Jole Santelli

Jole Santelli
President of Calabria
In office 15 February 2020 – 15 October 2020
Preceded by	Mario Oliverio
Succeeded by	Antonino Spirlì (acting)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 30 May 2001 – 31 March 2020
Constituency	Calabria
Personal details
Born	(1968-12-28)28 December 1968 Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
Died	15 October 2020(2020-10-15) (aged 51) Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
Political party	Forza Italia (2013–2020)
Other political affiliations	PSI (until 1994) FI (1994–2009) PdL (2009–2013)
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome
Occupation	Lawyer

Jole Santelli (28 December 1968 – 15 October 2020)^[1] was an Italian politician. A member of Forza Italia, she was the President of Calabria from 15 February 2020 until her death eight months later.

After graduating in Law at the Sapienza University of Rome, Santelli became a lawyer. She later joined Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party, Forza Italia, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time at the 2001 Italian general election.^{[citation needed]}

From 2001 to 2006 Santelli was undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice in the Berlusconi II and the Berlusconi III cabinets.^[2] She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies again in the 2006, the 2008 and the 2013 general elections. From May to December 2013 Santelli was undersecretary at the Ministry of Labour in the Letta Cabinet, until Forza Italia withdrew its support from the government.^[2]

Since 2013 Santelli has been the regional coordinator of Forza Italia in Calabria and has been deputy mayor of Cosenza from 2016 to 2019.^[3] In the 2018 general elections Santelli was elected one more time to the Chamber of Deputies. In December 2019 she became the centre-right candidate for President of Calabria at the 2020 Calabrian regional election,^[4] which she won with around 55% of votes.^[5]

On 15 October 2020, Santelli was found dead at her home, aged 51, after suffering a heart attack and internal bleeding. She had also suffered from cancer.^[6]

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