Angelo Ciocca (born 28 June 1975) is an Italian politician and former

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Career

On 7 July 2016, Ciocca succeeded at the

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, who died on 5 June in a car crash. On 23 October 2018, he trampled on a letter from the EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs

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on the rejection of the Italian government financial law, boasting then the gesture in that the shoe had been produced in Italy, even if he still getting a salary from the Commission .

Controversies and judicial proceedings

Ciocca had been suspected of consorting with the Italian criminal organization

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in 2009. In January 2019, Ciocca was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months (with conditional suspension of the sentence and non-mention) as part of the penal trial concerning the Lombardy Region reimbursement scandal.Rimborsopoli Lombardia, 52 condanne. C'è anche il capogruppo della Lega al Senato
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References

1975 births Living people MEPs for Italy 2014–2019 Lega Nord MEPs Lega Nord politicians Politicians from Pavia MEPs for Italy 2019–2024 {{Italy-MEP-stub