Roberto Menia (born 3 December 1961) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Born in

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, Veneto, Menia is the son of an Istrian exile of

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, who moved to

Trieste Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, ...

after the war. He has a law degree and he is a publicist journalist. Menia began his political activity in the youth organization of the

Italian Social Movement The Italian Social Movement (, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy. A far-right party, it presented itself until the 1990s as the defender of Italian fascism's legacy, and later moved towards national conservatism. In 1972, the Itali ...

, under the leadership of Almerigo Grilz. In 1994, Menia was elected for the first time to the Chamber of Deputies and he was re-confirmed as deputy until 2013. In 2004, Menia was the first promoter of the law which established 10 February as Day of Remembrance dedicated to the martyrs of

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. On 12 May 2008, he was appointed Undersecretary for the Environment in the

Berlusconi IV Cabinet The fourth Berlusconi government was the 60th Cabinet (government), government of Politics of Italy, Italy, in office from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011. It was the fourth government led by Silvio Berlusconi, who then became the longest-serving ...

. On 21 March 2009, in the last Congress of

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, Menia was the only one to vote against the dissolution of the party and its merge into

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom (, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL launched by Silvio Berlusconi as an electoral list, including and National Alliance, on 27 February for the 2008 Italian general election. The list was later t ...

. In 2010, he left the PdL and he resigned as Undersecretary to follow

Gianfranco Fini Gianfranco Fini (born 3 January 1952) is a retired Italian politician who served as the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He is the former leader of the far-right Italian ...

into his new party,

Future and Freedom Future and Freedom (), whose full name was Future and Freedom for Italy (''Futuro e Libertà per l'Italia'', abbreviated to FLI), was a list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy, comprising both liberal conservatism, liberal an ...

. In the 2013 general election he was again placed as a candidate in the list of FLI, but the party didn't pass the electoral threshold and he wasn't re-elected. After the electoral failure, Fini resigned as President of FLI and Menia was appointed Regent Coordinator of the party.Fli accetta le dimissioni di Fini. A Menia le redini della riorganizzazione politica
/ref> In 2017, Menia was appointed Deputy Secretary of the

National Movement for Sovereignty The National Movement for Sovereignty (, MNS) was a National conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy, founded on 18 February 2017, with the merger of National Action (Italy), National Action ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Menia, Roberto 1961 births Living people People from Pieve di Cadore Italian Social Movement politicians National Alliance (Italy) politicians The People of Freedom politicians Future and Freedom politicians National Action (Italy) politicians National Movement for Sovereignty politicians Deputies of Legislature XII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy University of Trieste alumni