Maria Luisa Cassanmagnago Cerretti

Maria Luisa Cassanmagnago Cerretti (7 April 1929 – 4 August 2008) was an Italian politician. She represented the Christian Democracy in the Chamber of Deputies between 1972 and 1979 and the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament between 1979 and 1994.

Early life Cerretti was born on 7 April 1929 in Bergamo, Italy. She attended the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where she received a doctorate of economics and commercial science. She became a member of the Christian Democracy executive for the National Women's Movement in 1963.

Political career She was elected as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1972 general election and the 1976 general election, and served on the Justice Commission and the Committee of the Prime Minister's Office, Internal Affairs and Religious Affairs.

After the dissolution of the Christian Democracy Party, she joined the Italian People's Party. She was a member of the federal assembly of the Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, which was formed by a merger of the Italian People's Party, The Democrats and Italian Renewal.

Until her death on 4 August 2008, she was President of the Lombard Initiative Committee for the European Federal State.