Letizia Moratti

Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi - Moratti
23rd Mayor of Milan
In office June 1, 2006 – June 1, 2011
Preceded by	Gabriele Albertini
Succeeded by	Giuliano Pisapia
Italian Minister of Education, University and Research
In office June 11, 2001 – May 17, 2006
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Tullio De Mauro
Succeeded by	Giuseppe Fioroni as Minister of Education Fabio Mussi as Minister of University
Personal details
Born	(1949-11-26) November 26, 1949 Milan, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	FI (1994-2009) PdL (2009-2011)
Spouse(s)	Gian Marco Moratti
Children	Gilda Moratti Gabriele Moratti
Alma mater	University of Milan
Profession	Politician, manager

Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi - Moratti (born 26 November 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She is the former mayor of Milan.

Biography

Moratti was born Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi 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.

References

Berlusconi II Cabinet (2001–2005) Berlusconi Fini Follini La Loggia Pisanu Scajola Frattini Mazzella Baccini Stanca Tremaglia Prestigiacomo Buttiglione Bossi Calderoli Giovanardi Ruggiero Castelli Tremonti Siniscalco Marzano Moratti Maroni Martino Alemanno Lunardi Sirchia Urbani Gasparri Matteoli

Berlusconi III Cabinet (2005–2006) Berlusconi Fini Tremonti La Loggia Caldoro Baccini Stanca Tremaglia Prestigiacomo La Malfa Calderoli Giovanardi Micciché Pisanu Castelli Siniscalco Scajola Moratti Maroni Martino Alemanno Matteoli Lunardi Storace Buttiglione Landolfi