Marco Squarta Explained

Marco Squarta
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Termstart:16 July 2024
Constituency:Central Italy
Office2:President of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria
Termstart2:3 December 2019
Term End2:8 July 2024
Predecessor2:Donatella Porzi
Party:Brothers of Italy
Otherparty:European Conservatives and Reformists Party

Marco Squarta (born 1979) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1] He previously served as president of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria.[1]

Early life and career

Squarta was born in Perugia in 1979.[2] He was a member of the Corecom of Umbria in 2006, and was vice president of the regional Youth Action branch, national director of Youth Action, and vice coordinator of The People of Freedom in the region.[2]

In the 2015 regional election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Umbria.[3] He served as group leader of the Brothers of Italy, and was initially the party's candidate for president of Umbria ahead of the 2019 regional election.[4] Brothers of Italy later agreed to support Lega's Donatella Tesei for the presidency,[5] and Squarta was instead elected president of the legislative assembly.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marco Squarta si dimette da presidente dell'Assemblea legislativa dell'Umbria. Quotidiano Dell'Umbria. 9 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Presidente. Legislative Assembly of Umbria. https://web.archive.org/web/20231004165145/https://consiglio.regione.umbria.it/assemblea/organismi-istituzionali/presidente. 4 October 2023.
  3. Web site: Regionali, Fratelli d'Italia: tutte le preferenze, conquistato un seggio. PerugiaToday. 1 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Meloni, puntiamo su Squarta e cd unito. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 26 July 2019.
  5. Web site: Elezioni regionali, Forza Italia sostiene Donatella Tesei alla presidenza. TerniToday. 5 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Squarta presidente Assemblea umbra. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 3 December 2019.