Mara Carfagna
|
The Honourable Maria Rosaria "Mara" Carfagna |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Italian Minister for Equal Opportunity | |
|
In office May 8, 2008 – November 16, 2011 |
|
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Barbara Pollastrini |
| Succeeded by | Elsa Fornero |
| Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies |
|
|
Assumed office April 28, 2006 |
|
| Constituency | Campania 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 18, 1975 Salerno, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Forza Italia (2013–present) The People of Freedom (2009–2013) Forza Italia (2004–2009) |
| Alma mater | University of Salerno |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Maria Rosaria "Mara" Carfagna (born December 18, 1975) is an Italian politician and former showgirl and model. After obtaining a degree in law, Carfagna worked for several years on Italian television shows and as a model. She later entered politics and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia party in 2006. From 2008 to 2011 she served as Minister for Equal Opportunity in Berlusconi IV Cabinet. Carfagna had been named "the most beautiful minister in the world", and was ranked number one on Maxim's "World´s Hottest Politicians". Spokeswoman of the parliamentary group of Forza Italian at Chamber of Deputies. In the last municipal elections in Naples was the most voted councilor in Italy, with more than six thousand personal preferences.
Carfagna was born in Salerno, where she attended the Liceo scientifico Giovanni da Procida. In 2001 she graduated in law from the University of Salerno, with a thesis on information law and broadcasting systems.
After having studied dance and piano, she participated in the Miss Italy contest in 1997, finishing in sixth place. About the experience she later said: "That competition makes you as a woman, it matures you...all that stress, that desire to win, it makes you understand who you are."
Later she started working in television for the company Mediaset, controlled by the family of Silvio Berlusconi. From 2000 to 2006 she participated as a showgirl in the television program La domenica del villaggio ("Sunday in the Village") with Davide Mengacci. In 2006 she led the program Piazza grande ("Main Square") together with Giancarlo Magalli. Carfagna has also been part of the television programs I cervelloni, Vota la voce and Domenica in.
...
Wikipedia