Mauro Poggia Explained

Mauro Poggia
Term Start1:2013
Term Start2:24 October 2011
Term End2:28 November 2013
Constituency2:Geneva
Birth Date:25 April 1959
Birth Place:Moutier, Bern
Nationality: Italian
Swiss
Party:Geneva Citizens' Movement
Otherparty:Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2009)
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
Profession:Lawyer

Mauro Poggia (born 25 April 1959 in Moutier) is a Swiss-Italian politician. He is a member of the Geneva Citizens' Movement (MCG) and has been a member of the Council of State of Geneva since 2013.[1] [2] Previously, he served in the National Council from the October 2011 election until 2013.[3]

Biography

Formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP), Poggia left to join the MCG in 2009. He was elected to the Grand Council of Geneva at the 2009 election.[1] He was elected as the MCG's sole member of the National Council at the 2011 election, representing Geneva.

He ran for the Senate of Italy in the 2008 election for the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats,[4] seeking to represent Italians abroad.

He is a convert to Islam, the religion of his wife.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mauro Poggia - Membres du Conseil d'Etat : Législature 2013-2018 . ge.ch . December 15, 2016 . fr.
  2. Web site: Cross-Border Issues Cloud Geneva Election Result . November 11, 2013 . . December 15, 2016.
  3. Web site: Mauro Poggia . parlament.ch . December 15, 2016.
  4. News: il devient un populiste "réfléchi" . . 15 July 2009 . 29 October 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20120707104905/http://archives.lematin.ch/LM/LMS/-/article-2009-07-329/il-ne-manque-pas-d8217air-mauro-poggia . 7 July 2012 .
  5. News: Me Mauro Poggia ou la course en tandem du battant solitaire . . 3 November 2009 . 29 October 2011.