Anna Cinzia Bonfrisco (born 12 October 1962 in

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) is an Italian politician. In the 2006 general election she was elected senator on the

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list. She was re-elected in the

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and 2013 general elections. On 3 June 2015 she left Forza Italia to join the Conservatives and Reformists party, of which she became the group leader in the Senate. In December 2016 she abandoned CoR and officially enrolled in the

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. In 2018 she was elected

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for the fourth time, on the

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list. In 2019 she was elected as a member of the

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