Federica Mogherini (born June 16, 1973) is an Italian politician and the current EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, as well as Vice-President of the European Commission from November 1, 2014.
Origin and Education
Где начала свой жизненный путь Могерини Федерика?Her biography began in Rome, in the family of director and screenwriter Flavio Mogherini (1922-1994), who worked with the great Pasolini. He directed several films as a director, including those with Marcello Mastroianni. Unfortunately, the father died when Federica was only 10 years old.
After high school, she graduated from La UniversitySapienza in Rome with a degree in Political Science. Her diploma was in the field of political philosophy and was devoted to the study of Islam in terms of the relationship between politics and religion in it. It was written during Federica’s work on the Erasmus project at the French research institute IREMAM (Aix-en-Provence).
Early political career
Mogherini Federica in her youth (at the age of 15) wasMember of the Federation of Italian Communist Youth since 1988. However, in the late 80s, many young Italians sympathized with the communists, and their leader, Enrique Berlinguer, seriously fought for the prime minister’s position. After the collapse of the Communist Party of Italy and its transformation into the Social Democratic Party, Federica was (since 1996) in the Union of Left Youth. Then she left politics for several years. In 2001, the party of the Social Democratic movement “Left Democrats” (DS) was formed again in Italy. Federica Mogherini first became a member of her National Council, and soon joined the national executive committee of the party.
The steps of the political career of the last decade
In 2003, Federica Mogherini began working inDS Foreign Affairs Section, and then in the Political Committee of the Party, where it was entrusted with the task of establishing relations with international movements and parties. In this role, she participated in a dialogue with politicians in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as in establishing peaceful coexistence in the Middle East. In the same period, she maintained contacts with Eurosocialists, the leadership of the Socialist International, as well as with the American Democrats.
Metamorphosis of Italian politics
First, the "Left Democrats" entered into a coalition withother Italian left parties called "Olive tree". But because of the inconsistent position on domestic political issues, this coalition has lost the support of voters. Meanwhile, elections to the European Parliament and to the national parliament of Italy were near. Then the leadership of the Olive Tree decided to “rebrand” their political forces and create a new democratic party from the left coalition parties.
После ее формирования 4 ноября 2007 года Федерика Mogherini joined the staff of its founder and chairman Walter Veltroni (with whom she had already worked as an assistant during his time as mayor of Rome). Her choice was right - today it is the largest party in Italy.
Member of parliament
In 2008, Federica Mogherini became part ofdeputies of the Italian parliament of the 16th convocation according to the list of the Democratic Party in the Veneto district. She became secretary of the parliamentary defense committee and a member of the Italian parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe.
February 24, 2009 was appointed assistantnewly elected chairman of the Democratic Party Dario Franceskini. Since then, she has been a prominent member of his faction in parliament. At that time, she also served as Vice President of the Italy-USA Foundation.
In February 2013, she was re-elected to parliament from the Emilia-Romagna district. On August 1, 2013, she was elected as head of the Italian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
As a European Parliament in February 2014Italian politician Federica Mogherini visited Kiev at the height of the confrontation between Euromaidan and President Yanukovych. The leitmotif of her then speeches was the call of the parties to the conflict for restraint, unfortunately, never heard by anyone.
Italian Foreign Minister
How long continued its activitiesMP Mogherini Federica? Her biography at the beginning of 2014 made a new turn. She joined the government office of the current head of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, as the foreign minister and the third woman after Susanna Agnelli and Emma Bonino, who held this position. She was only 41 years old, so her career rise was a surprise to many in the country, including the president. However, this high post was not the last in the career of such a politician as Federica Mogherini. A picture of her period of work in the Italian government is shown below.
Peak politkarery
Летом 2014 года состоялись выборы в Европарламент.11 million voters voted for the Italian Democratic Party, which accounted for 40% of all Italians who voted. As a result, the Italian Democrats constituted the most significant group in the Social Democratic faction of the European Parliament.
In these circumstances, the leadership of the European Commission asthe body formed by the Parliament, considered it necessary to have the Italian politician as the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs. In this post, the European Commission saw Federica Mogherini. Its appointment was not easy. Poland and three Baltic countries actively opposed. Mogherini recalled pro-communist views in his youth. Nor did her opponents like the fact that the Italian government held a reserved position on the issue of sanctions against Russia. But after the Italians joined the anti-Russian sanctions, the situation changed. Mogherini’s candidacy was supported by the French president, and in August all European prime ministers approved it at their summit. EU Head of Diplomacy Federica Mogherini took office on November 1, 2014.
Political positions
In her first press conference, she stated thatits efforts will be aimed at establishing a dialogue between Russia and Ukraine in order to resolve the crisis between them. Mogherini also advocates for the EU to play a leading role in an attempt to restart the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks brokered by the United States. In April 2014, starting her work as head of the Italian Foreign Ministry, she visited the region for several days. Last November, Mogherini stated that "in the Gaza Strip, peace cannot afford another war."
Relations with the United States
Being a fan of the USA, Mogherini in an interviewReuters in 2014 said that one day she would like to work there. During the negotiations on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the EU and the US, she insists on taking the energy chapter, arguing that this was correct in terms of the transparency of the rules to which the energy markets in the rest of the world can go.
Personal life
Mogherini is married to Italian official Matteo Rebesani, son of Colonel Domenico Rebesani. They have two daughters: Katerina (2005 year of birth) and Martha (2010 year of birth).
