Francesco Laforgia (born 1 February 1978) is an Italian academic and politician.

Biography

Laforgia graduated in Economics and Social Sciences at the Bocconi University in 2002, specializing in innovation economics. He spent several periods of study and work abroad, where he perfected his knowledge of English and Spanish. After graduating he continued to work in University following several research projects, published by international journals. He received his PhD in Economics of Production and Development at the

University of Insubria The University of Insubria ( it, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria) is an Italian university located in Como and Varese, with secondary locations in Busto Arsizio and Saronno. It was founded in 1998, it has been named after the area where it i ...

in Varese and taught Economics in several universities in Milan, Varese, Brescia and Castellanza.

Political career

In 2010 he became the city coordinator of the

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in Milan and ceased his office when he has been elected

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in 2013. In May 2017 he presented an amendment to the financial institution to reduce the annual funds allocated to the Italian Institute of Technology of Genoa by 95%. In 2017, he left the

and took part to the new-born Article One – and Progressive Movement, one of the three parties unified in Free and Equal. In 2018 he was elected

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, becoming at the age of 40 the youngest member of the

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of the 18th legislature. In 2019 he did not renew his membership to Article One and in April of the same year he founded, together with

Luca Pastorino Luca Pastorino (born 30 September 1971) is an Italian politician, member of "È Viva" with Francesco Laforgia and member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 2013. Biography Graduated in Business Economics at the University of Genoa, Pastor ...

and other " LeU self-advocates", the "èVIVA!" association, that in the 2019 European election supports The Left list.

References

External links

*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Laforgia, Francesco 1978 births Living people Article One (political party) politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Bocconi University alumni 20th-century Italian people