Lucio Malan (born 30 July 1960) is an Italian politician. Malan was born in

Luserna San Giovanni Luserna San Giovanni (Occitan: ''Luzerna e San Jan'', Piedmontese: ''Luserna e San Gioann'', French: Lucerne Saint-Jean) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Val Pellice a ...

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

. In 1983 he graduated in

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at 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 ...

. Lucio Malan is member of the

People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

Party. From 1994 to 1996 he was a deputy. Since 2001 he has been senator and secretary of the presidency of

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. He is also a member of

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. Lucio Malan is a member of the

Waldensian Evangelical Church The Waldensian Evangelical Church (''Chiesa Evangelica Valdese'', CEV) is a Protestant denomination active in Italy and Switzerland that was independent until it united with the Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy in the Union of Methodist and W ...

. From 1990 to 1998 he was guest speaker of Italian History and Culture at ''University Studies Abroad Consortium'' in Turin, Italy. From 1998 to 2008 he has been the director of communications of

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

. Malan chairs the Italy-Taiwan parliamentary friendship group.

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Lucio Malan
at the

website
Newspaper ''Venerdi Di Repubblica'', June 5, 2009, p. 31, article ''Ora c'è chi ha preso il Senato per un'agenzia immobiliare''
1960 births Living people People from Luserna San Giovanni Italian Waldensians Lega Nord politicians Forza Italia politicians The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians Brothers of Italy politicians Deputies of Legislature XII of Italy Senators of Legislature XIV of Italy Senators of Legislature XV of Italy Senators of Legislature XVI of Italy Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Politicians of Piedmont University of Turin alumni University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni Forza Italia (2013) senators {{Italy-politician-ThePeopleofFreedom-stub