Marialuisa Forte (born 22 March 1963) is an

Italian politician The politics of Italy are conducted through a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Italy has been a democratic republic since 2 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum and a constituent assembly, formed by ...

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Campobasso Campobasso (, ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sannio and Matese mountains. Campobas ...

since 25 June 2024 and the first woman to hold this office.

Biography

After graduating in Classical literature at the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...

in 1985, Forte worked for years in high schools, first as a teacher of humanistic subjects and then as a school principal. Since 2018 she has been the superintendent of education in

Mayor of Campobasso

In the 2024 local elections, Forte became the

centre-left Centre-left politics is the range of left-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. Ideologies commonly associated with it include social democracy, social liberalism, progressivism, and green politics. Ideas commo ...

candidate for the office of Mayor of Campobasso, supported by the Democratic Party, the

Greens and Left Alliance The Greens and Left Alliance (, AVS) is a left-wing political alliance active in Italy, which was launched on 2 July 2022 as a federation of two political parties, Italian Left (SI) and Green Europe (EV). The AVS is often referred to as a red– ...

and the

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( , M5S) is a political party in Italy, led by Giuseppe Conte. It was launched on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a political activist and comedian, and Gianroberto Casaleggio, a web strategist. The party is primarily d ...

. Despite ranking second at the first round, she was elected in the run-off, thus becoming the first woman to lead the city of Campobasso.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forte, Marialuisa Living people Mayors of Campobasso Sapienza University of Rome alumni 21st-century Italian politicians 1963 births 21st-century Italian women politicians Women mayors of places in Italy