Matteo Salvini
| Matteo Salvini | |
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| Federal Secretary of Lega Nord | |
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Assumed office 15 December 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Roberto Maroni |
| Member of the European Parliament for North-West Italy |
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Assumed office 20 July 2004 |
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| Born |
9 March 1973 Milan, Italy |
| Political party | Lega Nord |
| Other political affiliations |
Us with Salvini (2014–present) |
| Domestic partner | Elisa Isoardi |
| Children | Federico Mirta |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | www.matteosalvini.eu |
Matteo Salvini (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo sɑlˈviːni]; born 9 March 1973) is an Italian politician and member of the European Parliament who has been the leader of the Lega Nord political party since December 2013 and of Us with Salvini since December 2014.
Matteo Salvini was born in Milan in 1973, the son of a business executive and a housewife. Salvini studied at the classical lyceum Alessandro Manzoni of Milan and later attended the University of Milan studying Historical Science; however, he never graduated.
In his youth Salvini became a member of the left-wing social centre Leoncavallo, which strongly influenced his political orientation before becoming the main representative of the right-wing faction of Lega Nord, the Padanian party.
Salvini has been a member of Young Padanians Movement, Lega Nord's youth faction and deputy secretary of Lega Lombarda, along with Marco Reguzzoni. At the 1997 Padanian elections he was a candidate of the list Comunisti Padani (Padanian Communists).
From 1993 to 2012 he was a member of the Milan City Council.
He was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North-West region in 2004 and participated in the European Parliament as a part of the Non-Inscrits. He switched to become a member of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group in 2009 before switching back to the Non-Inscrits in 2014. In June 2015, he was part of the creation of a new group, the Europe of Nations and Freedom, with parties such as the French National Front and the Dutch Party for Freedom; he is also the vice-president of the Italian delegation.
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