Letizia Moratti
| Letizia Moratti | |
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| 23rd Mayor of Milan | |
| In office 1 June 2006 – 1 June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Gabriele Albertini |
| Succeeded by | Giuliano Pisapia |
| Italian Minister of Education | |
| In office 11 June 2001 – 17 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Tullio De Mauro |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Fioroni |
| Chairwoman of RAI | |
| In office 12 July 1994 – 24 April 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Claudio Demattè |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Morello |
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| Born | November 26, 1949 Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | FI (1994–2009) PdL (2009-11) |
| Spouse(s) | Gian Marco Moratti |
| Children | Gilda Moratti Gabriele Moratti |
| Alma mater | University of Milan |
| Profession | Manager |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
Letizia Moratti (born Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi; November 26, 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and ex-politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.
Biography
Moratti was born in Milan. She is married to the oil magnate Gianmarco Moratti (brother of Massimo Moratti) and has two children, Gabriele and Gilda. She is the granddaughter of Mimina Brichetto Arnaboldi, an intellectual society lady who hosted an important salon in Milan in the years before the Second World War, and who was also an ardent anti-fascist.
She is a businesswoman who has worked in insurance and telecommunications. Between 1994 and 1996 she was president of the Italian state television company RAI. At the end of 1998, and for about a year, Letizia Moratti became chairman of News Corp Europe, a company headed by Rupert Murdoch and owner of Stream TV.
From 2001 to 2006 she was Minister of Education, Universities and Research in the second and third Berlusconi cabinet. During her administration reforms of the Italian school system and university teaching was passed.
She ran as a candidate for Mayor of Milan in the 2006 municipal election as the House of Freedoms candidate. She won the election, with over 52% of votes.[1] She ran again in the 2011 municipal election, facing the left-wing candidate Giuliano Pisapia, but lost both first and second round and failed to be re-elected.
Mayor of Milan
Expo 2015
Under Moratti, Milan was selected in 2007 as hosting city for the Expo 2015. Its rival İzmir, Turkey, lost for 61 votes against 86 in the Bureau des Expositions gather in the Palais des congrès of Paris.[2] Moratti was Commissioner of the Expo until 2011, when after his electoral lost, resigned herself as Commissioner, for respect to the new administration.[3]
The Moratti Administration also continued the Gabriele Albertini's parkings program, and in 2006 created 64,000 underground parking spaces, also in neighborhoods like Naviglio Grande and Sant'Ambrogio's zone.[4] On 2007, Moratti launched the "Cycle Mobiliting Plan", that foreseed 53 km of cycling infrastructures, 2,385 new racks in 1,174 different localities, with 5,000 bikes and 250 stations in all city within 2011. On 2008, Moratti created the Ecopass, a road pricing, in the Milan Center. This decision received several critics also in his majority. On 2010, she also launched the use of public electric car in various zones of her city.[5][6]
Moratti proposed unsuccessfully a park dedicated to Bettino Craxi, the controversial Socialist leader died in exile to Hammamet in 2000.[7]
Controversies
- On 2006, Moratti was accused of fire 10 dirigents of the city. For this spoils system, Moratti was convicted for office's abuse. However, the sentece was archivied because her acts weren't illegal.
- She served in the city council only 6 presences in 2008 and 3 in 2009.
- Moratti appointed Lucio Stanca, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, as managing director for the Expo 2015, despite the vote of the city council against her decision.[8]
- In 2010, a civil court complainted against Moratti Administration, the Minister Roberto Maroni and the prefect of Milan Gan Valerio Lombardi for the lack appointment of popular houses to 10 Romani families, called it as "racist gesture".[9] The accuseds justified themselves like the Romani are a nomadic people.
References
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Tullio De Mauro (Instruction)
Giuliano Amato ad interim (University and Research)
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Italian Minister of Education 2001–2006 |
Succeeded by Giuseppe Fioroni (Instruction) Fabio Mussi (University and Research) |
| Preceded by | Mayor of Milan 2006 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Giuliano Pisapia |
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Berlusconi II Cabinet (2001–2005)
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