Antonio Milo (born 5 December 1959 in

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) is an Italian politician.

Biography

In 1995 he was elected for the first time regional councilor in

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, as member of the CDU (within the

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list); in 1998 it then passed to the

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(CCD), being re-elected with the latter party in the subsequent regional election of 2000. In the 2001 general election he was a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies, on the CCD-CDU list, in the proportional Campania 1 constituency, but he was not elected because the list did not exceed the 4% threshold. In 2002 he joined the

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(UDC) and with it he was re-elected for the third time regional councilor in the 2005 regional election. In the 2008 political elections he was elected in the

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, on the list of the

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(MpA); at the same time, he resigned as regional councilor in Campania. In January 2010, after being expelled along with five other deputies from the MpA (for not having passed to the opposition of the

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, as requested by the party), he founded, together with

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, the new center-right party

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(NS). On January 20, 2011, as a member of NS, he joined the parliamentary group

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(composed of the "responsible" deputies for supporting the Berlusconi government). In the 2013 general election he was elected to the Senate of the Republic, on the

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(PdL) list. He initially joined the parliamentary group of the PdL, then passed on 4 December 2013 to the parliamentary group "

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(GAL). On 30 May 2015 he left the GAL group to join the Conservatives and Reformists (CoR), the new party of

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. On 1 May 2016 he also left CoR to join the

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(ALA) group, a centrist formation of senators led by

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who left the centre-right to support the Renzi and Gentiloni governments.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milo, Antonio 1959 births Living people United Christian Democrats politicians Christian Democratic Centre politicians Union of the Centre (2002) politicians Movement for the Autonomies politicians The People of Freedom politicians Conservatives and Reformists (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy