Andrea Olivero (born 24 February 1970) is the Italian Vice Minister for Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and a senator of the Italian Republic. He has been President of the

Christian Associations of Italian Workers The Christian Associations of Italian Workers (''Associazioni Cristiane dei Lavoratori Italiani'', ACLI; alternatively translated as Italian Christian Workers' Association) are a widespread lay Catholic association in Italy. Its work is based on th ...

from 2006 to 2012.

Biography

After graduating from the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...

, he became a teacher in the province of Cuneo. In 1992 he was one of the promoters of

(ACLI) of Cuneo in 1994 and promotes the establishment of the Emmaus Community of Boves. From 1997 to 2004 he was the President of ACLI Cuneo. In 2002, founder and president of ''Together to educate for the management of Catholic schools'' in the Diocese of Cuneo. In 2004 he was elected National Vice President ACLI, and since 2006 he was the president until his resignation on 19 December 2012, after the resignation of his predecessor Luigi Bobba. From December 2008, he act as Spokesman of the Third Sector Forum.

Political career

In 2013, he joined

Civic Choice Civic Choice ( it, Scelta Civica; SC) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his polit ...

(SC).Olivero join politics and let ACLI
(Italian) In the 2013 general election he was elected senator on

With Monti for Italy With Monti for Italy ( it, Con Monti per l'Italia) was an electoral coalition of political parties in Italy, formed for the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti and his reform plans. Its platform was based ...

coalition's lists, composed by SC, Union of the Centre (UdC) and

Future and Freedom Future and Freedom ( it, Futuro e Libertà), whose full name was Future and Freedom for Italy (''Futuro e Libertà per l'Italia'', abbreviated to FLI), was a political party in Italy, comprising both liberal and national conservative elements. F ...

(FLI). On 12 March 2013, Mario Monti, SC acting president, appointed Olivero as provisional political coordinator of Civic Choice. At the first party congress held on 16 May 2013, he was re-elected SC coordinator.

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