Riccardo Magi (born 7 August 1976) is an Italian politician.

Biography

In 2003 Magi graduated in Historical Sciences from the

University of Rome La Sapienza 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 ...

, with a thesis on the History of Europe. He entered politics by joining the

Italian Radicals The Italian Radicals (, RI) are a liberal and libertarian political party in Italy. The party draws inspiration form 19th-century classical radicalism and the Radical Party. The RI are a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Eur ...

. From 2009 to 2013 he is among the promoters of the proposals of popular resolutions for the municipal register of

advance healthcare directive An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longe ...

and the recognition of

civil union A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, primarily created to provide legal recognition for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage, with ch ...

s in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

. In 2012 he coordinated the citizen referendum campaign on sustainable mobility,

land consumption Land consumption as part of human resource consumption is the conversion of land with healthy soil and intact habitats into areas for industrial agriculture, traffic ( road building) and especially urban human settlements. More formally, the ...

, civil rights and free access to the sea in Ostia. He was elected to the City Council of

in 2013, supporting the centre-left mayoral candidate

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, who is elected

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. During the activity in the City Council has asked the adoption, by Rome Capital, of the Registry of Waste, with a

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and a video-appeal to

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, wanting to report the obstructionism of the Democratic Party to its approval. On 4 November 2015 he was elected national secretary of

. In the 2016 administrative elections in

, he is the leader of the Radical list ''Federalists, Laity, Ecologists'', supporting candidate

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, and obtains 2606 preferences, but he is no longer elected to the City Council. In the political elections of 2018 he was elected to the

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, supported by

More Europe More Europe ( or ''+Europa''; +E or +Eu) is a liberal and pro-European political party in Italy, part of the centre-left coalition and member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. History Foundation More Europe was laun ...

, within the

centre-left coalition The centre-left coalition () is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active under several forms and names since 1995, when The Olive Tree was formed under the leadership of Romano Prodi. The centre-left coalition has ruled the c ...

, winning the tenth constituency of Rome against the

Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...

candidate Olimpia Tarsia and the

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( , M5S) is a political party in Italy, led by Giuseppe Conte. It was launched on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a political activist and comedian, and Gianroberto Casaleggio, a web strategist. The party is primarily d ...

candidate Dino Giarrusso. He joined the sub-component More Europe of the

Mixed Group The mixed group (, GM) is a parliamentary group active in both houses of the Italian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. ...

References

External links

*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Magi, Riccardo 1976 births Living people Politicians from Rome Italian Radicals politicians 21st-century Italian politicians