Ester Mieli

Ester Mieli
Mieli in 2022
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyLazio
Personal details
Born (1976-04-22) 22 April 1976
PartyBrothers of Italy

Ester Mieli (born 22 April 1976) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy. She has been a member of the Senate since 2022,[1] and a substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2023.[2] She is the granddaughter of a holocaust survivor, she did not want to mix her heritage with her political career.[3] She was a journalist for the Italian programme Zona bianca.

Biography

She was born on April 22, 1976, in Rome, where she still lives. She is the granddaughter of the Italian writer and Holocaust survivor Alberto Mieli. After earning her high school diploma in the science track from the “Renzo Levi” high school in Rome, she graduated with a degree in sociology from Sapienza University of Rome and earned a three-year university diploma in Jewish studies from the “Renzo Gattegna” program, organized by the UCEI. A professional journalist, she has contributed to Il Sole 24 Ore, Libero, Il Tempo, and Metro, and since 2021 has been a member of the editorial staff of the television program Zona bianca, which airs on Rete 4.[4]She has served as a spokesperson for the Jewish community of Rome.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ester Mieli" (in Italian). Senate of the Republic.
  2. ↑ "Ms Ester MIELI (Italy, EC/DA)". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  3. ↑ "Così Ester, nipote di un deportato a Auschwitz ha strappato il collegio alla dem Cirinnà". ilGiornale.it (in Italian). 28 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Così Ester, nipote di un deportato a Auschwitz ha strappato il collegio alla dem Cirinnà". ilgiornale.it (in Italian).
  5. ↑ "Chi è Ester Mieli, la giornalista di Zona Bianca che ha sconfitto la Cirinnà". affaritaliani.it (in Italian).