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 The Chamber of Deputies ( it, Camera dei deputati) is the lower house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Senate of the Republic). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical funct ...

since 2013.

Biography

Graduated in Business Economics at the

University of Genoa The University of Genoa, known also with the acronym UniGe ( it, Università di Genova), is one of the largest universities in Italy. It is located in the city of Genoa and regional Metropolitan City of Genoa, on the Italian Riviera in the Liguri ...

, Pastorino began his career in 2000 as a financial advisor, but his political career had already begun a few years earlier: from 1997 to 2006 he has been a city councilor in

Bogliasco Bogliasco ( lij, Boggiasco) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. Together with the ''comuni'' of Camogli, Recco, Pieve Ligure and Sori, it is part ...

. In 2006, Pastorino has been elected Mayor of

, supported by the

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

coalition of The Union and held his seat for two consecutive terms, from 2006 to 2016. In occasion of the 2013 general election, Pastorino is elected to the Chamber of Deputies with the

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, and became one of the Giuseppe Civati's supporters inside the party. In 2015, together with Civati and few others, Pastorino leaves the

after having criticized

Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having bee ...

's policies and, after Sergio Cofferati's proposal, ran for the charge of President of Liguria at the 2015 regional election, receiving support from Civati's new-born party Possible and

Left Ecology Freedom Left Ecology Freedom ( it, Sinistra Ecologia Libertà, SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party. The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former Preside ...

: Pastorino ranks fourth. In occasion of the 2018 election, Pastorino is elected once again to the Chamber of Deputies with the

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

coalition of Free and Equal becoming the only member of Possible elected to the

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

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*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pastorino, Luca 1971 births Living people Politicians from Genoa Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Possible (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy University of Genoa alumni