Silvia Serafina Sardone (born 25 December 1982) is an Italian

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and a

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since

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Biography

She graduated in

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Bocconi University Bocconi University or Università Bocconi (formally known in Italian language, Italian as ''Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi'' – Luigi Bocconi Commercial University) is a private university in Milan, Italy. The university is consistently ...

in 2007; subsequently she won a scholarship for the research doctorate of the international school in labor relations at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Marco Biagi University Foundation). She got a master's degree in Business administration at the Polytechnic University of Milan. She deals with labor law and industrial relations, with particular attention to the issue of labor relations. From 2010 to 2014 she was first a board member and then the president of Afol (Agency for training and career guidance) of the

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. In 2006 she was elected, as member of

Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...

, to the Council of Zone 2 of Milan, where she remained for 10 years. In 2016 she was a candidate for the Milan City Council, where she was elected with 2,336 preference votes. In 2018 she was a candidate for the

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and was elected with 11,312 preference votes. In the summer of 2018 she decided to leave Forza Italia, declaring that she no longer recognized herself in the policies carried out by the party at national level and joined the Mixed Group, both in the Municipality and in the Region. In 2019 she was candidate for MEP on the League list and she has been elected with about 45,000 preferences. On 23 October 2023 — —, the Italian police deemed it appropriate to assign her an escort.

Personal life

She has 2 children and is married to the mayor of

Sesto San Giovanni Sesto San Giovanni (; , ), locally referred to as just Sesto (), is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It was awarded with the honorary title of ''città'' (city) by decree of 10 Apri ...

Roberto Di Stefano.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sardone, Silvia 1982 births Living people MEPs for Italy 2019–2024 21st-century women MEPs for Italy Lega Nord MEPs Forza Italia (2013) politicians Politicians from Milan Bocconi University alumni MEPs for Italy 2024–2029