Maria Luisa Cassanmagnago Cerretti (7 April 1929 – 4 August 2008) was an Italian politician. She represented the

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in the

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between 1972 and 1979 and the

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in the

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between 1979 and 1994.

Early life

Cerretti was born on 7 April 1929 in

Bergamo, Italy Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...

. She attended the

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, colloquially the Catholic University of Milan () or simply the Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1921. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy, with satellite campuses in B ...

, where she received a doctorate of economics and commercial science. She became a member of the

executive for the National Women's Movement in 1963.

Political career

She was elected as a deputy in the

in the 1972 general election and the 1976 general election, and served on the Justice Commission and the Committee of the Prime Minister's Office, Internal Affairs and Religious Affairs. She was then elected as a member of the

in the 1979 election as a representative for the

. She was

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and the

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. She was re-elected in the 1984 election and appointed as the vice-chair of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials and the Committee on Development and Cooperation. She served her third term after being re-elected in the 1989 election and was appointed as the chair of the Political Affairs Committee and the Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Economic Community. She was also the vice-chair of the Delegation for relations with Canada and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security. After the dissolution of the Christian Democracy Party, she joined the Italian People's Party. She was a member of the federal assembly of the

Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (, DL), commonly known simply as The Daisy (''La Margherita''), was a Centrism, centrist List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. The party was formed from the merger of three parties with ...

, which was formed by a merger of the Italian People's Party, The Democrats and

Italian Renewal Italian Renewal (, RI) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy. The party was a member of The Olive Tree and centre-left coalition, while also affiliated to the European People's Party from 1998 to 2004. History Originally the D ...

. Until her death on 4 August 2008, she was President of the Lombard Initiative Committee for the European Federal State.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cassanmagnago Cerretti, Maria Luisa 1929 births 2008 deaths MEPs for Italy 1989–1994 MEPs for Italy 1984–1989 MEPs for Italy 1979–1984 Deputies of Legislature VII of Italy Deputies of Legislature VI of Italy Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians European People's Party MEPs European People's Party politicians Italian People's Party (1994) politicians Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians 20th-century Italian women politicians