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Alberto Cirio
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President of Piedmont
Assumed office
6 June 2019
Preceded by Sergio Chiamparino
Member of the European Parliament
In office
25 May 2014 – 26 May 2019
Constituency North-West Italy
Personal details
Born (1972-12-06) 6 December 1972 (age 51)
Turin, Italy
Political party Lega Nord
(1995–2004)
Forza Italia
(2004–2009)
The People of Freedom
(2009–2013)
Forza Italia
(since 2013)
Spouse Sara
Children 2
Alma mater University of Turin
Profession Entrepreneur

Alberto Cirio (born 6 December 1972) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Italy from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the centre-right Forza Italia.

Biography

He studied law at the University of Turin.

Cirio served as Deputy Mayor of Alba from 1995 to 2005. In 2005 he was elected Regional Councilor of Piedmont. In 2010 Cirio was re-elected to the Regional Council. Regional Minister for Education, Tourism and Sport in the Piedmont Region from 2010 to 2014.

In the 2014 European election he was elected to the European Parliament for the North-West region.

On 26 May 2019 he was elected President of Piedmont, supported by Forza Italia, the Northern League, Brothers of Italy and Union of the Centre.

On 8 March 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.

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