Arturo Scotto (born 15 May 1978) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Graduated in

Political Sciences Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

, Scotto became a member of the Left Youth in 1994 and in 1996 he was elected Secretary of the Circle of

Torre del Greco Torre del Greco (; ; "Greek man's Tower") is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and becaus ...

. In 2001 he entered the national leadership of the

Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left (, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. Positioned on the centre-left, the DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger ...

. With the

2006 Italian general election The 2006 Italian general election was held on 9 and 10 April 2006. Romano Prodi, leader of the centre-left coalition The Union, narrowly defeated the incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the centre-right coalition House of Freed ...

, Scotto is elected at the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...

with the

, being the youngest Deputy of the legislature. In 2007, he opposed the dissolution of the

and the birth of the Democratic Party, joining the Democratic Left. At the

2008 Italian general election A snap election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008. The election came after President of Italy, President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Italian Parliament on 6 February 2008, following the 2008 Italian political crisis, defeat of the gov ...

, Scotto was again a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies with The Left-The Rainbow, but failed the election. In 2010, he entered the national leadership of

Nichi Vendola Nicola "Nichi" Vendola (; born 26 August 1958) is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015. Since 2023 he is the Pre ...

Left Ecology Freedom Left Ecology Freedom (, SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party. The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former President of Apulia. On 17 December 201 ...

and became the party's manager for foreign affairs. At the

2013 Italian general election General elections were held in Italy on 24 and 25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic for ...

, Scotto returned to the Chamber of Deputies and in 2014 was elected as group leader of

. On 23 January 2017 he was a candidate for the Secretariat of the

Italian Left Italian Left (, SI) is a left-wing political party in Italy. SI was launched in November 2015 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies (full name: Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom), including Left Ecology Freedom (SEL), dissid ...

party, representing the most dialoguing wing with the Democratic Party, but later withdrawed the candidacy. On February, with the dissolution of

, Scotto joined the Democratic and Progressive Movement. At the

2018 Italian general election The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was Dissolution of parliament in Italy, dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of ...

, Scotto tries once again to be elected for the Chamber of Deputies with Free and Equal, but did not manage to be elected in the

Italian Parliament The Italian Parliament () is the national parliament of the Italy, Italian Republic. It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861), the Parliament of the Kingd ...

. In 2022, he was re-elected as a member of parliament representing the Democratic and Progressive Movement.

References

External links

Official website
* Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Scotto, Arturo 1978 births Living people Democrats of the Left politicians Democratic Left (Italy) politicians Left Ecology Freedom politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Article One (political party) politicians University of Naples Federico II alumni