Ruggero Benedetto Italo Razza (born 23 September 1980) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]

Ruggero Razza
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
16 July 2024
ConstituencyItalian Islands
Personal details
Born
Ruggero Benedetto Italo Razza

(1980-09-23) 23 September 1980 (age 44)
Milan, Italy
Political partyBrothers of Italy
Other political
affiliations
European Conservatives and Reformists Party

Early life and career

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Razza was born in Milan in 1980, to Catanian parents.[2] He joined the National Alliance's youth wing Youth Action, and served as its national director.[3] He was later a co-founder of the Sicilian Alliance, and joined The Right.[2] In 2008 he was The Right's candidate for president of Sicily in the regional election, and was named national spokesperson of the party's youth wing Gioventù Italiana.[3]

In 2012, he was appointed vice president of the province of Catania by Giuseppe Castiglione, a few weeks after being named assessor for cultural policies.[4] He became coordinator of DiventeràBellissima in 2015,[5] and in 2017 was appointed health councillor of Sicily.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "L'impresentabile e il rinviato a giudizio, i siciliani di FdI eletti all'europarlamento". Domani. 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ecco chi è Ruggero Razza, fedelissimo di Musumeci e assessore alla Sanità in Sicilia". Gazzetta del Sud. 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Ruggero Razza, l'enfant prodige della destra siciliana". La Sicilia. 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Provincia, Ruggero Razza nominato Vice Presidente". CataniaToday. 28 February 2012.
  5. ^ ""Diventerà Bellissima" si organizza. "Noi l'alternativa a Pd e Crocetta"". LiveSicilia. 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017.