Roberto Maroni
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Giuliano Amato |
| Succeeded by | Anna Maria Cancellieri |
| In office 5 May 1994 – 17 January 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Brancaccio |
| Minister of Labour and Welfare | |
| In office 11 June 2001 – 17 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Cesare Salvi |
| Succeeded by | Cesare Damiano |
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| Born | 15 March 1955 Varese, Italy |
| Political party | Northern League |
| Alma mater | University of Milan |
Roberto Maroni (born March 15, 1955) is an Italian politician from Varese. He is a member of the Northern League (Italian: Lega Nord) political movement. Since 1992 he is a Member of the Chamber of Duputies of the Italian Republic, always elected in Lombardy's districts and costituencies. He was Interior Minister of the Italian Republic from 1994 to 1995 and from 2008 to 2011.
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[edit] Career
In 1979, he received a law degree, with a dissertation in Civil Law, from the University of Milan. He became a lawyer after spending two years working as a Legal Affairs Manager for various companies.[1]
In 1990, he was elected Province Secretary of the Northern League in Varese. He also became a town councilor in Varese that year. Two years later, he was elected Chairman of the Northern League Parliamentary Group. He also entered the party's Federal Council and campaigned heavily for the Northern League prior to Berlusconi's first Cabinet.
He had already served as Minister of the Interior during the first Silvio Berlusconi administration, from 1994 to 1995. He also served as Minister of Labour and Welfare from 2001 until May 2006 during Berlusconi's second and third governments.[2]
In April 2006, after Berlusconi narrowly lost his re-election bid to Romano Prodi, Maroni alleged problems with the election comparable to those in Florida during the 2000 Presidential election. "The level pegging is very similar to what happened in Florida. With one vote more or one vote less, you lose or you win," he said.[3]
After the 2008 electoral victory of the centre-right coalition in Italy he assumed the office of Minister of the Interior in the cabinet led by Silvio Berlusconi.
Following Silvio Berlusconi's departure from office, he currently leads with its party the Northern League a fierce and demagogic opposition to Mario Monti's government.[4]
[edit] Passion for music
In September 2006, Maroni told Vanity Fair that he downloads music illegally and thinks music should be "free and accessible to all".[5] He added that authors should still be able to stop their work from being widely distributed on the Internet. Maroni said his confession was intended to spark a discussion in Parliament about changing Italy's copyright laws, which are among the strictest in Europe.[6]
Maroni himself is also a musician, playing keyboards in the "Distretto 51" soul band from the 80's.
[edit] Conviction
Maroni was convicted of resistance against a public official during a police raid of his party's building in via Bellerio in Milan in 1996, and sentenced to 8 months (later changed into a fine), when police inspected his office.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.oecd.org/speaker/0,2879,en_21571361_34360727_34508996_1_1_1_1,00.html
- ^ http://www.oecd.org/speaker/0,2879,en_21571361_34360727_34508996_1_1_1_1,00.html
- ^ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2006-04/11/content_565129.htm
- ^ http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2011/11/21/news/maroni_opposizione-25336180/?ref=HREA-1
- ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117950064?categoryid=19&cs=1
- ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117950064?categoryid=19&cs=1
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| Preceded by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Acting |
Minister of the Interior 1994–1995 |
Succeeded by Antonio Brancaccio |
| Preceded by Cesare Salvi |
Minister of Labour and Welfare 2001–2006 |
Succeeded by Cesare Damiano |
| Preceded by Giuliano Amato |
Minister of the Interior 2008–2011 |
Succeeded by Anna Maria Cancellieri |
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