Riccardo Magi (born 7 August 1976) is an Italian politician.

Riccardo Magi
Secretary of More Europe
Assumed office
26 February 2023
Preceded byBenedetto Della Vedova
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
23 March 2018
Personal details
Born (1976-08-07) 7 August 1976 (age 48)
Rome, Italy
Political partyMore Europe
Alma materUniversity of Rome La Sapienza
OccupationPolitician

Biography

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In 2003 Magi graduated in Historical Sciences from the University of Rome La Sapienza, with a thesis on the History of Europe. He entered politics by joining the Italian Radicals.

From 2009 to 2013 he is among the promoters of the proposals of popular resolutions for the municipal register of advance healthcare directive and the recognition of civil unions in Rome.[1] In 2012 he coordinated the citizen referendum campaign on sustainable mobility, land consumption, civil rights and free access to the sea in Ostia.

He was elected to the City Council of Rome in 2013, supporting the centre-left mayoral candidate Ignazio Marino, who is elected Mayor.[2] During the activity in the City Council has asked the adoption, by Rome Capital, of the Registry of Waste,[3] with a hunger strike and a video-appeal to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, wanting to report the obstructionism of the Democratic Party to its approval. On 4 November 2015 he was elected national secretary of Italian Radicals.[4] In the 2016 administrative elections in Rome, he is the leader of the Radical list Federalists, Laity, Ecologists, supporting candidate Roberto Giachetti, and obtains 2606 preferences, but he is no longer elected to the City Council.

In the political elections of 2018 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, supported by More Europe, within the centre-left coalition,[5] winning the tenth constituency of Rome against the Forza Italia candidate Olimpia Tarsia and the Five Star Movement candidate Dino Giarrusso. He joined the sub-component More Europe of the Mixed Group.

References

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  1. ^ "Unioni civili, via libera dal Campidoglio. In Aula anche Marino, Vendola e Luxuria". La Repubblica. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Roma, consiglio comunale: Candidati e preferenze". La Repubblica. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Anagrafe rifiuti: online i dati su raccolta, recupero e smaltimento". comune.roma.it. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Radicali: Magi eletto nuovo segretario". ansa.it. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Liste Pd, pubblicati i nomi dei candidati nei collegi suddivisi Regione per Regione". today.it. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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  • Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XVIII, XIX legislature.