively the Italian comune and the region.[1] Friuli-Venezia Giulia was the first region to implement the 2014 Delrio national law.[2]
Serracchiani served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) of the European Parliament from 2008-13 as a member of the PD. She was also a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, an alliance within the European Parliament. As a MEP and regional leader of the Democratic Party (PD), she narrowly defeated incumbent President Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom (PdL) 39.4% to 39.0% in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election held on 21–22 April 2013, and she took office on 22 April 2013. Serracchiani is the second woman to hold the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, since Alessandra Guerra of Lega Nord Friuli (LNF) from 1994–95.[3]
Serracchiani is Director of Institutional Relations of the Italy-USA Foundation.