Alessandro Battilocchio (born 3 May 1977 in
Rome
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) is an
Italian
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politician
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.
Biography
Battilocchio graduated in law from the
LUISS Guido Carli and then in political science from
La Sapienza University
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in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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.
He served as Councilor for culture and youth policies at
Tolfa Tolfa is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy; it lies to the ENE of Civitavecchia by road.
It is the main center in the Monti della Tolfa, an extinct volcanic group between Civitavecchia an ...
in 1997. In 2001, at the age of 24, Battilocchio was elected mayor of Tolfa and remained in office until 2011.
In the
European Parliament election of 2004 he was elected with the
United Socialists for Europe United Socialists for Europe ( it, Socialisti Uniti per l'Europa) was an electoral list for the 2004 European Parliament election composed of the New Italian Socialist Party (NPSI) of Gianni De Michelis and Socialist Unity (US) of Claudio Signoril ...
and joined the EP group of
Non-Inscrits
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These MEPs may be members of a national party, or of a Europe ...
. He was member of the
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and of the
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. He was a substitute for the
Committee on Transport and Tourism The Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair is the French MEP Karima Delli of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance.
Research service
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, and a member of the delegation to the
EU-
Romania
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Joint Parliamentary Committee.
In 2007 he participated in the
Socialist constituent assembly along with
De Michelis and
Del Bue. In the
European Parliament election of 2009 he was candidate with
Left and Freedom
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The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former Preside ...
, but he was not re-elected. Subsequently, he left the
Socialist Party
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and re-joined the
New Italian Socialist Party
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.
In the
European Parliament election of 2014 he was a candidate among the ranks of
Forza Italia
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, but even on this occasion he was not elected. In the
2018 Italian general election
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he was elected Deputy in the uninominal constituency of
Civitavecchia
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.
Elezioni, Alessandro Battilocchio eletto alla Camera
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1977 births
Living people
New Italian Socialist Party MEPs
New Italian Socialist Party politicians
Italian Socialist Party (2007) politicians
Forza Italia (2013) politicians
MEPs for Italy 2004–2009
21st-century Italian politicians
Mayors of places in Lazio
Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy
Politicians from Rome
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