Jole Santelli

Jole Santelli (born 28 December 1968) is an Italian politician. A member of the centre-right party Forza Italia, she is the President of Calabria since 17 February 2020.

Jole Santelli
President of Calabria
Assumed office
17 February 2020
Preceded byMario Oliverio
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
30 May 2001 – 31 March 2020
ConstituencyCalabria
Personal details
Born (1968-12-28) 28 December 1968
Cosenza, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyPSI (until 1994)
Forza Italia (1994–2009)
PdL (2009–2013)
Forza Italia (since 2013)
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
OccupationLawyer

Biography

After graduating in Law at the Sapienza University of Rome, Santelli became a lawyer. She later joined Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party Forza Italia, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time at the 2001 Italian general election.

From 2001 to 2006 Santelli was undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice in the Berlusconi II and the Berlusconi III cabinets.[1] She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies again in the 2006, the 2008 and the 2013 general elections. From May to December 2013 Santelli was undersecretary at the Ministry of Labour in the Letta Cabinet, until Forza Italia withdrew its support to the government.[1]

Since 2013 Santelli has been the regional coordinator of Forza Italia in Calabria and has been deputy mayor of Cosenza from 2016 to 2019.[2] In the 2018 general elections Santelli was elected one more time to the Chamber of Deputies.

In December 2019 she became the centre-right candidate for President of Calabria at the 2020 Calabrian regional election,[3] which she won with around 55% of votes.[4]

References
  1. "Jole Santelli, ecco chi è la candidata del centrodestra in Calabria". lacnews24.it. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. "Santelli si dimette da vicesindaco di Cosenza". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. "Regionali Calabria: Jole Santelli è il candidato alla presidenza per il centrodestra". quicosenza.it. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. "Calabria Risultati Regionali 2020". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  • Files about her parliamentary activities (in Italian): XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII legislature.
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