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Modena {{small>(2018–2022)}}197114|df=y}}| birth_place = Rome, Italy| death_date = | death_place = Forza Italia>FI {{smallThe People of Freedom>PdL {{smallNew Centre-Right>NCD {{smallPopular Alternative>AP {{smallDemocratic Party (Italy)>PD {{small|(2019–present)}}| alma_mater = Alessandro Picardi|2016}}| nationality = | children = 2}}Beatrice Lorenzin (born 14 October 1971) is an Italian politician belonging to the Democratic Party, former leader of Popular Alternative, and former Minister of Health from 28 April 2013 to 1 June 2018, in the governments of Enrico Letta, Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. In 2018 she became one of the longest-serving health minister in the history of the Italian Republic.

Early life

Beatrice Lorenzin was born in Rome on 14 October 1971.WEB, XVI Legislatura,weblink Italian Parliament, 12 June 2013, Her father was Istrian Italian, forced to leave his home during the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus. After graduating from high school (classical lyceum),Governo – Beatrice Lorenzin she enrolled in the faculty of law, but did not complete her studies{{Citation needed|reason=There is not biography about this|date=May 2018}}.

Political career

Lorenzin works with the local newspaper "Il Giornale di Ostia",Lorenzin, da Ostia al ministero della Salute. Il Corriere della Sera 27 Aprile 2016 before entering politics, joining in 1996 a local section of the youth movement of Forza Italia, the liberal conservative political party led by media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.JOURNAL, I nuovi responsabili della Salute, Medical Network, 2013, XIII, 2,weblink 12 June 2013, 13 June 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130613154737weblink">weblink dead, In October 1997 was elected to the council of Rome's 13th district. In April 1999 she became regional coordinator of the FI's youth movement. In May 2001, she was also elected town councilor of Rome, for the centre-right coalition. In 2005 she was appointed coordinator of the Lazio group of Forza Italia and served in the post until 2006.WEB, Lorenzin Beatrice,weblink Who's who, 20 June 2013, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120213152920weblink">weblink 13 February 2012, dmy-all, In the 2008 general election, Lorenzin was elected for the first time in the Chamber of Deputies, running in the centre-right People of Freedom, the new party led by Berlusconi.NEWS, Alex Roe, Who Are Italy's New Ministers?,weblink 12 June 2013, Italy Chronicles, 29 April 2013, During the legislature she was a member of the Constitutional Affairs Commission and became a notable politician of the centre-right coalition.

Minister of Health

She was re-elected deputy in the 2013 general election; the elections resulted in a hung parliament, and no political coalitions had a majority of seats to govern alone.NEWS,weblink Italian election results: gridlock likely – as it happened, 26 February 2013, Guardian, 27 February 2013, NEWS,weblink Italy struggles with 'nightmare' election result, 26 February 2013, BBC News, 27 February 2013, So the two main parties, the centre-left Democratic Party, the centre-right People of Freedom, supported by the centrist Civic Choice, established a Grand coalition government, led by the vice secretary of the PD, Enrico Letta.NEWS,weblink Deal reached on new Italian government, Al Jazeera English, 27 April 2013, 10 January 2014, On 28 April 2013 Lorenzin was appointed Minister of Health in the grand coalition cabinet.NEWS, PDL secretary Alfano new deputy PM and Interior minister,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20130624182001weblink">weblink dead, 24 June 2013, 12 June 2013, AGI, 27 April 2013, NEWS, Paul Virgo, Letta hails strong cabinet with 'record' women presence,weblink 12 June 2013, La Gazzetta Del Mezzogiorno, 27 April 2013, ANSA, Rome, 29 November 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141129021543weblink">weblink dead, Lorenzin succeeded Renato Balduzzi, an independent, who served in the technocratic government of Mario Monti.NEWS, Govt bios: other ministers,weblink 7 September 2013, La Gazetta del Mezzogiorno, 16 November 2011, ANSA, Rome, 29 November 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141129021545weblink">weblink dead, In May 2013 as Minister of Health she approved the decision to start testing the Stamina therapy, a controversial alternative "medical treatment" invented by Italian former professor of psychology.WEB,weblink Scientists raise alarm as Italian Government rules on unproven stem cell therapy | Europe's stem cell hub, EuroStemCell, 12 January 2014, In that period rose up an intense pressure from the media and an increasingly insistent pro-Stamina street demonstrations;WEB, Nicholson, Jonathan,weblink Pro 'Stamina' stem cell treatment protest in Rome, Demotix.com, 17 December 2013, 12 January 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140307180546weblink">weblink 7 March 2014, dead, while the Italian and international scientific community contested the government's decision.WEB,weblink Veronesi: sperimentazione su Stamina è un errore, politici trascinati dalla piazza, Corriere.it, 9 July 2013, 12 January 2014, WEB,weblink Dalla "terapia Di Bella" al "metodo Stamina": un conflitto tra scienza e coscienza, Newsmagazine.it, 12 January 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140109014809weblink">weblink 9 January 2014, dead, However the tests ended in October 2014.WEB,weblink Stamina, il comitato di esperti boccia il metodo: no alla sperimentazione, Corriere della Sera, 2 October 2014, 9 March 2017, In November 2013, Lorenzin and other People of Freedom ministers, known as "doves", who were strong supporters of Letta's government, refused to join the new Forza Italia (FI), founded upon the dissolution of the PdL by Berlusconi. Lorenzin. Berlusconi rimane nostro leader. Schifani Agen Press 17 November 2013NEWS, What the Alfano-Berlusconi split means for Italian politics,weblink 20 November 2013, Suffragio, 18 November 2013, Kevin Lees, All five PdL ministers, three under-secretaries, 30 senators and 27 deputies immediately joined a new party called New Centre-Right, led by the Interior Minister Angelino Alfano.{{Citation |url=http://www.ilmessaggero.it/PRIMOPIANO/POLITICA/alfano_nuovo_centrodestra/notizie/360466.shtml|newspaper=Il Messaggero |title=Alfano lancia il Nuovo centrodestra: "No a Fi per me scelta dolorosa. No a decadenza Berlusconi" |language=Italian |date=16 November 2013|accessdate=16 November 2013}}File:Agnès Buzyn-Beatrice Lorenzin G7 Milan.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Lorenzin with her French counterpart Agnès BuzynAgnès BuzynOn 13 February 2014, following tensions with his rival and new Secretary of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, Letta announced he would resign as Prime Minister the following day. On 22 February Renzi was sworn in as Prime Minister and Lorenzin was confirmed as Health Minister.NEWS, Andrew Frye, Chiara Vasarri, Renzi Sworn in as Italian {{sic, Premeir, y, After Toppling Letta|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-21/renzi-accepts-italian-premiership-after-bringing-down-letta.html|work=Bloomberg News|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=22 February 2014}}In May 2014 Lorenzin run for the European Parliament in Central Italy, gained merely 33,437 votes and therefore was not elected.WEB,weblink La Lorenzin si lega al Pd per guidare la Regione Lazio, 12 September 2017, In June 2016 Lorenzin supported Alfio Marchini (as well supported by Silvio Berlusconi) as a candidate to become Mayor of Rome: in this occasion Lorenzin party had a disastrous electoral result, gathering just 15.458 votes in all Rome area (1,29% of total)WEB,weblink Ostia punisce il Pd. La Raggi sbanca nel X Municipio, male Marchini e Meloni, On 12 December 2016, when Renzi resigned as Prime Minister after the constitutional referendum, Lorenzin was confirmed as Health Minister by the new Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, member of the same political party of Renzi(PD).WEB,weblink Gentiloni presenta governo, Padoan confermato all'Economia, 19 December 2017, 8 December 2017,weblink dead, In March 2017 she joined Alfano's new centrist party, Popular Alternative (AP).Ncd finisce, nasce Alternativa PopolareOn 19 May 2017, the Council of Ministers, on her proposal, approved a decree law containing urgent vaccine prevention measures that reintroduces the mandatory vaccination, bringing the number of mandatory vaccines from 4 to 12 and not allowing those who have not been vaccinated to attend school.WEB,weblink Gentiloni: 'Vaccini obbligatori. Sanzioni per i trasgressori', 19 May 2017, Repubblica Tv - la Repubblica.it, 14 September 2017, WEB,weblink Vaccini, approvato il decreto sull'obbligo fin da nidi e materne, 19 May 2017, 14 September 2017, In December 2017 Alfano announced that he would not stand in the 2018 general election and Popular Alternative suffered the split of a large centre-right faction, whose members wanted to re-align with the centre-right coalition. The rump of the party continued its alliance with the Democratic Party, by formally entering the centre-left coalition, and, with Alfano's backing, Lorenzin, became AP's de facto leader on 17 December 2017.WEB,weblink Alleanza Popolare, Gentile neo coordinatore nazionale «Beatrice Lorenzin è la nostra leadership di riferimento», 19 December 2017, 30 December 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171230013421weblink">weblink dead, On 29 December she launched Popular Civic List, a centrist joint list formed by AP, Centrists for Europe, Solidary Democracy and Italy of Values;Nasce "Civica popolare", lista centrista alleata col PD: sarà guidata dalla Lorenzin on the same day Lorenzin was elected leader.Nasce 'Civica popolare', guida a LorenzinBeatrice Lorenzin run in the general election of 4 March in Modena, a traditionally leftist area in Northern Italy,Elezioni, conferme, esclusioni e new entry per ogni partito and has won only thanks to the vote of the Democratic Party, while her own list took only 0.5% of the votes.Lorenzin elected only thanks to PD votesIn September 2019, Lorenzin joined the Democratic Party.Beatrice Lorenzin entrerà nel Partito Democratico

Controversies

In August 2016 Beatrice Lorenzin announced the celebration of a 'Fertility day' for the following 22 September,WEB, Fertility Day,weblink Ministero della Salute, 23 September 2016, but the images chosen for the campaign were perceived as offensive in ItalyWEB, Saviano e web contro Fertility day, insulta chi non ha figli,weblink ansa.it, 31 August 2016, 23 September 2016, and abroad.WEB, Italy's fertility day posters aren't just sexist – they're echoes of a fascist past,weblink The Guardian, 5 September 2016, 23 September 2016, A second pamphlet issued by the Ministry after the first controversy raised a further wave of outrage as perceived as racist.WEB, Fertility Day, nuovo opuscolo scatena la bufera sui social. Mentana: "E' da tribunale di Norimberga della pubblicità regresso",weblink ilFattoquotidiano.it, 21 September 2016, 23 September 2016, WEB, "Messaggi razzisti". Ritirato l'opuscolo sul Fertility Day,weblink Corriere.it, 22 September 2016, 23 September 2016, The pamphlet was withdrawn and the responsible for the communication of the Ministry, Daniela Rodorigo, was fired in September 2016.WEB, Fertility day, bufera su opuscolo "razzista". Lorenzin lo ritira e apre indagine,weblink Repubblica.it, 21 September 2016, 23 September 2016, WEB, Fertility Day, Lorenzin 'licenzia' direttore comunicazione dopo le polemiche per il nuovo opuscolo "razzista",weblink Il Fatto Quotidiano, 21 September 2016, 23 September 2016,

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