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Mauro Laus
Senator of the Legislature XVIII of Italy
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 2018
PresidentSergio Mattarella
ConstituencyPiedmont
Personal details
Born7 August 1966
Lavello
NationalityItaly
Political partyDemocratic Party (Italy)

Mauro Antonio Donato Laus (b. Lavello, 7 August 1966) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party, who serves as a Senator.[1] He is a member of the Legislature XVIII of Italy.[2]

Biography

After spending his childhood and adolescence in Lavello (PZ), he moved to Turin. He is married and has two children.[3]

Political activity

In the 2005 regional elections in Piedmont he was elected regional councilor, on the Margherita lists, in the province of Turin. He was also re-elected in the subsequent regional 2010, in the lists of the Democratic Party. Re-elected councilor again also at the 2014 regional councils,  on 30 May 2014 he was elected president of the Piedmont Regional Council.[4]

Election as Senator

In the 2018 general elections of Italy he was elected to the Senate of the Republic in the single-member constituency of Turin, supported by the Democratic Party.[5]

Controversy

In 2018, during a heated debate in the Senate, he reportedly told Senator Alessandra Maiorino (M5S) to return to the kitchen, attracting criticism and bipartisan accusations of sexism.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Laus: "Nessuno usi le primarie per dare la caccia a poltrone"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  2. ^ "Laus boccia la proposta di Furia di un sondaggio Pd per il candidato sindaco: "Fallisce politica, trionfa marketing"". Nuova Società (in Italian). 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  3. ^ "Curriculum - Mauro Laus". web.archive.org. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  4. ^ "La prima del nuovo Consiglio regionale è andata: Laus eletto presidente". TorinoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  5. ^ "Grandi manovre in Consiglio regionale: Laus a Roma, libera la sedia di presidente". lastampa.it (in Italian). 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  6. ^ "Dl sicurezza, Laus (Pd) a Maiorino (M5s): "Tornatene in cucina". Lega e Possibile: "Insulto sessista"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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