Mario Mantovani

Mario Emilio Mantovani (born 28 July 1950) is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Arconate and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2024. He has been a member of Brothers of Italy (FdI) since 2018, after being a member of Forza Italia (FI).

Mantovani previously held the mayorship of Arconate from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2009 until 2014 and was an MEP from 1999 to 2008. He also served as a senator for Lombardy (2008–2013), the Undersecretary for Infrastructure and Transport under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (2008–2011) and Vice-President of the Lombardy Region (2013–2015).

In 2022, Mantovani was acquitted on appeal of corruption charges. In 2024, he was re-elected to a third term in the European Parliament, sixteen years after the end of his second term.

He is the father of fellow FdI politician Lucrezia Mantovani, a member of the Chamber of Deputies.