Susanna Agnelli, Contessa Rattazzi Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (24 April 1922 – 15 May 2009), was an Italian politician, businesswoman, and writer.

"[15][16] During World War II, Agnelli worked at times as a nurse for the Red Cross, and when transport became unobtainable in the postwar chaos she used her connections with Fiat and the Allied military to establish for the Red Cross a fleet of five ambulances with ten drivers to transport injured and sick civilians.

[18] Politically, the Agnelli family sought to create a non-ideological, centrist political formation of Atlanticist and pro-European persuasion that sought a modernizing, internationalist capitalism in contrast to the left and opposed to the populist, nationalist, or fascist right.

Agnelli served for more than a year, which in the fragile politics of postwar Italy makes her one of the most long-lasting holders of the office.

[26] In 1997, she set up the Il Faro Foundation,[18][27] a non-profit organization that aims to help Italian and foreign young people in difficulty in the labour market.

[30][31] In an interview to The Washington Post several years before her death, Agnelli discussed the most difficult part of politics.

[2] From 3 April 2009, she had been hospitalized at the Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic for over a month after severe femoral trauma due to an accidental fall at home.

Journalist Enzo Biagi described Agnelly thusly: "They call her Suni; she is a courageous woman who above all has one merit: sincerity.

"[18] Agnelli wrote a number of books including Vestivamo alla marinara (1975),[39] Gente alla deriva (1980), Ricordati Gualeguaychu (1982), Addio, addio mio ultimo amore (1985), and Questo libro è tuo (1993).