Wanda Ferro
Wanda Ferro | |
|---|---|
 Ferro in 2018 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2018 | |
| Constituency | Calabria |
| President of the Province of Catanzaro | |
| In office 29 April 2008 – 1 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Michele Traversa |
| Succeeded by | Enzo Bruno |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1968 |
| Party | Brothers of Italy |
Wanda Ferro (born 24 March 1968) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She was first elected in the 2018 general election,[1] and was re-elected in 2022.[2] She served as president of the province of Catanzaro from 2008 to 2014, and was the candidate of the centre-right for president of Calabria in 2014.[3] Since 2022, she has served as undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior.[4]
Biography
After graduating from a language-focused high school, she earned a bachelor's degree in modern literature from the University of Calabria.[5]
During the 1990s, she had a relationship with Luigi “Gino” Sparacio, a Cosa Nostra boss in Messina (who was married at the time). In the various trials in which she was called as a witness, she consistently stated that she was unaware of the man’s true identity.[6][7]
In 2012, she was appointed Vice President of the Sila National Park.
She is unmarried and has no children.[8]
References
- ↑ "Calabria: eletta alla Camera la candidata di Fratelli d'Italia Wanda Ferro". StrettoWeb (in Italian). 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Politiche, eletta Wanda Ferro (Fdi) nel collegio uninominale Camera Catanzaro". LaC News24 (in Italian). 26 September 2022.
- ↑ "Elezioni regionali: chi è la candidata del centrodestra Wanda Ferro". LaC News24 (in Italian). 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Wanda Ferro sottosegretario all'Interno, Fratelli d'Italia Vibo: «Giusto riconoscimento»". Il Vibonese (in Italian). 1 November 2022.
- ↑ "Chi è Wanda Ferro, la deputata tirata in ballo nel caso Mark Caltagirone?". Money.it.
- ↑ "Wanda Ferro e il mistero del matrimonio con Marco Caltagirone". Donna Glamour.
- ↑ "la candidata di forza italia in calabria era fidanzata con un boss".
- ↑ PopcornTv. "Wanda Ferro, ecco qualche curiosità sulla politica italiana". PopcornTv.it (in Italian).
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy
- Deputies of Legislature XIX of Italy
- Brothers of Italy politicians
- 20th-century Italian women politicians
- 21st-century Italian women politicians
- Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
- Presidents of the Province of Catanzaro
- Italian politician stubs