Laura Mattarella

Italian lawyer and First Lady of Italy

Laura Mattarella
Mattarella in 2023

Companion of the President of Italy
Incumbent
Assumed role 3 February 2015
President	Sergio Mattarella
Preceded by	Clio Maria Bittoni

Personal details
Born	(1967-02-16) 16 February 1967 (age 57) Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Spouse	Cosimo Comella
Children	3
Parents	Sergio Mattarella (father) Marisa Chiazzese (mother)
Residence	Quirinal Palace (official)
Profession	Lawyer

Laura Mattarella (born 16 February 1967)^[1] is an Italian lawyer who is the current First Lady of Italy^[2] as the first child and the only daughter of President Sergio Mattarella, who has been in office since 2015.

Early and personal life

Laura Mattarella is the daughter of President Sergio Mattarella and his late wife Marisa Chiazzese. A lawyer by profession, she is married to Cosimo Comella. The couple have three children.^[3]^[4]

First Lady

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

Foreign honours

Angola: Recipient of the Order of Agostinho Neto (25 May 2023)^[6]
Austria: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1 July 2019)^[7]
Armenia: Recipient of the Order of Friendship (6 October 2021)^[8]
Azerbaijan: Recipient of the Shohrat Order (18 July 2018)^[9]
Estonia: Member 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (2 July 2018)^[10]
Finland: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (23 October 2023)^[11]
France: Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour (5 July 2021)^[12]
Germany: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (19 September 2019)^[13]
Greece: Grand Cross of the Order of Beneficence (17 January 2017)^[14]
Latvia: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars (29 June 2018)^[15]^[16]
Lithuania: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (5 July 2018)^[17]
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (9 November 2022)^[18]
Norway: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (6 April 2016)^[19]
Poland: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (17 April 2023)^[20]
Romania: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania (15 October 2018)^[21]
Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (8 November 2021)^[22]^[23]
Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (13 November 2018)^[24]

References

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^ "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.
^ "Mattarella, ecco la figlia Laura Potrebbe essere "first lady"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 1 February 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "Papà lo accompagna lei - LetteraDonna". 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ Butori, Luigi (12 November 2015). "Laura Mattarella in una scuola vietnamita". www.cittanuova.it.
^ "Head of State receives Order of Merit of the Italian Republic". 25 May 2023.
^ Quirinale
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^ "Vabariigi President". www.president.ee. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ https://www.quirinale.it/elementi/100781#&gid=1&pid=2/
^ "Pranzo di Stato offerto dal Presidente della Repubblica Francese in onore del Presidente Mattarella".
^ informatici, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi. "Visita di Stato del Presidente della Repubblica Federale di Germania, Frank-Walter Steinmeier - Villa Rosebery". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ 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.
^ vestnesis.lv. "Par Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņa piešķiršanu - Latvijas Vēstnesis". www.vestnesis.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ informatici, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi. "Cerimonia di benvenuto al Castello di Riga". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "Lithuania and Italy stand united against challenges". Lithuania and Italy stand united against challenges | President of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ Vanitatis
^ 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.
^ https://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/wydarzenia/oficjalna-wizyta-prezydenta-wloch,67100^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Decrete de decorare semnate de Președintele României, domnul Klaus Iohannis". www.presidency.ro. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
^ "Pranzo di Stato".
^ informatici, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi. "Pranzo di Stato al Palazzo Reale". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.