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Mauro Poggia

Swiss-Italian politician

Mauro Poggia


Member of the Council of State of Geneva
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office 24 October 2011 – 28 November 2013
Constituency	Geneva

Personal details
Born	25 April 1959 Moutier, Bern
Nationality	Italian Swiss
Political party	Geneva Citizens' Movement
Other political affiliations	Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2009) Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
Profession	Lawyer
Website	poggia.blog.tdg.ch

Mauro Poggia (born 25 April 1959 in Moutier) is a Swiss-Italian politician. He is a member of the Geneva Citizens' Movement (MCG) and has been a member of the Council of State of Geneva since 2013.^[1]^[2] Previously, he served in the National Council from the October 2011 election until 2013.^[3]

Biography

Formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP), Poggia left to join the MCG in 2009. He was elected to the Grand Council of Geneva at the 2009 election.^[1] He was elected as the MCG's sole member of the National Council at the 2011 election, representing Geneva.

He ran for the Senate of Italy in the 2008 election for the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats,^[4] seeking to represent Italians abroad.

He is a convert to Islam, the religion of his wife.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mauro Poggia - Membres du Conseil d'Etat : Législature 2013-2018" (in French). ge.ch. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
^ "Cross-Border Issues Cloud Geneva Election Result". Swissinfo. November 11, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
^ "Mauro Poggia". parlament.ch. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
^ "il devient un populiste "réfléchi"". Le Matin. 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
^ "Me Mauro Poggia ou la course en tandem du battant solitaire". Tribune de Genève. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2011.