Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti (née Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi; Milan, 26 November 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She was president of RAI (1994–1996), minister of Education, University and Research (2001–2006), mayor of Milan (2006–2011) and president of the board of directors of UBI Banca (2019–2020). In January 2021 she was appointed vice president and assessor of Welfare of Lombardy. Biography. Moratti was born in Milan. She graduated in political science from the University of Milan. She was married to the oil magnate Gianmarco Moratti (brother of Massimo Moratti) and has two children, Gabriele and Gilda. She is the granddaughter  of Mimina Brichetto Arnaboldi, Moratti is a businesswoman who has worked in insurance and telecommunications. Between 1994 and 1996 she was chairperson of the Italian state television company RAI. At the end of 1998, and for about a year, she became chairman of News Corp Europe, a company headed by Rupert Murdoch and owner of Stream TV. From 2001 to 2006, she was Minister of Education, University and Research in the second and third Berlusconi cabinets. During her mandate, she put forward a reform of the education system that was named after her as "Riforma Moratti". She ran for Mayor  of Milan in the 2006 municipal election as the House of Freedoms candidate and won with over 52% of votes. She sought a second term in 2011, but lost to the centre-left candidate Giuliano Pisapia. Mayor of Milan (2006–2011). Expo 2015. Under Moratti, Milan was selected in 2007 as hosting city for the Expo 2015. Its rival İzmir, Turkey, lost for 61 votes against 86 in the "Bureau des Expositions" gather in the "Palais des congrès" of Paris. Moratti was Commissioner of the Expo until 2011, when after her electoral lost, resigned herself as Commissioner, out of respect for  the new administration. Parks. The Moratti Administration also continued the Gabriele Albertini's parkings program, and in 2006 created 64,000 underground parking spaces, also in neighborhoods like Naviglio Grande and Sant'Ambrogio's zone. In 2007 Moratti launched the "Cycle Mobiliting Plan", that foreseed 53 km of cycling infrastructures, 2,385 new racks in 1,174 different localities, with 5,000 bikes and 250 stations in all city within 2011. In 2008 Moratti created the Ecopass, a road pricing, in the Milan Center. This decision received several critics also in his majority. In 2010 she also launched the use of public electric car in  various zones of her city. Moratti proposed unsuccessfully a park dedicated to Bettino Craxi, the controversial Socialist leader who died while exiled in Tunisia in 2000. Assessor of Welfare and Vice President of Lombardy (2021–present). In January 2021, she was appointed Vice President and Assessor of Welfare in the Regional Cabinet of Lombardy.