Susanna Agnelli

Susanna Agnelli
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 January 1995  17 May 1996
Prime MinisterLamberto Dini
Preceded byAntonio Martino
Succeeded byLamberto Dini
Undersecretary
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
9 August 1983  11 April 1991
Prime MinisterBettino Craxi
Giovanni Goria
Ciriaco De Mita
Giulio Andreotti
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
12 July 1983  22 April 1992
ConstituencyPiedmont
Member of the European Parliament
In office
17 July 1979  1 October 1981
ConstituencyNorth-West Italy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 July 1976  11 July 1983
ConstituencyComo
Mayor of Monte Argentario
In office
8 July 1974  20 October 1984
Preceded byEttore Zolesi
Succeeded byFlorio Zolesi
Personal details
Born(1922-04-24)24 April 1922
Turin, Italy
Died15 May 2009(2009-05-15) (aged 87)
Rome, Italy
Political partyPRI
Spouse(s)Count Urbano Rattazzi Jr.
(m. 1945; div. 1975)
Children6
Parents
OccupationEntrepreneur, philanthropist, politician, writer

Susanna Agnelli, Contessa Rattazzi Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (24 April 1922 – 15 May 2009), was an Italian politician, businesswoman, and writer. Involved in Italian politics for over twenty years, she was the first woman to be appointed Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was also the first Italian minister to be Minister of Foreign Affairs and undersecretary of the same ministry.