Mariastella Gelmini
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The Honourable Mariastella Gelmini MP |
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| Italian Minister of Education | |
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In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Fioroni |
| Succeeded by | Francesco Profumo |
| Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies |
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Assumed office April 21, 2006 |
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| Constituency | Lombardy 2 |
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July 1, 1973 Leno, Brescia, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | The People of Freedom |
| Spouse(s) | Giorgio Patelli (since 2010) |
| Children | Emma Patelli |
| Alma mater | University of Brescia |
Mariastella Gelmini is an Italian politician and attorney (specialised in administrative law). She served as Italian Minister of Education in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet until November 16, 2011.
Maria Stella Gelmini, was born in Leno, in the province of Brescia (Italy).
Member of the Forza Italia political movement of Silvio Berlusconi since its foundation in 1994, during the same year she became chairperson of the "Azzurri" club in Desenzano del Garda settling the first representation of Forza Italia in the Province of Brescia.
In 1998 she was the first elected in the administrative poll in Desenzano del Garda and became the president of the city council until 2000, in which year a motion of no confidence against her eventually passed.
Gelmini passed her bar exam in 2001 in Reggio Calabria, far away from her home town and the university where she graduated, as the academic standards in that city were low and pass rate suspiciously high.
In 2002 she was elected as councillor of the Province of Brescia. During her term in office she devised the "Piano Territoriale di Coordinamento Provinciale", by virtue of which the environmentally protected areas of Parco della rocca e del sasso di Manerba, Parco delle colline di Brescia and Parco del lago Moro were established.
In 2005 She was elected as member of the regional council of Lombardy resulting the most voted candidate among the Lombard constituencies. After this electoral success, she became Forza Italia's political chief in Lombardy, i.e. coordinatore regionale.
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