Renate Gebhard (born 2 May 1977,

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third ...

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) is an Italian jurist and politician of

South Tyrolean People's Party The South Tyrolean People's Party (german: Südtiroler Volkspartei, SVP) is a regionalist and autonomist political party in South Tyrol, an autonomous province with a German-speaking majority in northern Italy. Founded on 8 May 1945, the SVP h ...

(SVP). She is a current member of the Italian

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Early life and education

She attended high school in Bolzano and later studied law at the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

and

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. She graduated in 2002 and by 2006 she worked as a lawyer in Bolzano.

Political career

In 2005 she was elected into the municipal council of Klausen and in 2013 assumed as a member of the Italian Parliament representing Trentino-Alto Adige for the SVP.

Political positions

Since 2014 she is the spokesperson for the SVP women and as such draws attention to issues such as

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and

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

. During the pandemic of Covid she positioned herself in favor of an organized education and the reopening of schools.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gebhard, Renate Italian jurists 21st-century Italian women politicians South Tyrolean People's Party politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy Living people 1977 births Politicians from Bolzano Germanophone Italian people Deputies of Legislature XIX of Italy Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)