Mariapia Garavaglia | |
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| Minister of Health | |
| In office 28 April 1993 – 10 May 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
| Preceded by | Raffaele Costa |
| Succeeded by | Raffaele Costa |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 29 April 2008 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | Veneto |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 20 June 1979 – 14 April 1994 | |
| Constituency | Milan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1947-08-10)10 August 1947 (age 78) |
| Political party | DC(till 1994) PPI(1994-2002) DL(2002-2007) PD(since 2007) |
| Alma mater | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
Mariapia Garavaglia (born 10 August 1947 inCuggiono) is an Italian politician and professor, formerItalian Minister of Health[1] during theCarlo Azeglio Ciampi government and formerDeputy Mayor ofRome.[2] She has been member of theChristian Democracy, of theItalian People's Party, ofThe Daisy and finally of theDemocratic Party. She was extraordinary commissioner and later President ofItalian Red Cross. She is also director for international programs of theItaly-USA Foundation.
Graduated in Literature and Political Sciences at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, she has always dedicated herself to teaching and voluntary activities in the health and social sector. She was a teacher of Letters at high schools. She is a contract professor at the Faculty of Psychology of theSapienza University of Rome. In the academic years 1996-2007 she held seminars at the Bioengineering Department of thePolytechnic University of Milan. She carries out training and advertising activities in newspapers and periodicals and has published books on health and bioethical issues.
In 1979 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Constituency of Milan and Pavia. Garavaglia made news internationally on 27 September 1980, when she was one of two Christian Democracy members who had arrived several minutes too late to participate in voting on her party's economic proposals, a 297 to 298 loss that caused Prime MinisterFrancesco Cossiga and his government to resign.[3] She was re-elected until 1994. From 1988 to 1992 she served as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and from April 1993 to May 1994 she held the position of Minister of Health.
From May 1995 to April 1998 she held the position of Extraordinary Commissioner of theItalian Red Cross,[4] while from April 1998 to October 2002 she was appointed President of the same.[5] From November 1997 to April 2004 she was Vice President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;[6] she was also President of the Coordination between the European Red Cross Societies.
From 2003 to 2008 she served also as Deputy Mayor of Rome.
In 2008 she was elected to the Senate of the Republic for the Constituency of Veneto among the ranks of the Democratic Party. Member of the "VII Commission of Education, University, Research, Cultural Heritage and Sport" and of the "Special Commission on Human Rights".
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 1979 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | DC | 36,762 |  YElected | |
| 1983 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | DC | 51,093 | YElected | |
| 1987 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | DC | 56,005 | YElected | |
| 1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Milan–Pavia | DC | 36,341 | YElected | |
| 2008 | Senate of the Republic | Veneto | PD | –[a] | YElected | |
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| Preceded by | Italian Minister of Health 1993–1994 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Extraordinary Commissionerof the Italian Red Cross 1995–1998 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Italian Red Cross 1998–2002 | Succeeded by |
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| New title | Shadow Minister of Public Education 2008–2009 | Title abolished |
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