Massimo Garavaglia (born 8 April 1968) is an Italian politician who served as

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in the

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Biography

Born in

Cuggiono Cuggiono ( ) is a small Italian town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, west of Milan on the Motorway A4 to Turin, gate of Marcallo-Mesero. American baseball player Yogi Berra's parents were from Malvaglio, just outside Cuggiono. ...

in the

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and resident in Marcallo con Casone, Massimo Garavaglia graduated in Economics from

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and in Political science from the

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. He served as mayor of his municipality of residence, Marcallo con Casone, for two terms, from 1999 to 2009. Garavaglia was elected to the

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for the first time in 2006, among the ranks of the Northern League. In 2008 and 2013, he was elected to the Senate of the Republic . On 19 March 2013, he was appointed Regional Assessor for Economy, Growth and Simplification of

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by Roberto Maroni, and resigned from the office of senator on 7 May 2013. On 13 October 2015, Garavaglia was investigated for an auction disturbance in the investigation that led to the arrest of the vice-president of Lombardy Mario Mantovani. In the

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, Garavaglia was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies. On 12 June 2018, he was appointed Undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy in the first Conte fovernment. On 21 March 2019, he was promoted, together with Laura Castelli (M5S), Deputy Minister of Economy. On 12 February 2021, he was appointed Minister for Tourism in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garavaglia, Massimo 1968 births Draghi Cabinet Living people People from Cuggiono 20th-century Italian politicians Bocconi University alumni University of Milan alumni Lega Nord politicians Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Senators of Legislature XVI of Italy Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy Mayors of places in Lombardy