Roberto Formigoni
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President of Lombardy
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| Assumed office 1995 |
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| Deputy | Viviana Beccalossi (2000-...) |
| Preceded by | Paolo Arrigoni |
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| Born | 30 March 1947 Lecco, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Forza Italia |
| Residence | Milan |
Roberto Formigoni (Lecco, 30 March 1947) is an Italian politician, and the current Governor of Lombardy Region, Italy.
[edit] Biography
Graduated in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan, he studied political economy at the Sorbonne, in Paris.
Roberto Formigoni began very early his political career in Christian Democracy, through youth movements such as Gioventù Studentesca and Communion and Liberation (of which he became the most representative leader).
In 1976 he founded the Popular Movement and was elected a deputy in both the European Parliament (with over 450 thousand votes) and Parliament of Italy. He was also the Vice-President of the European Parliament for five years and served as under-secretary for the Environment in the Italian government.
In 1990 he garnered attention when he was involved in a mission to Iraq which successfully concluded with the freeing of some Italian technicians who were hostages of the local government.
In 1995, founded with Rocco Buttiglione the United Christian Democrats party. In 1998 he moved to Forza Italia, when Buttiglione briefly decided to support the government of Massimo D'Alema.
He was elected as President of Lombardy in 1995.
Promoting a decidedly conservative platform on many issues, resulting in a political backlash from some liberal groups, President Formigoni was re-elected in 2000 carrying over 62% of the approximately 3.5 million votes, and in 2005.
In early 2005 he became embroiled in the Iraq Oil for Food Scandal when an investigation by Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy's leading daily business newspaper) and The Financial Times revealed that he had received an allocation of 24 million barrels of oil from Saddam Hussein's regime. Formigoni was later found not guilty.
Many political experts see him potential candidate to the leadership of Forza Italia.
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| NAME | Formigoni, Roberto |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | President of Lombardy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947-03-30 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lecco |
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