Rossella Muroni (born 8 October 1974) is an Italian environmentalist and politician.
Early life
She graduated in
Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...
. From 1994 to 1996 she was part of the Student Union as the national manager of the student's legal office of the
Italian General Confederation of Labour
The Italian General Confederation of Labour (, , CGIL ) is a national trade union centre in Italy. It was formed by an agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944. In 1950, socialists and ...
.
Career
In 1996 she joined the environmentalist association
Legambiente
Legambiente is an Italian environmentalist association with roots in the anti-nuclear movement that developed in Italy and throughout the Western world in the second half of the 1970s. Founded in 1980 as part of the ARCI, it later became a stand- ...
where she initially worked in the press office. From 2002 to 2007, she served as national manager of information campaigns. She became the spokesperson for the
Legambiente
Legambiente is an Italian environmentalist association with roots in the anti-nuclear movement that developed in Italy and throughout the Western world in the second half of the 1970s. Founded in 1980 as part of the ARCI, it later became a stand- ...
campaign sector and took care of the main information and awareness activities of the association, giving contributions to association publications including: the ''Italian Environment Report'', the ''Ecomafia dossier'', the ''Blue Guide'', the ''Urban Ecosystem Report'' and drafting information leaflets and brochures on environmental issues.
In 2007 she became general director of the association and in 2015 was elected national president of
Legambiente
Legambiente is an Italian environmentalist association with roots in the anti-nuclear movement that developed in Italy and throughout the Western world in the second half of the 1970s. Founded in 1980 as part of the ARCI, it later became a stand- ...
. In December 2017, she left her office in order to run for the
2018 political elections with the left-wing coalition
Free and Equal and was elected
deputy.
Following the victory of
Elly Schlein
Elena Ethel "Elly" Schlein (; born 4 May 1985) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the secretary of the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party (PD) since 12 March 2023. She is a member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Ch ...
at the
2023 Democratic Party leadership election, she joined the
Democratic Party.
References
External links
*Files about her parliamentary activities (in Italian)
XVIIIlegislature.
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1974 births
Living people
Politicians from Rome
21st-century Italian politicians
Sapienza University of Rome alumni