Andrea Agresti Explained

Andrea Agresti
Office1:Deputy mayor of Grosseto
Term Start1:7 May 1997
Term End1:4 April 2005
1Blankname1:Mayor
1Namedata1:Alessandro Antichi
Predecessor1:Anna Maria Spada
Successor1:Gabriele Bellettini
Office2:Member of the Provincial Council of Grosseto
Term Start2:19 July 2004
Term End2:10 October 2005
Office3:Member of the Regional Council of Tuscany
Term Start3:27 April 2005
Term End3:17 June 2015
Birth Date:24 November 1953
Birth Place:Roccastrada, Province of Grosseto, Italy[1]
Party:Italian Social Movement
National Alliance
The People of Freedom
New Centre-Right
Children:4[2]

Andrea Agresti (born 24 November 1953) is an Italian politician who served as a member of the Regional Council of Tuscany (2005–2015) and deputy mayor of Grosseto (1997–2005).[2]

Life and career

Agresti was born in Roccastrada, province of Grosseto, on 24 November 1953. He works as a construction entrepreneur.[2]

After a long period of activism in the Youth Front, in 1975 he was elected for the first time as a municipal councilor for the Italian Social Movement in Grosseto. In 1995, he joined the National Alliance, a party for which he served as a member of the national assembly and the provincial executive. In 1997, he took on the role of deputy mayor of Grosseto and assessor of public works and civil protection. He was reconfirmed deputy mayor in May 2001.[2]

In 2000, Agresti ran for the Tuscan regional election, where he received 9,555 votes but was not elected. In 2004, he was elected to the Provincial Council of Grosseto.[2]

Agresti was elected at the Regional Council of Tuscany in the 2005 regional election. Within the Tuscan assembly, he held various positions, including vice president of the Sixth Commission "Territory and Environment", a member of the Special Labor Commission, chairman of the Inquiry Commission on waste separation, and a member of the Special Commission on relations with the European Union and the international activities of the Region. In 2009, he joined the People of Freedom party, for which he was a member of the provincial board in Grosseto and a member of the national council.[2]

In the 2010 Tuscan elections, he was again elected in the Grosseto constituency on the People of Freedom list and was reconfirmed as a member of the Sixth Commission "Territory and Environment," serving as vice president.[3]

After the dissolution of the People of Freedom party in 2013, he chose not to join the new Forza Italia.[4] On 20 November 2013, he joined of the New Centre-Right party, of which he served as treasurer.[2] He ended his term as a regional councillor in June 2015.[1]

His son Luca also served as deputy mayor of Grosseto from 2016 to 2021.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agresti Andrea. Ministry of the Interior. 22 November 2024.
  2. Web site: Agresti Andrea. Regional Council of Tuscany. 22 November 2024.
  3. News: Speciale Elezioni 2010. Toscana - Circoscrizione di Grosseto. la Repubblica. 22 November 2024.
  4. News: Agresti dice no a Forza Italia: La mia storia è nella Destra sociale. Barbara Farnetani. Il Giunco. 17 November 2013.