Ruggero Razza

Ruggero Razza
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
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

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]

Early life and career

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

  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.