The granddaughter of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini won the elections to the city council of Rome. Euronews wrote about it.
Now the 47-year-old Mussolini Raquel will be a municipal deputy from the right party “Brothers Italy”, having trusting 8.2 thousand voters. In 2016, in the past elections, on which she also won, Mussolini scored 657 votes. In 2021, a woman became the most successful and popular candidate in Rome.
“A person is more important than the surname, no matter how heavy it is,” the granddaughter said. According to her, relationship with one of the largest dictators of the 20th century is not the cause of its popularity.
In December 2020, another granddaughter of the fascist leader, 49-year-old Alessandra Mussolini, went out of politics. She was also the right politician, a member of the Ex-Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi “Forward, Italy!”, As well as a deputy of the National and European Parliaments.