Mario Mantovani

Mario Mantovani (born 28 July 1950 in Arconate) 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. On October 13, 2015, he was arrested in Milan, accused of corruption, bid-rigging, and misdirection of public funds for school construction and patients needing dialysis transport, between 2012 and 2014, while Vice President of Lombardy.^[1]^[2]

Education

1975: Graduate in foreign languages and literature

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 Parliament (PPE)
2008: Senator
2008: Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transports in the Berlusconi government

References

External links

Personal profile of Mario Mantovani in the European Parliament's database of members
Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Italian)

European Parliament
Preceded by Title jointly held	Member of Parliament 1999 – 2008	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Italian Senate
Preceded by Title jointly held	Senator 2008 – present	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Political offices
Preceded by Piercarlo Maggiolini	Mayor of Arconate 2001 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Tommaso Casillo, Luigi Meduri Infrastructures Andrea Annunziata, Raffaele Gentile Transports	Undersecretary to the Italian Minister of Infrastructures 2008 – present Served alongside: Roberto Castelli, Bartolomeo Giachino, Giuseppe Maria Reina	Incumbent

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