Laura Mattarella (born 16 February 1967) is an Italian lawyer who is the current First Lady of Italy[1] as the first child and the only daughter of President Sergio Mattarella, who has been in office since 2015.

Laura Mattarella
Mattarella in 2023
Companion of the President of Italy
Assumed role
3 February 2015
PresidentSergio Mattarella
Preceded byClio Maria Bittoni
Personal details
Born (1967-02-16) 16 February 1967 (age 57)
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
SpouseCosimo Comella
Children3
Parents
ResidenceQuirinal Palace (official)
ProfessionLawyer

Early and personal life

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Laura Mattarella is the daughter of President Sergio Mattarella and Marisa Chiazzese. She was born on 16 February 1967.[2] A lawyer by profession, she is married to Cosimo Comella. The couple has three children.[3][4]

First Lady

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President Sergio Mattarella is a widower since 2012, before his election in 2015. When he took office, the First Lady representation functions were then taken on by his daughter, who immediately accompanied her father on state trips and on visits within Italy.

On the occasion of the 2015 state visit to Vietnam, she attended a series of meetings without her father including a private visit to a school in the poorest part of Ho Chi Minh City.[5]

Honours

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Foreign honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Los satélites de Invap y el turismo, en la agenda de Mattarella". Diario Río Negro (in European Spanish). 10 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Laura Mattarella, la figlia del presidente si allena da First Lady: FOTO su "Chi" |". Blitz quotidiano (in Italian). 4 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Mattarella, ecco la figlia Laura Potrebbe essere "first lady"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 1 February 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Papà lo accompagna lei - LetteraDonna". 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. ^ Butori, Luigi (12 November 2015). "Laura Mattarella in una scuola vietnamita". www.cittanuova.it.
  6. ^ "Head of State receives Order of Merit of the Italian Republic". 25 May 2023.
  7. ^ Quirinale
  8. ^ Quirinale
  9. ^ President
  10. ^ Quirinale
  11. ^ "Vabariigi President". www.president.ee. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Visita di Stato del Presidente della Repubblica di Finlandia". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Pranzo di Stato offerto dal Presidente della Repubblica Francese in onore del Presidente Mattarella".
  14. ^ "Visita di Stato del Presidente della Repubblica Federale di Germania, Frank-Walter Steinmeier - Villa Rosebery". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  15. ^ informatici, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi. "Il Pesidente della Repubblica Sergio Mattarella con l'Ambasciatore d'Italia ad Atene Efisio Luigi Marras nel corso dell'incontro con il personale dell'Ambasciata d'Italia". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  16. ^ vestnesis.lv. "Par Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņa piešķiršanu - Latvijas Vēstnesis". www.vestnesis.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  17. ^ informatici, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi. "Cerimonia di benvenuto al Castello di Riga". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Lithuania and Italy stand united against challenges". Lithuania and Italy stand united against challenges | President of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  19. ^ Vanitatis
  20. ^ informatici, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi. "Arrivo delle LL.MM. il Re Harald V e la Regina Sonja di Norvegia in Visita di Stato". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  21. ^ Oficjalna wizyta prezydenta wloch prezydent.pl [permanent dead link]
  22. ^ "Decrete de decorare semnate de Președintele României, domnul Klaus Iohannis". www.presidency.ro. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  23. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
  24. ^ "Pranzo di Stato".
  25. ^ "Pranzo di Stato al Palazzo Reale". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Unofficial roles
Preceded by Companion of the President of Italy
2015–present
Incumbent