Eugenia Roccella

Eugenia Roccella
Official portrait, 2022
Minister for Family, Natality and
Equal Opportunities
Assumed office
22 October 2022
Prime MinisterGiorgia Meloni
Preceded byElena Bonetti
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
13 October 2022
In office
29 April 2008 – 22 March 2018
Personal details
Born
Eugenia Maria Roccella

(1953-11-15) November 15, 1953 (age 71)
Bologna, Italy
Political partyFdI (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Radical (1979–1992)
PdL (2008–2013)
NCD (2013–2015)
IDeA (2015–2020)
Alma materSapienza University of Rome

Eugenia Maria Roccella[1] (born 15 November 1953)[2] is an Italian journalist and politician, who has been serving as Minister for Family, Natality and Equal Opportunities in the Meloni Cabinet since 22 October 2022. She is a member of Brothers of Italy (FdI), the party led by the prime minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni.

In the 2008 Italian general election, Roccella was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies, where she has represented several parties on the political right. She opposes abortion and same-sex unions.[3]

  1. ^ "Eugenia Maria Roccella" (in Italian). Government of Italy. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Chi è Eugenia Roccella, la ministra (pro-vita) alla famiglia, natalità e pari opportunità" [Who is Eugenia Roccella, the (pro-life) minister for family, natality and equal opportunities]. Bologna Today (in Italian). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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