Rita Borsellino
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Rita Borsellino (born 2 June 1945 in Palermo) is a Sicilian anti-mafia activist, and sister of the late judge Paolo Borsellino, killed in 1992 by a car bomb.
Graduated in Pharmaceutics in 1967, after the death of her brother Rita Borsellino has become one of the most popular anti-mafia activists in Sicily, and founded in 1995 [Libera], a civil organization with the main goal to diffuse an anti-mafia culture among the youth Sicilians, of which she is currently vice-president.
In 2005, some minor parties of the The Union, mainly from the radical left wing, endorsed her as candidate for the primary election. She was then backed also by the Left-wing Democrats, being eventually supported by all the coalition parties, except the Daisy (Margherita)who presented another candidate, University of Catania's Dean Ferdinando Latteri.
In the primary election, held in December 4, 2005, she then defeated her competitor, and gained the candidacy of the Union for the next regional election of Sicily, which will be held on May 28, 2006. She will face incumbent governor Salvatore Cuffaro.
Since 1998 she's also Chairman of "Associazione Piera Cutino - guarire dalla talassemia", a non-profit foundation that promotes medical research against thalassaemia.
See also
External links
- () [Official website of Rita Borsellino]
- () [Official website of the Sicilian Primary Election]
- () [Official website of the organization Libera]
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