Fiamma Nirenstein (born 18 December 1945 in Florence) is an Italian-Israeli journalist, author and politician. In 2008 she was elected to the Italian Parliament for Silvio Berlusconi's The People of Freedom party and she served as Vice President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies for the length of the legislature, ending in March 2013. On 26 May 2013 she immigrated to Israel (made Aliyah).[1] In 2015, Nirenstein was nominated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the future ambassador to Italy, but subsequently withdrew for what she stated were personal reasons. She is Senior Fellow of Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) and currently works there, at the Israeli-based think-tank of JPCA. She writes for the Italian right-wing daily Il Giornale and contributes articles in English to the Jewish News Syndicate. She is also on the Board of ISGAP[2] and of the WJC.[3]
She lives now in Jerusalem with frequent visits to Italy.
- ^ "The reasons for my Aliyah - Fiamma Nirenstein Home page".
- ^ "Fiamma Nirenstein 2020 Senior Research Fellow". ISGAP (in Italian).
- ^ "Fiamma Nirenstein at the WJC Governing Board". WJC (in Italian). September 1, 2010.