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
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. In 1983 he graduated in
Literature
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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
Italian Senate
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. He is also a member of
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
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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.
References
External links
Lucio Malanat the
Italian Senate
The Senate of the Republic ( it, Senato della Repubblica), or simply the Senate ( it, Senato), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral sy ...
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
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