Stefano Parisi (

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, 12 November 1956) is an Italian businessman and politician, General Secretary of

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for 4 years and founder of

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, a political party member of the

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coalition.

Biography

Origins and personal life

Parisi was born in Rome, but lives in Milan since 1997 with his wife and two daughters.

Career

In the 1970s during his studying he worked as a ''Vice-Secretary of the Socialist University's nucleus'' of his city. After graduating from the University ''Sapienza Università di Roma'' in Economics and Commerce, he began working at the CGIL study office, and always kept on a socialist level. In 1984 he became ''Head of the Technical Secretariat'' of the ''Ministry of Labor'', the post he abandoned four years later. In 1988 he passed to the ''Vice-Presidency of the Council of Ministers'' during the

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. In 1989 Parisi obtained the same office at the ''Ministry of Foreign Affairs'' with the minister

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, of the

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, and remained there until 1991.Stefano Parisi biography
Retrieved on 13 Feb 2018 In 1992 he became the ''Head of the Department of Economic Affairs'' of the ''Presidency of the Council of Ministers''. In 1994 Parisi was chosen as a ''Secretary General of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications'' just established with the beginning of the mobile telephony market. Also in 1994 Parisi joined the ''RAI auditors' board'' and in 1996 he became a ''Head of the Information and Publishing Department of the Council Presidency''. In 1997 he left both the ''RAI board of auditors'' and the ''Department of Economic Affairs of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers'', working as a ''City Manager of Milan'', whose mayor was Gabriele Albertini. In 2000 he left his post and assumed the position of ''General Manager of

'' during the presidency of Antonio D'Amato. In 2009 he became a President of ''Assotelecomunicazioni-Asstel'', but the following year he left

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, after being involved in the investigation for alleged international tax fraud with Silvio Scaglia being a President of '' Fastweb''. In 2012 Parisi moved to the leadership of ''Chili Tv'', a company that dealt with the distribution of films. In 2016 Stefano Parisi ran for the post of a

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from the centre-right coalition supported by

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and Gabriele Albertini: Parisi's opponent was

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, representative of centre-left coalition. In June 2016 Parisi lost the Milan municipal election and Sala was elected a

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of the city of

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. After his defeat Parisi founded '' Energie per l'Italia'' movement. In January 2018 Parisi became the candidate at the Presidency of Lazio in the 2018 regional election with the

coalition; Stefano Parisi's principal opponents are the incumbent President

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( centre-left coalition), the out-going deputy Roberta Lombardi (

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), the incumbent Mayor of

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Sergio Pirozzi (supported by

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and

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) and the candidate of

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. On 4 March 2018 Parisi lost the election with 31% and Parisi became regional councilor as official

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and first elect of his coalition because he arrived second in the electoral race of presidential candidates.See the electoral law "Tatarellum" of 1995

Biography

Origins and personal life

Career

References

See also