Biography of Susanna Agnelli

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24 April 1922 15 May 2009 Susanna Agnelli was born in Turin on April 24, 1922, daughter of Edoardo Agnelli (1892-1935) and Virginia Bourbon del Monte (1899-1945); the third of seven children, together with his brothers Umberto and Gianni Agnelli, Susanna was a leading exponent of the Turin family owns FIAT. He's only 14 years old when he lost his father in an accident at sea. In her early twenties, during World War II enters the Red Cross to bring his aid on ships carrying wounded soldiers. After the war she married count Urbano Rattazzi by whom she had six children: John, Samaritan, Christian (who in the future will deal in Buenos Aires of Fiat argentina), Delfina, Wolf and Priscilla. The couple divorced in 1975, after living some time in Argentina (until 1960). He devoted himself to politics and from 1974 to 1984 is Mayor of Monte Argentario (Grosseto). In 1976 she was elected Deputy and Senator in 1983 in the lists of the Italian Republican party. Susanna Agnelli during his political career, he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991, in various Council presidencies. Subsequently he serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs-first and only woman in Italian history to access the Department of Mfa-during the Government headed by Lamberto Dini between 1995 and 1996. A degree in literature in 1984 already receives an honorary doctorate in Law from Mount Holyoke University of Massachusetts (USA). Elected European elections in 1979 for lists of Pri (Italian Republican Party), in the community, she was a member of the Committee on external economic relations. He joined the Liberal Democrat parliamentary group, remaining in Office until October 1981. In the years ' 70 and ' 80 's Wwf Chairman is the only member of the Italian at the UN "World Commission on environment and development (Brundtland report). He has written several books: as a writer and memoirist is best remembered for his autobiography entitled "Dressed alla marinara" (1975), which became a best-seller in Italy and abroad. Other titles: "People adrift" (1980), "remember Gualeguaychu (1982)," Goodbye, my last goodbye love "(1985). For several years he also edited a book called "private Responses" in the weekly today. Susanna Agnelli was also Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Telethon Foundation, since dali early ' 90, when charity Marathon arrived in Italy. In 1997, gives rise to the fondazione "Il faro", an organization that aims to teach a craft to young Italian and foreign difficulties, enabling them to acquire marketable skills. Susanna Agnelli dies in Rome at the age of 87 years, May 15, 2009, at Gemelli hospital, after being admitted to the aftereffects of trauma surgery for a few weeks before. Her journalist Enzo Biagi was able to write: "it is a courageous woman who has above all a merit, sincerity".

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