Mario Mantovani

Mario Mantovani (born 28 July 1950 in Arconate) is an Italian politician, Member of the European Parliament 1999-2009 for North-West with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party, Italian Senator and Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transports since 2008. Since 2001, he is also mayor of the municipality of Arconate. On October 13, 2015, he was arrested in Milan, accused of corruption, bid-rigging, and misdirection of public funds for school construction and patients needing dialysis transport, between 2012 and 2014, while Vice President of Lombardy.

Education

• 1975: Graduate in foreign languages and literature

Career

• 1969-1994: lecturer
• 1994-1999: businessman in the non-profit-making sector
• since 1996: Chairman of the 'Mantovani' Foundation
• In Forza Italia
• since 2001: national official responsible for social policies
• since 2003: national official responsible for the Electoral Office
• Member of the Regional Executive (1983-1988) and then Mayor (since 2001) of the municipality of Arconate
• 1999-2009: Member of the European Parliament (PPE)
• 2008: Senator
• 2008: Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transports in the Berlusconi government

External links

• Personal profile of Mario Mantovani in the European Parliament's database of members
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Italian)

European Parliament
Preceded by Title jointly held	Member of Parliament 1999 – 2008	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Italian Senate
Preceded by Title jointly held	Senator 2008 – present	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Political offices
Preceded by Piercarlo Maggiolini	Mayor of Arconate 2001 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Tommaso Casillo, Luigi Meduri Infrastructures Andrea Annunziata, Raffaele Gentile Transports	Undersecretary to the Italian Minister of Infrastructures 2008 – present Served alongside: Roberto Castelli, Bartolomeo Giachino, Giuseppe Maria Reina	Incumbent