Laura Mattarella

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

Laura Mattarella is the daughter of President Sergio Mattarella and Marisa Chiazzese. She was born on 16 February 1967. A lawyer by profession, she is married to Cosimo Comella. The couple has three children.

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.