Arturo Scotto (born 15 May 1978) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Graduated in Political Sciences, Scotto became a member of the Left Youth in 1994 and in 1996 he was elected Secretary of the Circle of

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. In 2001 he entered the national leadership of the

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. With the 2006 elections, Scotto is elected at the

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with the

, being the youngest Deputy of the legislature. In 2007, he opposed the dissolution of the

and the birth of the

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, joining the Democratic Left. At the 2008 elections, Scotto was again a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies with The Left-The Rainbow, but failed the election. In 2010, he entered the national leadership of

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and became the party's manager for foreign affairs. At the 2013 elections, Scotto returned to the Chamber of Deputies and in 2014 was elected as group leader of

. On 23 January 2017 he was a candidate for the Secretariat of the

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party, representing the most dialoguing wing with the Democratic Party., but later withdrawed the candidacy. On February, with the dissolution of

, Scotto joined the Democratic and Progressive Movement. At the

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, Scotto tries once again to be elected for the Chamber of Deputies with Free and Equal, but didn't manage to be elected in

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References

External links

Official website
* Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Scotto, Arturo 1978 births Living people Democrats of the Left politicians Democratic Left (Italy) politicians Left Ecology Freedom politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Article One (political party) politicians University of Naples Federico II alumni