Mauro Antonio Donato Laus (b.

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, 7 August 1966) is an

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politician of the Democratic Party, who serves as a

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. He is a member of the

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Biography

After spending his childhood and adolescence in

(PZ), he moved to

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. He is married and has two children.

Political activity

In the 2005 regional elections in

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he was elected regional councilor, on the

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lists, in the province of

. He was also re-elected in the subsequent regional 2010, in the lists of the Democratic Party. Re-elected councilor again also at the 2014 regional councils, on 30 May 2014 he was elected president of the Piedmont Regional Council.

Election as Senator

In the 2018 general elections of Italy he was elected to the Senate of the Republic in the single-member constituency of

, supported by the Democratic Party.

Controversy

In 2018, during a heated debate in the

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, he reportedly told Senator

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(M5S) to return to the kitchen, attracting criticism and

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accusations of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laus, Mauro Living people People from Lavello 1966 births Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy 20th-century Italian politicians