32 Facts About Alessandra Mussolini

Alessandra Mussolini was born on 30 December 1962 and is an Italian politician, television personality, model and former actress and singer.

Alessandra Mussolini is known for being a member of the Mussolini family as a granddaughter of Benito Mussolini.

Alessandra Mussolini starred in her final film in 1990 and left the industry after a producer asked her to change her name.

Alessandra Mussolini was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013 and the Italian Senate from 2013 to 2014 where she was elected under The People of Freedom which later became part of Forza Italia.

Alessandra Mussolini was elected to the European Parliament in 2014.

Alessandra Mussolini left politics temporarily in December 2020 for a reality television career.

Alessandra Mussolini returned as an MEP in November 2022, succeeding Antonio Tajani, after he was appointed in the Meloni government.

Alessandra Mussolini has a half-sister, Rachele Mussolini, who is a politician as a member of Brothers of Italy.

Alessandra Mussolini graduated in 1994 from Sapienza University of Rome, where she got her Master of Science in medicine and surgery.

Alessandra Mussolini married customs policeman Mauro Floriani on 28 October 1989.

Alessandra Mussolini has since campaigned for Italian law to be changed to allow all children to take their mother's last name if they wish.

Alessandra Mussolini's husband was one of the accused scheduled to appear in court for a child prostitution trial in 2015.

Alessandra Mussolini is first cousin once-removed to Caio Giulio Cesare Mussolini, Benito Mussolini's great-grandson, who ran for the Fratelli d'Italia party in the 2019 European Parliament election.

Alessandra Mussolini considers herself Roman Catholic, although she does not attend Mass regularly.

Alessandra Mussolini was verbally accosted by Katia Bellillo, then Minister for Equal Opportunities, who got up and approached Mussolini.

Alessandra Mussolini has been a painter since 2014 and her first solo exhibition was held during 2015 in Rome.

Alessandra Mussolini was taken under the wing of her aunt Sophia Loren for a while and started a career as an actress in the Italian film industry during the 1970s.

Alessandra Mussolini appeared as a glamour model, including on the cover of two European editions of Playboy, in Italy and Germany.

Alessandra Mussolini starred in her final film in 1990 and then left the film industry to continue studying after a producer asked her to change her name.

In 1992, Alessandra Mussolini was elected to parliament in a Naples constituency as a member of the Movimento Sociale Italiano.

In 1993 Alessandra Mussolini was a candidate for the post of mayor of Naples, but was defeated by Antonio Bassolino.

Alessandra Mussolini claimed that her relations with Gianfranco Fini, leader of the Alleanza Nazionale, never were very good; she then later withdrew, resigning over differences with him at least once.

Alessandra Mussolini unsuccessfully challenged him for the leadership of the party when he withdrew support for Mussolini in a television interview in January 2002.

Alessandra Mussolini suddenly left the National Alliance on 28 November 2003, following the visit of party leader and the Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini to Israel, where he described fascism as part "the absolute evil" with regard to the Holocaust as he apologised for Italy's role as an Axis Power during the Second World War.

In March 2005, Alessandra Mussolini was banned by a local court from regional elections held the following month for presenting fraudulent signatures.

Alessandra Mussolini went on a hunger strike to protest the decision.

In November 2007, remarks by Alessandra Mussolini triggered the collapse of the far-right Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty grouping within the European Parliament.

Alessandra Mussolini declared that all Romanians were criminals in remarks regarding immigration policy.

Alessandra Mussolini left Forza Italia in 2018, following the party's decision to be in opposition to the Conte government.

Alessandra Mussolini has used Twitter to defend the memory of her grandfather from critics such as actor Jim Carrey, and fans of Scottish football club Celtic FC.

Alessandra Mussolini took part, as contestant, in Milly Carlucci's Ballando con le stelle and in Carlo Conti's Tale e quale show obtaining success.

In November 2022, Alessandra Mussolini returned to politics to replace Antonio Tajani as a Forza Italia MEP after his election to the Chamber of Deputies.