Mario Mantovani
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Mario Mantovani
is an Italian
politician
,
Member of the European Parliament
1999-2009
for North-West
with the Forza Italia
, part of the European People's Party
, Italian Senator and Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transports since 2008. Since 2001 he is also mayor of the municipality of Arconate
is an Italian
Politics of Italy
The politics of Italy is conducted through a parliamentary, democratic republic with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised collectively by the Council of Ministers, which is led by the President of the Council of Ministers, referred to as "Presidente del Consiglio" in Italian...
politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
,
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
1999-2009
for North-West
with the Forza Italia
Forza Italia
Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
, part of the European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
, Italian Senator and Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transports since 2008. Since 2001 he is also mayor of the municipality of Arconate
Arconate
Arconate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,871 and an area of 8.3 km²....
Career
- 1969-1994: lecturer
- 1994-1999: businessman in the non-profit-making sector
- since 1996: Chairman of the 'Mantovani' Foundation
- In Forza Italia
- since 2001: national official responsible for social policies
- since 2003: national official responsible for the Electoral Office
- Member of the Regional Executive (1983-1988) and then Mayor (since 2001) of the municipality of Arconate
- 1999-2009: Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
(PPE) - 2008: Senator
- 2008: Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transports in the Berlusconi government