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Elly Schlein
Elly Schlein, born in 1985 in Lugano, Switzerland, is an Italian politician with Italian, Swiss and American citizenship.
- Born
- 1985 (41 years), Lugano
- Party
- Democratic Party
- Office
- Secretary of the Democratic Party 2023–
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic 2022– - Education
- University of Bologna
- Website
- ellyschlein.it
Left · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: progressive left-wing platform; Democratic Party is centre-left
Ideology: social democracy, progressivism, feminism
17%Probability · Prime Minister of Italy?
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She has led the centre-left Democratic Party since March 2023 and sits in the Chamber of Deputies. She is named as a possible Prime Minister of Italy in the next general election.
Career
Schlein was a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019, Vice-President of Emilia-Romagna from 2020 to 2022, and has sat in the Chamber of Deputies since October 2022. She belonged to the Democratic Party in 2013 to 2015 and again since 2022, and in between to Possible, Coraggiosa and Green Italia. She became Democratic Party secretary on 12 March 2023, the first woman to lead it. She came out as bisexual in 2020, a fact she has made part of her public profile.
- Secretary of the Democratic Party 2023–
- Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic 2022–
- Member of the European Parliament 2014–2019
Positions
Wikipedia describes a progressive left-wing platform: a minimum wage, shorter working hours, LGBT+ rights, legalised euthanasia, feminist policies, drug legalisation and higher taxes on wealth. She is strongly pro-Palestinian and critical of Israel's government. Throughout 2025 and 2026 she has spoken on Iran, Venezuela and support for Ukraine.
Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia
Photo: European Commission (Jennifer Jacquemart), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
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- Elly Schlein 17%
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Prime Minister of Italy?
| Outcome | Left – Right | Age | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giorgia Meloni | Right | 49 | 56% |
| Elly Schlein | Left | 41 | 17% |
| Giuseppe Conte | Centre-left | 62 | 13% |
| Roberto Vannacci | Far right | 57 | 8% |
| Silvia Salis | Centre-left | 41 | 5% |
| Matteo Renzi | Centre | 51 | 1% |
| Mario Draghi | 1% | ||
| Matteo Salvini | Right | 53 | 1% |
| Angelo Bonelli | Left | 64 | <1% |
| Carlo Calenda | Centre | 53 | <1% |
| Antonio Tajani | Centre-right | 73 | <1% |
| Guido Crosetto | Centre-right | 63 | <1% |