Alessandra Guerra (born 19 July 1963) is an Italian politician who was the president of Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1994 to 1995. She was also a teacher in middle schools and collaborated with various art museums.

Early life and education

Guerra was born in

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, the daughter of one of the founders of the Friuli Movement. She graduated in literature with 110 ''cum laude''.

Career

In 1993, Guerra joined

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's Northern League (Lega Nord) and was elected regional councilor of

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

. In 1994, after a serious political crisis that had hit the region, she was appointed president of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a position she held until 1995. In this period, she was also the president of the

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. From 15 June 2001 to 23 June 2003, Guerra was the vice-president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region and councilor for education and culture. After the 2003 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, she was nominated for the presidency of the region by the

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coalition. Guerra lost the competition against former Trieste mayor

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, who was endorsed by The Olive Tree. In April 2008, Guerra left Lega Nord to join Illy's coalition, which was supported by the Democratic Party (PD) and other centre-left political forces. Later in July 2009, Guerra joined the PD. She supported the motion of

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in the

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. In autumn 2017, Guerra declared that she wanted to participate in the 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election as a candidate for the presidency of the region for the

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as also confirmed by the spokesman for the Greens of the region; this announcement was not followed up. In 2024, Guerra ran unsuccessfully for the

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on the left-wing list

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(PTD) in North-East Italy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerra, Alessandra 1963 births 20th-century Italian politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Lega Nord politicians Living people People from Udine University of Udine alumni