Gelsomina Vono, known as Silvia (born 14 March 1969) is an Italian politician and member of the Senate of the Republic.

Early life

Vono was born in Catanzaro.

Gelsomina Vono

Political career

In the 2018 Italian general election, Vono was elected as a member of the Five Star Movement. On 25 September 2019 she joined Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva.

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On 21 January 2022, on the eve of the 2022 Italian presidential election, she left Italia Viva to join Forza Italia, criticizing the attitude of her former party for the regional elections in Calabria of the previous October and for the imminent presidential election.

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References

Living people

Italian political party founders

Five Star Movement politicians

Italia Viva politicians

Forza Italia (2013) politicians

Forza Italia (2013) senators

Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy

21st-century Italian politicians

21st-century Italian women politicians

People from Catanzaro

1969 births

20th-century Italian women

Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)