13 Facts About Susanna Agnelli

Susanna Agnelli was the first Italian minister to be Minister of Foreign Affairs and undersecretary of the same ministry.

Susanna Agnelli is the sister of Gianni Agnelli, who was the head of Fiat until 1996; members of the Agnelli family are still the controlling shareholders of the company.

Politically, the Susanna Agnelli family sought to create a non-ideological, centrist political formation of Atlanticist and pro-European persuasion that sought a modernizing, internationalist capitalism in contrast to the left and opposed to the populist, nationalist, or fascist right.

In 1974, Susanna Agnelli gained her first public appointment, when she became mayor of Monte Argentario.

Susanna Agnelli served as mayor for a decade from 1974 to 1984.

Susanna Agnelli was elected to the Italian Parliament in 1976 for the Italian Republican Party, of which her brother Gianni Susanna Agnelli was close.

Susanna Agnelli served for more than a year, which in the fragile politics of postwar Italy makes her one of the most long-lasting holders of the office.

Susanna Agnelli sat on the first board of the UN International Institute for Ageing.

Since the early 1990s, Susanna Agnelli was president of the Steering Committee of Telethon, which was founded in Italy in 1990.

Susanna Agnelli had a popular mail column titled "Private answers" in the weekly magazine Oggi.

Susanna Agnelli wrote a number of books including Vestivamo alla marinara, Gente alla deriva, Ricordati Gualeguaychu, Addio, addio mio ultimo amore, and Questo libro e tuo.

Susanna Agnelli's 1975 autobiography was a bestseller in Italy and won the Premio Bancarella.

In 2022, Susanna Agnelli was the subject of an episode of the RAI docu-series Illuminate.