Gabrielle de Vietri (born 1983) is a member of the Victorian Greens elected in the 2022 Victorian state election for the electoral district of Richmond.[2][3] From 2020 to 2021, she[a] was mayor of the City of Yarra.[5]
Gabrielle de Vietri
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| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Richmond | |
| Assumed office 26 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Wynne |
| Councillor of the City of Yarra for Langridge Ward | |
| In office 6 November 2020 – 9 December 2022 | |
| 20th Mayor of Yarra | |
| In office 17 November 2020 – 26 November 2021 | |
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| Born | 1983 (age 40–41)[1] |
| Political party | Greens |
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| Website | gabrielledevietri |
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In 2003, de Vietri earned a Visual Arts Certificate from the École supérieure d'art d'Aix-en-Provence [fr], followed by a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005 and a Master of Fine Art from Monash University in 2013.[1] She worked as a professional artist until 2019, undertaking numerous residencies and grant projects.[1]
In2020, de Vietri was elected a councillor for the Langridge Ward in the City of Yarra.[1][6] She soon became Yarra Mayor, serving until 2021.[5]
De Vietri announced in August 2022 that she would be taking leave from her role at the City of Yarra due to her running in the 2022 state election.[7] She was then announced as the Greens candidate for the district of Richmond.[8] De Vietri was successful in this election.[9]
in November 2023 de Vietri was suspended without pay for posting a photo of a climate protest occurring in parliament on social media. [10]
De Vietri uses she/her and they/them pronouns.[4] She identifies as queer, making her the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[11]
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| Preceded by | Member for Richmond 2022–present |
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