Ilaria Borletti Buitoni was born in Milan in 1955. After graduating in Political Science, she started a small business in the parapharmaceutical sector. Volunteering, associations and the third sector have always had an important space in his life, since he was young. In 1985, she decided to dedicate a month every year, as a volunteer, to a hospital center in northern Kenya: from this experience a book of photographs and texts on the life of a nomadic tribe was also born. This experience will be so decisive as to push her, in 1993, to contribute to the birth of Amref Italia Onlus, the most important African NGO that supports health and education programs in East Africa.

In 1995, a professional opportunity in the free ads’ newspaper sector led her to move to London; there she will spend most of her time for 8 years. It was in London, with her husband, with whom she shared a great passion for classical music, that she gave life to an active foundation in the field of chamber music which aims to promote the career of young musicians, also internationally.

However, the bond with Milan has always been intense and has never ceased. Here, in her city, she is particularly committed to promoting the culture of the Third Sector also through direct involvement in various associations particularly linked to health and assistance to people in difficulty.

In 2010, she was nominated president of the FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano: a commitment that thrilled her enormously, so much so that in 2012 she wrote “For a Possible Italy”, Mondadori Electa, a book on the emergence of culture in Italy. Also in 2012 he assumed the position of member of the Bank of Italy’s Superior Council.

When she decided to apply, with great regret she left the FAI: the same civil passion that had led her to choose an extraordinary institution that works in defense of the Italian cultural heritage, is what prompted her to accept to apply with the commitment to contribute to the same mission in Parliament. She was elected deputy on 3 May 2013, she was appointed Undersecretary to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and on 28 February 2014 she was confirmed in the same position within the government chaired by Matteo Renzi.

In September 2014, “Cammino Controcorrente” was released for Mondadori Electa. In December 2016 she was reconfirmed for the third time in the same position by Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. He announced his decision not to re-run and to leave politics on 11 December 2017.

President of the Società del Quartetto di Milano, one of the oldest and most well-known Italian musical institutions that promotes classical music and in particular chamber music; Councilor of EUYO, the European youth orchestra that unites young musicians from all European countries under the aegis of the European Community.

Vice President Fai; Member of the Steering Council of Beic, European Library of Information and Culture; President of weTree which promotes the idea of ​​a new development in urban contexts based on the increase of green spaces through women’s commitment; President of the Borletti Buitoni Trust which supports early career musicians around the world and music-related projects for the most disadvantaged communities.

Chairman of the Guarantors Committee of AMREF Italia; Councilor of the Friends of Music of Perugia, for 70 years a point of reference for classical music in Umbria; Member of the editorial committee of Passaggi Magazine, a site created to enrich the debate in Umbria and not only around political and economic issues; Member of the National Landscape Observatory of the Ministry of Culture.