Danilo Toninelli

Senator Danilo Toninelli
Minister of Infrastructures and Transports
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2018
Prime Minister	Giuseppe Conte
Preceded by	Graziano Delrio
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2018
Constituency	Lombardia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
Constituency	Lombardia 3
Personal details
Born	(1974-08-02) 2 August 1974 Soresina, Italy
Political party	Five Star Movement
Alma mater	University of Brescia

Danilo Toninelli (born 2 August 1974) is an Italian politician, who serves in the government of Italy as Minister of Infrastructures and Transports since 1 June 2018.

Biography

Toninelli was born in Soresina on 2 August 1974. He graduated in law at the University of Brescia in 1999.

From 1999 to 2001 he was Officer of the Carabinieri Corps. Before being elected deputy he was employed for an insurance company.

Political career

In 2010 Toninelli was candidate for regional councillor with the Five Star Movement in the Lombard regional election, but he was not elected. He was elected Deputy in the 2013 Italian general election and from 7 May 2013 to 20 July 2015 he was Vice-President of the 1st Committee (Constitutional Affairs of the Council Presidency and Interior) of the Chamber of Deputies, while subsequently he became a member of the "Standing Committee of the opinions" and of the council for the regulation of the Chamber.

In the 2018 general election he was elected Senator and on 27 March 2018 he became head of the M5S group in the Senate.

On 1 June 2018 Toninelli was appointed Minister of Infrastructures and Transports of the Conte Cabinet.

External links

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