- Rita Borsellino
Rita Borsellino (born
2 June 1945 inPalermo ) is an anti-Mafia activist, Sicilian politician, and sister of the late judgePaolo Borsellino , killed by theCorleonesi in1992 by a car bomb. She was Leader of the Opposition in the Sicilian Regional Assembly.Graduated in
Pharmaceutics in1967 , after the death of her brother Rita Borsellino has become one of the most popular anti-mafia activists inSicily , and founded in1995 "Libera", a civil organization with the main goal to diffuse an anti-mafia culture among the youth Sicilians, of which she is currently vice-president.In
2005 , some minor parties of the The Union, mainly from the radical left wing, endorsed her as candidate for the primary election. She was then backed also by theDemocrats of the Left , being eventually supported by all the coalition parties, except the Daisy ("Margherita") who presented another candidate,University of Catania 's DeanFerdinando Latteri .In the primary election, held in
December 4 , 2005, she then defeated her competitor, and gained the candidacy of the Union for the regional election of Sicily held onMay 28 ,2006 , where she faced and lost to incumbent governorSalvatore Cuffaro in the election. Rita Borsellino is currently the leader of the opposition in the Regional Assembly.Since 1998 she's also Chairman of "Associazione Piera Cutino - guarire dalla talassemia", a non-profit foundation that promotes medical research against
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RitaExpress External links
*it icon [http://www.ritapresidente.it/ Official website of Rita Borsellino]
*it icon [http://primariesicilia.unioneweb.it/ Official website of the Sicilian Primary Election]
*it icon [http://www.libera.it/ Official website of the organization Libera]
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