Donatella Tesei | |
Office1: | President of Umbria |
Term Start1: | 11 November 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Catiuscia Marini |
Office2: | Member of the Senate |
Term Start2: | 23 March 2018 |
Term End2: | 21 December 2019 |
Constituency2: | Terni |
Successor2: | Valeria Alessandrini |
Birth Date: | 17 June 1958[1] [2] |
Birth Place: | Foligno, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Alma Mater: | University of Perugia |
Profession: | lawyer |
Party: | League |
Donatella Tesei (born 17 June 1958) is an Italian politician and lawyer,[1] [2] currently President of the Umbria region.
Tesei is a civil and administrative lawyer.[3] She served as mayor of Montefalco from 2009 to 2019.[3] [1]
She joined the right-wing populist League party and served as the member of the Italian Senate from Terni since 23 March 2018.[2]
Tesei was elected President of Umbria at the 2019 regional election and took office on 11 November 2019.[4] [5] [6] [7]