Emma Bonino
Emma Bonino OMRI, CdrLH (born 9 March 1948) is an Italian politician. She was a senator for Rome between 2008 and 2013, and again between 2018 and 2022. She also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2014. Previously, she was a Member of the European Parliament and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She served in the government of Italy as Minister of International Trade from 2006 to 2008.
Emma Bonino OMRI CdrLH | |
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Emma Bonino in 2019 | |
| Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
| In office 23 March 2018 – 12 October 2022 | |
| Constituency | Rome |
| In office 29 April 2008 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | Piedmont |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Enrico Letta |
| Preceded by | Mario Monti (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Federica Mogherini |
| Minister of European Affairs and International Trade | |
| In office 17 May 2006 – 7 May 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Giorgio La Malfa (European Affairs) |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Ronchi (European Affairs) Claudio Scajola (Development) |
| European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection | |
| In office 25 January 1995 – 16 September 1999 | |
| President | Jacques Santer Manuel Marín (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Christiane Scrivener |
| Succeeded by | David Byrne |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 5 July 1976 – 20 December 1978 | |
| Constituency | Rome |
| In office 13 June 1979 – 10 July 1983 | |
| Constituency | Rome |
| In office 5 December 1986 – 2 July 1987 | |
| Constituency | Naples |
| In office 10 July 1990 – 25 January 1995 | |
| Constituency | Naples (1990–1992) Rome (1992–1994) Padua (1994–1995) |
| In office 21 April 2006 – 28 April 2008 | |
| Constituency | Veneto |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 17 July 1979 – 12 April 1988 | |
| Constituency | North-West Italy |
| In office 20 July 1999 – 27 April 2006 | |
| Constituency | North-West Italy (1999–2004) North-East Italy (2004–2006) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1948 Bra, Italy |
| Political party | Italian Radicals (since 2001) More Europe (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Radical Party (1975–2017) Bonino List (1999–2004) |
| Alma mater | Bocconi University |
| Website | emmabonino |
Bonino is a leading member of the Italian Radicals, a political party which describes itself "liberale, liberista, and libertario", where liberista denotes economic liberalism and libertario a form of cultural liberalism concerning moral issues, with some ideological connection with historical left-libertarianism. She graduated in modern languages and literature from Bocconi University in Milan in 1972. A veteran legislator in Italian politics and an activist for various reform policies, she was elected six times as deputy and two times as senator. She is the leader of More Europe, a liberal, European federalist party list she launched in December 2017, ahead of the 2018 Italian general election.