RARE "Italian Minister" Susanna Agnelli Hand Signed 1X1.5 Photo For Sale

Up for sale a VERY RARE! "Italian Minister" Susanna Agnelli Hand Signed 1X1.5 Photo. This item comes with the original transmittal letter signed by her personal assistant dated 2003. 

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Susanna Agnelli, Contessa Rattazzi, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (24

April 1922 – 15 May 2009) was an Italian politician, businesswoman and writer. She was the first woman

to be appointed Minister of

Foreign Affairs in Italy.

Born in Turin, she was the daughter of Edoardo Agnelli and

Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte,

a daughter of the Prince di San Faustino and his Kentucky-born wife Jane

Campbell. Her brother, Gianni Agnelli, was the head of Fiat until

1996; members of the Agnelli family are still the controlling shareholders of

the company. In 1974, Agnelli gained her first public appointment, when she

became mayor of Monte had been mayors in their time. Agnelli served as mayor for a

decade, from 1974-1984. The experience inspired her to enter national politics.

Agnelli was elected to the Italian Parliament in

1976 for the Italian Republican Party (PRI).

In 1979, still for the PRI, she became an MEP in the European Parliament, from

1979-1981. In 1983, she returned to the Italian Parliament, becoming a senator. The culmination of her political career was her

appointment as Italy's first female Minister of

Foreign Affairs, in 1995. She served for more than a year which, in

the fragile politics of postwar Italy, makes her one of the most long-lasting

holders of the office. It was not until 2013 that Emma Bonino became the next female incumbent of the post.

In 1945 she married Count Urbano Rattazzi (1918-2012)) with whom she had six children, the

youngest of whom is photographer Priscilla Rattazzi. The

marriage was dissolved in 1975. She divided her time between New York City and Italy and she was long a loyal fan

of Robert Denning, of Denning & Fourcade,

who designed over 15 homes for her in Manhattan, South America and Italy.