Susy De Martini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Susy De Martini

Italian politician

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1952

Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Profession: politician

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Susy De Martini

  • Professor Isabella 'Susy' De Martini (born 17 June 1952 in Genoa) is an Italian politician and academic.
  • Former member of PDL, from 12 April 2013 to 25 May 2014 she was a Member of the European Parliament, representing North-West Italy.
  • De Martini is also a Professor at the University of Genoa. De Martini was a regional coordinator of the Liberal Democratici as part of the electoral list of Il Popolo della Libertà (PDL) in the 2008 general election.
  • She stood on the PDL's electoral list at the 2009 European election.
  • She won 19,205 votes: not enough to win her a seat, but finishing first amongst those that were not elected.
  • When two MEPs were appointed Senators after the 2013 general election, De Martini succeeded Mario Mauro, becoming an MEP on 12 April 2013.
  • Upon her election, she immediately left the PDL delegation and its European People's Party group and joined the European Conservatives and Reformists.
  • She stood on the Forza Italia's electoral list at the 2014 European election because Silvio Berlusconi presented De Martini as «a "reference point" for Liguria».
  • She won 6,134 votes: not enough to win her a seat, she failed re-election and left Berlusconi's party.
  • On 16 July 2015 De Martini took part, as «official representative for Italy of British Conservatives» in the founding of Raffaele Fitto's new eurosceptic party Conservatori e Riformisti (CR) split from FI, the Berlusconi's party.
  • De Martini was candidate for Mayor of Genoa in the 2012 local elections for Francesco Storace's right-wing party La Destra (split from Alleanza Nazionale in 2007), winning 0.8% of the vote, not enough to win her a seat as municipal councilor because she failed the 3% threshold.

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