Mauro Poggia (born 25 April 1959 in
Moutier
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) is a
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politician
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. He is a member of the
Geneva Citizens' Movement
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(MCG) and has been a member of the
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The last elections were held on 28 March 2021.
M ...
since 2013.
Previously, he served in the
National Council from the
October 2011 election until 2013.
Biography
Formerly a member of the
Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP), Poggia left to join the MCG in 2009. He was elected to the
Grand Council of Geneva
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at the
2009 election.
He was elected as the MCG's sole member of the
National Council at the
2011 election, representing
Geneva
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.
He ran for the
Senate of Italy
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in the
2008 election for the
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
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, seeking to represent Italians abroad.
He is a convert to
Islam
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, the religion of his wife.
References
External links
Profileat ''parlament.ch''
Profileat the Canton of Geneva website
Members of the National Council (Switzerland)
Canton of Geneva politicians
Swiss-Italian people
1959 births
Living people
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