Francesco Speroni
Italian politician
Francesco Enrico Speroni (born 4 October 1946, in Busto Arsizio) is an Italian politician.
Career
Speroni has been flight engineer from 1970 to 1997, remaining on leave since 1989. A member of the Northern League, Speroni has been a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1994, a Senator from 1992 to 1999 and again an MEP from 1999 to 2014.
He served as Minister for Institutional Reforms in first Berlusconi government, from 1994 to 1995.
As MEP, he co-chaired the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group from 2009 to 2014. He sat also on the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs and has been a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.
In 2011, Speroni stated that "Breivik's ideas are in defence of western civilisation" following the 2011 Norway attacks.[1]
Education
- 1975: Political science degree
- 1999: Law degree
References
- ^ John Hooper (27 July 2011). "Ex-Berlusconi minister defends Anders Behring Breivik". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francesco Speroni.
- Personal profile of Francesco Speroni in the European Parliament's database of members
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Leaders of Lega Nord
- Umberto Bossi (1991–2012)
- Roberto Maroni (2012–2013)
- Matteo Salvini (2013–present)
- Franco Rocchetta (1991–1994)
- Stefano Stefani (1995–2002)
- Luciano Gasperini (2002–2005)
- Angelo Alessandri (2005–2012)
- Umberto Bossi (2012–present)
- Marco Formentini (1992–1994)
- Luigi Negri (1992–2001)
- Pierluigi Petrini (1994–1995)
- Vito Gnutti (1995–1996)
- Domenico Comino (1996–1999)
- Giancarlo Pagliarini (1999–2001)
- Alessandro Cè (2001–2005)
- Andrea Gibelli (2005–2006)
- Roberto Maroni (2006–2008)
- Roberto Cota (2008–2010)
- Marco Reguzzoni (2010–2012)
- Gianpaolo Dozzo (2012–2013)
- Giancarlo Giorgetti (2013–2014)
- Massimiliano Fedriga (2014–2018)
- Giancarlo Giorgetti (2018)
- Riccardo Molinari (2018–present)
- Francesco Speroni (1992–1994)
- Francesco Tabladini (1994–1996)
- Francesco Speroni (1996–1999)
- Luciano Gasperini (1999–2000)
- Roberto Castelli (2000–2001)
- Francesco Moro (2001–2004)
- Ettore Pirovano (2004–2006)
- Roberto Castelli (2006–2008)
- Federico Bricolo (2008–2013)
- Massimo Bitonci (2013–2014)
- Gian Marco Centinaio (2014–2018)
- Massimiliano Romeo (2018–present)
- Francesco Speroni (1989–1992)
- Luigi Moretti (1992–1999)
- Francesco Speroni (1999–2004)
- Mario Borghezio (2004–2009)
- Francesco Speroni (2009–2014)
- Matteo Salvini (2014–2018)
- Marco Zanni (2018–present)
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