Donatella Tesei (born 17 June 1958) is an Italian politician and lawyer,^[1][2] currently President of the Umbria region.

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Donatella Tesei
President of Umbria
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 November 2019
Preceded by	Catiuscia Marini
Member of the Senate
In office 23 March 2018 – 21 December 2019
Succeeded by	Valeria Alessandrini
Constituency	Terni
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-17) 17 June 1958 (age 65)[1][2] Foligno, Italy[1][2]
Political party	League[2]
Alma mater	University of Perugia
Profession	lawyer[1][2]

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Tesei is a civil and administrative lawyer.^[3] She served as mayor of Montefalco from 2009 to 2019.^[3][1]

She joined the right-wing populist League party and served as the member of the Italian Senate from Terni since 23 March 2018.^[2]

Tesei was elected President of Umbria at the 2019 regional election and took office on 11 November 2019.^[4][5][6][7]