Massimo Garavaglia (born 8 April 1968) is an Italian politician who served as

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in the Draghi Cabinet.

Biography

Born in Cuggiono in the

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and resident in Marcallo con Casone, Massimo Garavaglia graduated in Economics from Bocconi University and in Political science from the University of Milan. He served as mayor of his municipality of residence, Marcallo con Casone, for two terms, from 1999 to 2009. Garavaglia was elected Deputy for the first time in 2006, among the ranks of the

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. In 2008 and 2013 instead he was elected to the Senate. On 19 March 2013 he was appointed Regional

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for Economy, Growth and Simplification of the Lombardy Region by Roberto Maroni, so he resigned from the office of Senator on 7 May 2013. In the 2018 general elections Garavaglia was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies. On 12 June 2018 he was appointed Undersecretary at the

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in the Conte Government and on 21 March 2019 he was promoted, together with

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(M5S), Deputy Minister of Economy. On 13 October 2015 he was investigated for an auction disturbance in the investigation that led to the arrest of the vice-president of Lombardy

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. On 12 February 2021 he was appointed Minister for Tourism in the Draghi Cabinet.

References

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