Marco Marsilio (born 17 February 1968) has been President of Abruzzo since 23 February 2019.

Biography

Born in

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to parents from Tocco da Casauria,

Abruzzo Abruzzo (, ; ; , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; ), historically also known as Abruzzi, is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million. It is divided into four ...

, Marsilio graduated in Philosophy at the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...

and taught Aesthetics, Museology and Marketing applied to Cultural Heritage at the Link Campus University. Between the 1980s and the 1990s, Marsilio took part in student movements and joined the youth movement of National Alliance and was elected to the city council of

from 1997 to 2008 for 3 consecutive terms (1997–2001, 2001–2006, 2006–2008). In the 2008 election, Marsilio was elected to the

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with

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, leaving the

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's party in December 2012 when he took part in founding the

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party

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led by

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. Marsilio tried to seek re-election for the

in the 2013 election, but failed. In the 2018 election, Marsilio was elected to the

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, joining the

faction. At the end of 2018,

Ignazio La Russa Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa (born 18 July 1947) is an Italian politician who is serving as President of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), president of the Senate of the Republic since 2022 President of the Italian Senate election, 13 Octob ...

advanced Marsilio's candidacy for the office of President of Abruzzo, the native region of both his parents. Despite Marsilio being born and raised in

, his candidacy gained support from the entire centre-right coalition, leading to his victory at the 2019 regional election. On 19 March 2019 Marsilio resigned from the Senate in favour of Nicola Calandrini, a member of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marsilio, Marco 1968 births Living people Politicians from Rome Sapienza University of Rome alumni Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Italian Social Movement politicians National Alliance (Italy) politicians The People of Freedom politicians Brothers of Italy politicians Presidents of Abruzzo