MEP Alessandra Mussolini |
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Member of the European Parliament for Central Italy |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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In office 20 July 2004 – 28 April 2008 |
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Member of Senate | |
In office 8 March 2013 – 30 June 2014 |
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Constituency | Campania |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 18 December 2008 – 14 March 2013 |
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Constituency | XIX – Campania 1 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rome, Italy |
30 December 1962
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Forza Italia (2013-present) |
Other political affiliations |
MSI (1992-1995) AN (1995-2003) AS (2003-2009) PdL (2009-2013) |
Spouse(s) | Mauro Floriani (1989 to date) |
Relations |
Benito Mussolini (grandfather) Romano Mussolini (father) Anna Maria Scicolone (mother) Sophia Loren (aunt) |
Children | 3 |
Profession | Actress, politician |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Alessandra Mussolini (born 30 December 1962) is an Italian politician, the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, and a former actress and model. She is since 2013 a member of the Italian Senate, elected for The People of Freedom which later became part of Forza Italia, and since 2014 a Member of the European Parliament for Forza Italia.
She was the founder and leader of the national conservative political party Social Action; from 2004 until 2008, Mussolini also served as a Member of the European Parliament, and she has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament, for The People of Freedom.
Some of Mussolini's noted stances are in regard to social views on women's and children's rights and the role within both the family unit and society in general.
Alessandra Mussolini was born in Rome, the daughter of Romano Mussolini, the fourth son of Benito Mussolini, Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943, and Anna Maria Villani Scicolone (born 11 May 1938, Rome). The actress Sophia Loren is her maternal aunt.
From 1976 to 1980 she went to high school at the American Overseas School of Rome. She graduated in 1986 from Sapienza University of Rome, where she got her master of science in medicine and surgery.