Emma Bonino was born on 9 March 1948 and is an Italian politician.
26 Facts About Emma Bonino
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Emma Bonino served in the government of Italy as minister of international trade from 2006 to 2008.
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Emma Bonino graduated in modern languages and literature from Bocconi University in Milan in 1972.
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Emma Bonino is the leader of More Europe, a liberal, European federalist party list she launched in December 2017, ahead of the 2018 Italian general election.
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Emma Bonino never married nor bore children, even succumbing to the Italian authorities in 1975 after having an illegal abortion.
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Emma Bonino fostered children, but never successfully became pregnant, despite attempts using artificial insemination.
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Emma Bonino graduated at Bocconi University in literature with a master thesis on Malcolm X's autobiography.
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Emma Bonino is a godmother of Countess Luana, elder daughter of Prince Friso and Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau.
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Emma Bonino was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1976 and reelected in 1979,1983,1987,1992,1994 and 2006.
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On 17 May 2006, Emma Bonino was appointed as minister for international trade in the cabinet of Romano Prodi.
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Emma Bonino resigned from office on 7 May 2008 when she had been elected vice president of the Senate the previous day.
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Emma Bonino was elected to the European Parliament in 1979 and re-elected in 1984 and 1999.
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Emma Bonino has fought for an end to capital punishment, against female genital mutilation, and the eradication of world hunger.
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In 1975, Emma Bonino funded the information centre for abortion, and in 1997 she supported the international movement condemning the discrimination of females in Afghanistan, Un Fiore per le Donne di Kabul.
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Emma Bonino is a champion of the recognition of women's rights in the countries of the African Union through the Maputo protocol.
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Emma Bonino is a founder of the nongovernmental organizations Non c'e Pace senza Giustizia, which supports the international protection and promotion of human rights and democracy, and Nessuno Tocchi Caino, which is an international league that fights for the abolition of the death penalty.
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Emma Bonino's list won seven of 78 Italian seats in this election.
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Emma Bonino supported the NATO intervention in Kosovo in the spring of 1999.
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From 1999 to 2004, the Lista Emma Bonino was non-affiliated, as it was founded with a claim to not adhere to the traditional centre-left versus centre-right politics, rather remaining in the middle to maximize any potential bargaining power.
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Emma Bonino led the ceremonies, which gathered medical experts, ambassadors, and politicians to review graphic information about the practice of female genital mutilation in African countries.
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Emma Bonino is currently a board member of the Arab Democracy Foundation.
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Emma Bonino was a board member of DARA until December 2012.
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Emma Bonino writes opinion editorials and commentaries for both the Inter Press Service News Agency and Project Syndicate, discussing contemporary international issues including Syrian refugees affecting Europe, abolishing the death penalty, relations between Iran and Europe, and the poor treatment of the indigenous people of South East Asia.
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Emma Bonino is a member of the eminent international Council of Patrons of the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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In 1999 Emma Bonino was one of the two winners of the North-South Prize, an award that honors individuals with accomplishment in the protection of human rights, pluralistic democracy, and improvement of North-South relations.
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Emma Bonino received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2013, and she was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women in this same year.