Debora Serracchiani

Debora Serracchiani
Vice President of the Democratic Party
In office
17 March 2019 – 12 March 2023
Serving with Anna Ascani
PresidentPaolo Gentiloni (2019–2020)
Valentina Cuppi (2020–present)
Preceded byBarbara Pollastrini
Domenico De Santis
Succeeded byLoredana Capone
Chiara Gribaudo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
23 March 2018
ConstituencyFriuli-Venezia Giulia
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
In office
25 April 2013 – 3 May 2018
Preceded byRenzo Tondo
Succeeded byMassimiliano Fedriga
Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party
In office
28 March 2014 – 7 May 2017
Serving with Lorenzo Guerini
LeaderMatteo Renzi
Preceded byEnrico Letta
Succeeded byMaurizio Martina
Personal details
Born (1970-11-10) 10 November 1970 (age 53)
Rome, Italy
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Debora Serracchiani (born 10 November 1970) is an Italian politician. Born in Rome, she is a member of Democratic Party, and was president of the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In 2016, she proposed and got the approval of a regional law which officially abolished provinces of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia, moving their competences to the lower and the upper administrative level, which were respectively the Italian comune and the region.[1] Friuli-Venezia Giulia was the first region to implement the 2014 Delrio national law.[2]

Serracchiani served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) of the European Parliament from 2008-13 as a member of the PD. She was also a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, an alliance within the European Parliament.[citation needed] As a MEP and regional leader of the Democratic Party (PD), she narrowly defeated incumbent President Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom (PdL) 39.4% to 39.0% in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election held on 21–22 April 2013, and she took office on 22 April 2013. Serracchiani is the second woman to hold the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, since Alessandra Guerra of Lega Nord Friuli (LNF) from 1994–95.[3]

Serracchiani is Director of Institutional Relations of the Italy-USA Foundation.

  1. ^ "Soppressione delle Province del Friuli Venezia Giulia e modifiche alle leggi regionali 11/1988, 18/2005, 7/2008, 9/2009, 5/2012, 26/2014, 13/2015, 18/2015e 10/2016". Region Friuli Venezia Giulia (in Italian). Archived from the original on March 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Il Friuli Venezia Giulia rivuole le province". January 4, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. ^ Friuli-Venezia Giulia constituency, rulers.org; accessed 29 June 2015.