Arianna Meloni
Arianna Meloni | |
|---|---|
| Head of the Political Secretariat of Brothers of Italy | |
| Assumed office 24 August 2023 | |
| Leader | Giorgia Meloni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1975 Rome, Italy |
| Political party | FdI (since 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | MSI (1992–1995) AN (1995–2009) Independent (2009–2022) |
| Domestic partner | Francesco Lollobrigida (2000–2024) |
| Children | 2 |
Arianna Meloni (born 26 May 1975) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy, serving as the Head of the Political Secretariat under the leadership of her sister, Giorgia Meloni.[1]
Biography
Arianna Meloni was born on 26 Mat 1975 in Rome, Italy. Her father, Francesco Meloni, was the son of Nino Meloni, a radio director from Sardinia, and the actress Zoe Incrocci from Lombardy.[2] Meloni's mother, Anna Paratore, is from Sicily. Her father was a tax advisor and according to some political profiles had communist sympathies and voted for the Italian Communist Party, while her mother later became a novelist.[3][4][5] Her father abandoned the family in 1978 when she was one year old, moving to the Canary Islands and remarrying.[6][7] She has a younger sister, Giorgia.[8]
From the age of 17, like her sister Giorgia, she became involved in politics, obtaining her first party membership card with the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement (MSI). However, over the years, she remained largely out of the political spotlight. She temporarily left her law studies at university to enter the workforce and, since 2000, she has been employed by the Lazio regional government.[9]
Since the early 2000s, she had been in a relationship with Francesco Lollobrigida, a right-wing politician and Minister of Agriculture since 2022. The couple had two daughters, Vittoria and Rachele. However, their relationship ended in 2024.[10]
In 2022, her sister was elected Prime Minister of Italy and, in 2023, Meloni was appointed head of the party’s political secretariat of Brothers of Italy (FdI).[11]
References
- ^ Spagnoli, Sofia (27 September 2022). "Arianna Meloni: chi è la sorella di Giorgia. 'Ti accompagnerò come Sam con Frodo'" [Arianna Meloni: who is Giorgia's sister. 'I'll accompany you like Sam with Frodo']. Quotidiano Nazionale (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Giorgia Meloni, il teatro nel sangue. Ecco chi erano i nonni della premier". la Repubblica. 2 December 2022. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Meloni's mother: "I, a writer of romance novels for my daughters"". 21 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "How Giorgia Meloni thinks". 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "How 'fascist' is the party of Giorgia Meloni, Italy's PM frontrunner?". Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Giorgia Meloni, il racconto della stampa spagnola sul padre (che la abbandonò da piccola): 'Fu condannato per traffico di droga'" [Giorgia Meloni, from the Spanish press about her father (who abandoned her as a child): 'He was convicted of drug trafficking']. Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 28 September 2022. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Pistilli, Clemente (29 September 2022). "Il padre di Giorgia Meloni fu condannato per narcotraffico, il racconto della stampa spagnola" [Giorgia Meloni's father was convicted of drug trafficking, the story from the Spanish press]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Arianna Meloni: «Il governo va bene. Giorgia è un fenomeno, ma siamo bravi anche noi». Chi è la sorella “ribelle” del premier: dal precariato al vertice di FdI. Il Messaggero
- ^ DELIBERAZIONE DELL’UFFICIO DI PRESIDENZA 3 GIUGNO 2021, N. 43. Regione Lazio
- ^ Arianna Meloni: 'Io e Lollobrigida ci siamo lasciati, ma il nostro progetto politico va avanti'. ANSA
- ^ Chi è Arianna Meloni, da «ribelle» di famiglia al vertice di Fdi. Il Sole 24 Ore