Elisabetta Casellati

Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati
Minister for Institutional Reforms
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 October 2022
Prime Minister	Giorgia Meloni
Preceded by	Position established
President of the Italian Senate
In office 24 March 2018 – 12 October 2022
Preceded by	Pietro Grasso
Succeeded by	Ignazio La Russa
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2018
Constituency	Venice
In office 30 May 2001 – 15 September 2014
Constituency	Padua (2001–2006) Veneto (2006–2014)
In office 15 April 1994 – 8 May 1996
Constituency	Cittadella
Personal details
Born	Maria Elisabetta Alberti (1946-08-12) 12 August 1946 Rovigo, Italy
Political party	Forza Italia (1994–2009) People of Freedom (2009–2013) Forza Italia (2013–present)
Spouse(s)	Giambattista Casellati
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Ferrara Pontifical Lateran University
Profession	Lawyer professor politician

Maria Elisabetta Casellati, née Alberti (born 12 August 1946), is an Italian lawyer and politician. She was the President of the Italian Senate from 2018 to 2022. She is the first woman to have ever held this position. In 2022, she was nominated as a candidate for President of Italy by centre-right coalition. Election president, the crash of lawyer Casellati who was already seen at the Quirinale. She became Minister for Institutional Reforms in the Giorgia Meloni cabinet in 2022.