A woman President of the Republic? The candidates are there

After all, in a country that does not value always women in charge and often e he pays less than men, which too often considers women as the only point of reference for children and the elderly, even to the point of not being able to do anything to stop those who kill them out of jealousy, it is difficult to think of a woman as the head of the state.

Twelve Heads of State: all men

Ours is a long history of male presidential elections. Twelve, from January 1, 1948 to today. From Enrico De Nicola, first provisional head of state, then effective president for just 5 months, a Sergio Mattarella, whose assignment will be completed on February 3, 2022.

The issue of women at Colle did not arise for several decades, despite the season of feminism And of the dispute of Italy in the seventies had stirred the conscience.

Surely Nilde Jotti, first president of the women’s chamber and the first woman to whom a Head of State, the then Scalfaro, entrusted the first “exploratory” assignment in the political crisis of 1984, caused a sensation. But his approach to the Quirinale ended there. And then they arrived Scalfaro, Ciampi, Napolitano, Mattarella.

This year, however, the toto-names also involved some candidates And the “woman at the Quirinale” hypothesis is slowly gaining strength with some candidates. Even if no one agrees all parties. Here are what they are today.

A woman at the Quirinale: Emma Bonino

The title of more “quirinabile” woman it has been up to at least 20 years Emma Bonino. Born in 1948, now a senator. Deputy in the Chamber and the European Parliament, in 2006 Minister of International Trade and European Policies in the Prodi II government, then Vice-President of the Senate from 2008 to 2013, and again Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Letta government for a year, from 2013 to 2014. The curriculum would certainly not be missing.

Liliana Segre, candidacy already declined

The senator for life Liliana Segre, escaped the hell of the Nazi concentration camps as a child, declined the invitation for the Quirinale, saying that she is no longer the right age and that the task would be too heavy for her. Pity, because, looking at the polls, instead it would have been among the most popular names by Italians.

A woman at the Quirinale: from Rosy Bindi to Elisabetta Belloni

Among other “eligible” names Rosy Bindi, former DC, then Italian People’s Party, then Pd, in 2006 elected minister for family policies in the Prodi government, and Anna Finocchiaro 66-year-old Minister for Equal Opportunities in the first Prodi government, now closer to the LeU than to the Democratic Party, maintains strong relations with former Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema.

The name of Roberta Pinotti, younger and politically closer to the minister and leader of Area dem, Dario Franceschini, but not liked by the 5Stelle.

From the right, names like that of the President of the Senate return Maria Elisabetta Casellati and the former mayor of Milan today vice president of Lombardy Letizia Moratti.

There are also the names of some “technical” women, never been parliamentarians, like that of Elisabetta Belloni. 63-year-old former director general of the Farnesina, put in charge of secret services by the Draghi government and the first woman to such a delicate post.

Among the other names circulating these days those ofcurrent Minister of Justice Marta Cartabia, from the jurist Lorenza Carlassare, that the 5S really like, that of Anna Maria Tarantula, former president of Rai, former executive of the Bank of Italy, perfect Draghian candidate, and that Elena Paciotti, the first woman who was president of the Anm.

But the question remains: is Italy ready for a woman at Colle?

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