1. Giovanna Melandri was born on 28 January 1962 and is an Italian-American politician.
12 Facts About Giovanna Melandri
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Giovanna Melandri was president of MAXXI, the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts of Rome, from 2012 to 2022.
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Giovanna Melandri graduated with a degree in political economy at the Sapienza University of Rome.
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From 1983 to 1987, Melandri was a coordinator for the working group on industrial and technological policies at Montedison.
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Giovanna Melandri was in charge of international relations for Legambiente, an Italian environmentalist association.
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Giovanna Melandri attended the Bergen Conference on Sustainable Development in 1990 and was a member of the Italian delegation to the UN Rio Summit in 1992.
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Between 1998 and 2001, Giovanna Melandri was Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities in the Centre-left coalition governments of Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato.
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Giovanna Melandri joined the legal successor of the DS, the Democratic Party in 2007.
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Giovanna Melandri played a role in forming the parliamentary intergroup on bioethics, which she coordinated for two years, focusing on topics such as artificial reproduction, cloning, and living wills.
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Giovanna Melandri proposed several bills on adoptions, bioethics, assisted reproduction technology, and the prohibition of extradition to countries that practice the death penalty.
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Giovanna Melandri represented Italy on the parliamentary delegation to the first World Forum on Television, which was organized by the United Nations in November 1997.
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Giovanna Melandri proposed several bills on cinema, the promotion of books and reading, and the protection and promotion of cultural heritage.