Maria Elena Boschi

The Honourable
Maria Elena Boschi
MP
Minister of Constitutional Reforms and Relations with Parliament
Assumed office
22 February 2014
Preceded by Gaetano Quagliariello
(Constitutional Reforms)
Dario Franceschini
(Relations with Parliament)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
15 March 2013
Constituency Tuscany
Personal details
Born (1981-01-24) 24 January 1981
Montevarchi, Italy
Nationality Italian
Political party Democratic Party[1]
Alma mater University of Florence
Profession Politician
Religion Roman Catholicism[2]

Maria Elena Boschi (Italian pronunciation: [maˈriːa ˈɛːlena ˈbɔski];[3][4] born 24 January 1981) is an Italian lawyer and politician.

She has been Minister of Constitutional Reforms and Relations with Parliament since 22 February 2014.[5]

Life

Maria Elena Boschi was born in Montevarchi, Arezzo, in 1981. Her father Pierluigi Boschi is vice-president of Banca Popolare dell'Etruria e del Lazio. Boschi has a law degree from University of Florence, from which she graduated with a grade of 110/110 cum laude[6] and became a lawyer specialising in business law.[7] She was on the board of directors of Publiacqua, a public utility in Tuscany, until June 2013.[8]

In 2008 Boschi joined the Democratic Party and was close to Michele Ventura, a candidate in the primary election for Mayor of Florence, a member of the political faction of Massimo D'Alema.[9] In 2011 she became an advisor to Matteo Renzi, at the time Mayor of Florence, coordinating his campaign for the 2012 centre-left primary election.[10]

At the Italian general election, 2013, Boschi was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies and is a member of the national executive of the Democratic Party. On 22 February 2014 she was named as Minister of Constitutional Reforms in the government of Matteo Renzi.[11]


References

  1. ↑ «Renzi sceglie un'aretina nella squadra che curerà il tour per le primarie Pd»
  2. ↑ "La regina Maria Elena" (in Italian). Il Foglio.it. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Migliorini, Bruno; Tagliavini, Carlo; Fiorelli, Piero. Tommaso Francesco Borri, ed. "Dizionario italiano multimediale e multilingue d'ortografia e di pronunzia". dizionario.rai.it. Rai Eri. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Canepari, Luciano. "Dizionario di pronuncia italiana online". dipionline.it. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ↑ «Italy's PM-designate Matteo Renzi names new cabinet»
  6. ↑ "Governo Italiano - Biografia del ministro Maria Elena Boschi". www.governo.it. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  7. ↑ "Biografia Ministro Boschi".
  8. ↑ Dichiarazione per la pubblicità della situazione patrimoniale
  9. ↑ Non sono l'amazzone della Leopolda, basta battute sessiste]
  10. ↑ Renzi sceglie un'aretina nella squadra che curerà il tou per le primarie Pd
  11. ↑ «Italy's PM-designate Matteo Renzi names new cabinet»
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