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Daniela Garnero (born 7 April 1961), commonly known by her former married name as Daniela Santanchè[a] (Italian pronunciation:[daˈnjɛːlasantaŋˈkɛ]), is an Italian politician. Between 2010 and 2011 she served as Undersecretary to the Ministry for the Implementation of the Government Program in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet. She is currently the regional coordinator of Brothers of Italy in Lombardy and the Minister of Tourism in the Meloni Cabinet.
In 1995, she left her husband, Paolo Santanchè, and began a relationship with Canio Mazzaro, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur from Potenza. Her marriage to Paolo Santanchè was declared void by the Roman Rota. In politics she has continued to use the Santanchè surname, despite an unsuccessful court case by her ex-husband to try to stop her. Her current partner is Dimitri Kunz d'Asburgo Lorena.
Santanchè held the position of chief of the department for equal opportunity for the National Alliance from 2005 to 2007. In 2005, Santanchè was harshly criticised when she showed her middle finger, in a gesture of insult, towards a student protest against the Moratti school reform.[1][2] Moreover, in 2005, Santanchè was nominated to hold the discussion of the annual Financial Law, the first woman in Italian history in such a role. In 2006, she was re-elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies with National Alliance in the constituency of Milan.
The Right did not acquire the necessary share of votes (4% for the Chamber, 8% for the Senate) to enter the Parliament and Daniela Santanchè therefore ended her parliamentary mandate. After seven years as deputy, she received €65,534 as termination indemnities (trattamento di fine rapporto), and €3,605 monthly as lifetime allowance.[4] She declared that she will donate this to charity.[5]
On 28 September 2008, after arguing with party secretary Francesco Storace, Santanchè left the party. Shortly afterwards, with Diego Zarneri and other former La Destra politicians, she founded the Movement for Italy (MpI) political movement, in order to come closer to Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom.
Brothers of Italy
On 3 December 2017, Santanchè joined Brothers of Italy (FdI) and attended the party congress in Trieste. During the 2018 Italian general election she was elected as a Senator in the Cremona constituency, and was re-elected in 2022 with 52.17% of the votes.
Positions on the Islamic veil and alleged assaults
On 22 October 2006, while she was participating in a live show, Controcorrente, to discuss matters regarding the Islamic veil, Santanchè was criticized by the Imam of Segrate. The prefect of Milan stated that her safety was at risk and he would consider the possibility of taking security measures to protect her.[6]
On 20 September 2009, she appeared with Diego Zarneri at the Eid al-Fitr religious holiday in Milan. According to Muslims, Santanchè tried to unveil some women, causing a reaction by local men. In her version, Santanchè said she had asked the police to intervene, alleging that Italian law bans appearing in public with a veil, and that she had made no contact with any Muslim woman. Afterwards, she declared she had been assaulted and beaten, but this was denied by Muslim eyewitnesses. At the hospital, she was examined and found to have chestbruises, that would take 20 days to heal.[7] On 25 September on the il Fatto Quotidiano newspaper, a short video shot by Peacereporter seems to disprove any alleged assault on Santanchè. In the video, Santanchè is shown trying to cross the police barrier, while no assault on her is shown.[8] Santanchè's lawyers dismissed the video as a fabrication, releasing a copy of the reports by the hospital and by the police.
2011 diploma scandal
On 22 March 2011, the magazine Oggi published an article[9] stating that although on her resume Santanchè claimed to have an MBA from the Bocconi University, the university itself had no record of having awarded her any such degree. Santanchè did not resign, claimed she was telling the truth and threatened to sue the magazine for libel. No evidence of her degree has turned up, although it appears that she did attend another, unspecified, course at the university.
Tax fraud investigations
On 5 July 2023, it was found she had been under investigation for false accounting[10] since September 2022.[11] However, she did not resign from her position as minister and a motion of no confidence against her was rejected by the Senate on 26 July 2023 in a 67-111 vote.[12]
Notes
^In contrast with Italian laws and naming customs, whereby a woman does not take her husband's surname upon marriage and is referred to by her maiden name.
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