Vincenzo Sofo

Vincenzo Sofo (born 18 December 1986 in Milan) is an Italian politician.

Vincenzo Sofo

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Southern Italy
Assumed office
1 February 2020[1][2]
Personal details
NationalityItalian
Political partyLeague
Domestic partnerMarion Maréchal
Alma materUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Biography

Sofo graduated in Economics from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart.

From 2007 to 2009 he was the leader of The Right's youth wing in the Milan area. In 2009 he co-founded and directed until 2017 the think tank IlTalebano.com, approaching the Northern League, whose transformation into national movement he advocated. In 2011 he was elected councilor of the 6th Municipality of Milan. In 2016 he ran for the city council of Milan, obtaining 260 preferences and missing the election.

In 2019 he was elected to the European Parliament in the Southern constituency, but he was one of the three Italian candidates suspended pending the exit of the British deputies for Brexit.[3] He officially took his seat on February 1, 2020.

Personal life

Sofo has been engaged to the former French MP Marion Maréchal since 2018.

References
  1. "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. "Chi è stato eletto alle Europee". Il Post (in Italian). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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