Roberto Cassinelli (born 10 December 1956) is an Italian

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and

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, Member of the

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Studies and professional life

Cassinelli was born in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

, and attended the catholic college Vittorino da Feltre in the same city. Then he graduated in law at

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.
He works as a lawyer, pleading at the

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and he has been a member of the

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court of justice. He is legal consultant and assistant of Italian and

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an leading banks, industrial and commercial groups, service companies and public authorities. He is, and has been, director, auditor, judicial and extraordinary commissary in several companies.

Political life

Cassinelli joined very young the

Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party ( it, Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI) was a liberal and conservative political party in Italy. The PLI, which is the heir of the liberal currents of both the Historical Right and the Historical Left, was a minor party ...

(PLI), of which his father, Giorgio, was National vice president. With PLI he was elected at the Genoa

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, in 1981, 1985 and 1990. As one of the founders of the political movement

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 ...

Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

, he was Regional Vice Secretary from 1994 to 2006, and Genoese Town Commissioner from 2005 and 2007. The 2007 Forza Italia congress elected him Genoese Town Secretary. At the 2008

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he has been elected at the

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with the new political movement

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 ...

(''Il Popolo della Libertà'', Pdl), in which Forza Italia and National Alliance (''Alleanza Nazionale'', AN) met under the leadership of

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...

. He is a member of the Commission of Justice at the Chamber of Deputies. His activity as a Member of Parliament principally focuses on

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and

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. He is one of the founders of the "Intergruppo Parlamentare 2.0" (''Parliamentary Group 2.0''), whose aim is to introduce the innovation themes into the Italian Parliament. He is the head of the National Department on

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and

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for

External links

Roberto Cassinelli's political websiteRoberto Cassinelli's page at Chamber of Deputies website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cassinelli, Roberto 1956 births Living people Politicians from Genoa The People of Freedom politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Forza Italia politicians Italian Liberal Party politicians 20th-century Italian politicians University of Milan alumni