Francesco Laforgia (born 1 February 1978) is an Italian academic and politician.

Early life and education

Born in Grumo Appula, Laforgia graduated in Economics and Social Sciences at the

Bocconi University Bocconi University or Università Bocconi (formally known in Italian language, Italian as ''Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi'' – Luigi Bocconi Commercial University) is a private university in Milan, Italy. The university is consistently ...

in 2002, specializing in innovation economics. He spent several periods of study and work abroad, where he perfected his knowledge of English and Spanish. After graduating, he continued to work in the university following several research projects, which were published by international journals. He received his PhD in Economics of Production and Development at the University of Insubria in

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and taught Economics in several universities in

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, and

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Political career

In 2010, Laforgia became the city coordinator of the Democratic Party (PD) in Milan and ceased his office when he has been elected a member of the

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in the 2013 Italian general election. In May 2017, he presented an amendment to the financial institution to reduce the annual funds allocated to the Italian Institute of Technology of Genoa by 95%. In 2017, Laforgia left the PD and took part to the new-born Article One – and Progressive Movement (Art.1), one of the three parties unified in Free and Equal (Leu). In the

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, he was elected a member of the Senate of the Republic, becoming at the age of 40 the youngest senator of the Legislature XVIII of Italy. In 2019, he did not renew his membership to Art.1 and in April 2019 founded, together with Luca Pastorino and other LeU self-advocates, the èViva association in April 2019. In the

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, èViva supported The Left list, which did not reach the

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. After the election of

Elly Schlein Elena Ethel "Elly" Schlein (; born 4 May 1985) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the secretary of the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party (PD) since 12 March 2023. She is a member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Ch ...

as the PD's new secretary in 2023, Laforgia returned to the party, joining its National Direction.

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*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Laforgia, Francesco 1978 births Living people Article One (political party) politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Bocconi University alumni 20th-century Italian people