biography
pronunciation:
[ansaylmee]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1927– )
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| biography:
| Italian politician, born in Castelfranco Veneto, Veneto, NE Italy. She took part in the resistance and was an active member of the Christian Democrats after 1944, and a deputy from 1968 to 1992. The first Italian woman minister, she served first in the department of employment (1976–8) and then the ministry of health (1978–9). She headed the parliamentary commission on the masonic lodge P2 (1981–5) and the national committee on equal opportunities (1992–4). |
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