Mario Mantovani

Mario Mantovani (born 28 July 1950 in Arconate) is an Italian politician, Member of the European Parliament 1999–2009 for North-West with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party, Italian Senator and Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transports since 2008. Since 2001, he is also mayor of the municipality of Arconate. On October 13, 2015, he was arrested in Milan, accused of corruption, bid-rigging, and misdirection of public funds for school construction and patients needing dialysis transport, between 2012 and 2014, while Vice President of Lombardy.

Contents

• Education
• Career
• References

Education

1975: Graduate in foreign languages and literature

Career

1969-1994: lecturer

1994-1999: businessman in the non-profit-making sector

since 1996: Chairman of the 'Mantovani' Foundation

In Forza Italia

since 2001: national official responsible for social policies

since 2003: national official responsible for the Electoral Office

Member of the Regional Executive (1983-1988) and then Mayor (since 2001) of the municipality of Arconate

1999-2009: Member of the European Parliament (PPE)

2008: Senator

2008: Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transports in the Berlusconi government