Stefano Cavedagna
Stefano Cavedagna | |
|---|---|
 Cavedagna in 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | North-East Italy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1989 |
| Political party | Brothers of Italy |
| Other political affiliations | European Conservatives and Reformists Party |
Stefano Cavedagna (born 9 December 1989) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]As a high school student, Cavedagna wrote an article critical of mass killings under communist regimes in the school newspaper, which was censored by the school's principal.[2] After an article was written about the incident in il Resto del Carlino, he was approached by Galeazzo Bignami and joined the National Alliance's youth wing Youth Action.[2] Cavadegna left Youth Action in 2008, and joined The People of Freedom.[3] At the age of 19 he was elected city councilor of San Lazzaro di Savena, and became group leader of The People of Freedom in the council at the age of 20.[4] He was appointed regional coordinator of Young Italy in Bologna in 2011, and in 2014 became regional coordinator of Young Italy in Emilia-Romagna.[4]
Cavedagna graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in international relations, obtained a master's degree in diplomacy at the Institute for International Political Studies, and returned to the University of Bologna in 2018, where he studied European law and served on the students' representative council.[4] In November 2018, he was elected leader of Forza Italia's youth wing Forza Italia Giovani, succeeding Annagrazia Calabria.[5] He resigned from the position in August 2019, and became national spokesperson of National Youth a few days later.[6] In the 2021 Bologna municipal election he was elected to the Bologna City Council,[7] where he served as group leader of Brothers of Italy until his election to the European Parliament.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Europee: eletto tra le fila di Fratelli d'Italia il bolognese Stefano Cavedagna". éTv (in Italian). 10 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Elezioni 2024, Stefano Cavedagna (FdI): "Basta follie ecologiste. L'Europa è senza bussola"". Quotidiano.net (in Italian).
- ^ "Silvio Berlusconi, la valanga: altri addii a Forza Italia, ecco i nomi. Clamoroso: dove vanno". Libero (in Italian). 11 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Politica. Forza Italia Giovani riparte dalla meritocrazia: Cavedagna nuovo presidente". Barbadillo (in Italian). 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Stefano Cavedagna nuovo coordinatore Forza Italia Giovani, gli auguri di Rinaldi". Primonumero.it (in Italian). 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Politica. Cavedagna (ex presidente giovani FI) entra in FdI: "Qui si difendono i nostri valori"". Barbadillo (in Italian). 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Consiglio comunale Bologna 2021: Clancy batte tutti, secondo Santori. Gli eletti". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 4 October 2021.
- ^ "FdI, la nuova capogruppo è Scarano". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 14 July 2024.
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