Marina Sereni

Marina Sereni
Deputy President of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2013
President	Laura Boldrini
Preceded by	Rosy Bindi
Vice-President of the Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 November 2009
Preceded by	none
Personal details
Born	(1960-05-09) 9 May 1960 Foligno, Italy
Political party	Democratic Party
Other political affiliations	Communist Party (before 1991) Democratic Party of the Left (1991-1998) Democrats of the Left (1998-2007)

Marina Sereni (born 8 May 1960) is an Italian politician.^[1][2] She is the Vice President of the Italian Democratic Party ^[3] and has been Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian Parliament since 21 March 2013.^[2]

Biography

Marina Sereni was born in Foligno in 1960 to Joseph and Ines Sereni, both of whom worked on the railways. She graduated from the "Federico Frezzi Foligno" School and then moved to Perugia.^[1]

She enrolled in the Federation of Italian Communist Youth (FGCI) in 1974, and later joined the Communist Party. Following this she entered the Democratic Party of the Left, and subsequently the Democrats of the Left.^[1] She became the Head of Budget, Economic Planning and Social Policy in 1993 and was elected in the constituency of Umbria in 2001.^[4] She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2001 in the single-member constituency of Foligno, for the center-left coalition. Since December 2001, member of the national secretariat of the DS, at first with foreign law enforcement officer and later as head of the organization.

She was confirmed in 2006 election, a candidate in the constituency in the list of the Olive Tree in Umbria. In the XV Legislature is a member of the Defence Committee. It is the deputy chairman of the Chamber of Deputies. From 23 May 2007, was one of 45 members of the National Committee for the Democratic Party, which brought together the leaders of the future members of the PD. Among the constituents of the Democratic Party, elected in the primary elections of October 14, 2007, is now part of the Commission's Statute of PD. It is also confirmed in the House in the 2008 election. From 7 November 2009, Vice President of the Democratic Party, along with Ivan Scalfarotto.

Engagement in the Chamber of Deputies as a candidate of the Democratic Party in the constituency list Umbria in view of the Italian election of 2013 in which she was re-elected deputy. On 21 March 2013 she was elected Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies.^[2]

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