Angela Maria Guidi Cingolani

Angela Maria Guidi Cingolani
Official portrait, 1948
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office
25 January 1946 – 31 January 1948
ConstituencyLiguria
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
8 May 1948 – 24 June 1953
ConstituencyRome
Undersecretary to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce
In office
27 July 1951 – 16 July 1953
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Mayor of Palestrina
In office
1954–1965
Personal details
BornAngela Maria Guidi
31 October 1896
Died11 August 1991(1991-08-11) (aged 94)
Rome, Italy
PartyChristian Democracy
Spouse
(m. 1935; died 1971)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Naples "L'Orientale"
ProfessionOffice clerk

Angela Maria Guidi Cingolani (née Guidi; 31 October 1896 – 11 August 1991) was an Italian politician. A member of the Christian Democracy, she was part of the Constituent Assembly of Italy and later became a member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Life

A native of Rome, Guidi Cingolani was a member of the Popular Party and the Young Women of Catholic Action. She graduated from the University of Naples "L'Orientale" in Slavic languages and literatures.

In 1948, following the fall of the Fascists from power, she was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Italy with a number of other women.[1]

Between 1951 and 1953 she was the first Italian woman to be Undersecretary to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. She was later elected mayor of the municipality of Palestrina.

References

  1. ^ Berg, Matthew P.; Mesner, Maria, eds. (2010). After fascism : European case studies in politics, society, and identity since 1945. Berlin: Lit. ISBN 978-3643500182.