Edoardo Rixi

Edoardo Rixi
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 October 2022
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
In office
11 June 2018 – 30 May 2019
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 October 2022
In office
23 March 2018 – 12 October 2022
ConstituencyLiguria
In office
29 April 2008 – 8 June 2010[1]
ConstituencyLiguria
Personal details
Born (1974-06-08) 8 June 1974 (age 50)
Genoa
NationalityItalian
Political partyLega Nord (2002–2020)
Lega (since 2020)
Spouse
Marzia Vita
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(m. 2015)​
Children1
EducationBocconi University
Alma materUniversity of Genoa
OccupationPolitician

Edoardo Rixi (born 8 June 1974, in Genoa) is an Italian politician.

Early life and education

In 2000, Rixi graduated in economics from the University of Genoa with the thesis:"Dalla crisi degli anni '90 alla moneta unica". In 2014 he attended the Master of Public Administration (SDA Bocconi).

Political career

On 11 June 2018 Edoardo Rixi was appointed Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of the Conte Cabinet.[2]

Court proceedings

In April 2015 he was investigated for unreasonable public money spending,[3][4] together with other regional councilors, as part of the survey on "Spese pazze" in the Liguria Region from 2010 to 2012. At the beginning of February 2016 he was sent to trial.

On 30 May 2019 the Court of Genoa sentenced him to three years and five months of imprisonment and the perpetual ban from public offices for the accusation of embezzlement and forgery and € 56,807 was confiscated; the same day Rixi resigned as deputy minister.[5] On 18 March 2021 he was acquitted on appeal because the "fact does not exist".[6] He was definitively acquitted on 15 March 2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ "XVI Legislatura - dal 29/04/2008 - al 14/03/2013 - Deputati - Variazione nella composizione". leg16.camera.it. camera.it. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Governo Conte, Edoardo Rixi sottosegretario". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Spese pazze in Regione Liguria, indagati in 27 tra consiglieri e assessori". La Repubblica (in Italian). 7 April 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ "In tribunale a genova - Processo "Spese pazze", Rixi: "Seguivamo una prassi consolidata"".
  5. ^ Amante, Angelo; Jones, Gavin (30 May 2019). "Italy junior minister quits, avoiding government clash". Reuters. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Altro che "spese pazze": "Il fatto non sussiste" E Rixi ora viene assolto". ilgiornale.it. ilgiornale.it. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Rixi: "Io assolto in via definitiva dopo nove anni di massacro. La giustizia va riformata"". 17 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.