Anita Fernandini de Naranjo
{{Short description|Peruvian heiress and politician}}
Ana María Fernandini Clotet de Naranjo (April 17, 1902 – September 20, 1982) was a Peruvian heiress and politician in the early 1960s. She was the mayor of Lima from 1963 to 1964, the first of two women to hold that position, the other being Susana Villarán.
Biography
Fernandini was born in Lima to an upper-class family of Corsican descent. She was designated as the first female mayor of Lima on March 14, 1963, by the government of Nicolás Lindley López.{{Cite news |title=Lima tiene una alcaldesa |date=1963-03-16 |work=La Vanguardia Española (EFE)}}
Her manor in San Isidro was sold to the Soviet government in 1970, becoming the country's embassy, later that of Russia.{{Cite news |title=Soviet Embassy Is Lavish |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/17/archives/soviet-embassy-is-lavish.html |date=1970-04-17 |work=New York Times |quote=LIMA, Peru (AP)—The Soviet Government has bought a majestic estate at suburban Orrantia Del Mar for $400,000 to use as its Lima embassy, a Russian official announced.}}{{Cite journal |title=Anita Fernandini se hizo conocida como una beata interesada |journal=Caretas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bm8mOLOCeI8C |issue=2147 |pages=40 |year=2010 |quote=Vivió en su mansión miraflorina durante muchos años para luego mudarse a un caserón en la Av. Salaverry (luego éste sería la sede de la Embajada Soviética, hoy sede de la Embajada de la Federación Rusa en Perú).}}{{Cite news |title=Personajes de Lima: Anita Fernandini, la primera alcaldesa de Lima |url=http://www.limalaunica.pe/2010/09/personajes-de-lima-anita-fernandini-la.html |last=Pino |first=David |date=2010-09-17 |work=Lima la Única}}
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Category:20th-century mayors of places in Peru
Category:Álvarez Calderón family
Category:Women mayors of places in Peru
Category:Peruvian people of Italian descent
Category:20th-century Peruvian women politicians
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