Annagrazia Calabria

Annagrazia Calabria
Annagrazia Calabria
Born	May 6, 1982 (age 44); New York City, United States
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Annagrazia Calabria (born 6 May 1982 in New York City) is a politician of Italian nationality who also holds American citizenship. She is the daughter of Luigi Calabria, who previously served as Finance Director at Leonardo-Finmeccanica, and the niece of Carlo Calabria, former Head of International Mergers and Acquisitions at Merrill Lynch. Her mother, Cynthia Alfonsi, has been responsible for coordinating the women's division within Forza Italia since the 1990s, which marked the beginning of Annagrazia's engagement in politics.

Biography

Calabria completed her law studies at LUISS University before undertaking an internship at the Rome branch of the law firm Allen & Overy. Between 2008 and 2014, she held the position of Secretary for the Scientific Committee at the Italy-USA Foundation.

At the age of 19, she made an unsuccessful bid for a seat on Rome's municipal council. In the 2008 general elections, she stood as a candidate on the People of Freedom ticket and entered Parliament at 26 years old following Gianni Alemanno’s election as Rome’s mayor, making her Italy’s youngest member of parliament.

On 17 December 2010, Calabria was named coordinator of Young Italy, the youth faction of the People of Freedom party. She secured re-election to the Chamber of Deputies in 2013 and became a member of Forza Italia after the dissolution of PdL later that year. In March 2014, she was appointed to Forza Italia’s Presidential Committee.

She was re-elected in 2018 representing Rome-Castel Giubileo with backing from centre-right parties and assumed the role of vice president of the Constitutional Affairs Commission. On 11 November 2018, Calabria relinquished her leadership role within Forza Italia’s youth wing, passing it on to Stefano Cavedagna.

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