The Honourable Maria Elena Boschi MP |
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Secretary of the Council of Ministers | |
Assumed office 12 December 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Paolo Gentiloni |
Preceded by | Claudio De Vincenti |
Minister for Constitutional Reforms and Relations with the Parliament | |
In office 22 February 2014 – 12 December 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Matteo Renzi |
Preceded by |
Gaetano Quagliariello (Constitutional Reforms) Dario Franceschini (Relations with Parliament) |
Succeeded by | Anna Finocchiaro |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 15 March 2013 |
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Constituency | Tuscany |
Personal details | |
Born |
Montevarchi, Tuscany, Italy |
24 January 1981
Political party | Democratic Party |
Residence | Montevarchi, Arezzo |
Alma mater | University of Florence |
Profession | |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Maria Elena Boschi (Italian pronunciation: [maˈriːa ˈɛːlena ˈbɔski]; born 24 January 1981) is an Italian politician and lawyer, member of the Democratic Party. From 22 February 2014 to 12 December 2016, Boschi has served as Minister for Constitutional Reforms and Relations with the Parliament, delegated to the implementation of the Government Programme in the government of Matteo Renzi. Since 12 December 2016 she is the Secretary of the Council of Ministers, in Paolo Gentiloni's cabinet; she is the first woman to hold this office.
Maria Elena Boschi was born in Montevarchi but raised in Laterina, a small town in the province of Arezzo, where her family has lived for generations; daughter of Pierluigi Boschi, owner of the farm Il Palagio, member of dozens of agricultural and wine associations of the territory, provincial director of Coldiretti, board member of the Camera di Commercio of Arezzo and from 2011 to 2015 director of the Banca Etruria, of which by 2014 was also vice-president, and Stefania Agresti, a headmaster who served three terms in the City Council of Laterina, the last of which as vice-mayor; Stefania Agresti was also a candidate in 2010 regional election in Tuscany for the Democratic Party, but she was not elected. Maria Elena Boschi is the first of three siblings: Emanuele Boschi, a public accountant, and Pierfrancesco Boschi, a civil engineer.