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Walter Verini | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2022 | |
| Constituency | Umbria |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 29 April 2008 – 13 October 2022 | |
| Constituency | Umbria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1956 Città di Castello, Italy |
| Political party | PCI (till 1991) PDS (1991-1998) DS (1998-2007) PD (since 2007) |
| Profession | Journalist |
Walter Verini (born 17 January 1956) is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
[edit]Professional journalist since 1978, Verini worked in various newspapers and local radio and TV stations in Umbria, and he was director of some of these: he worked on Paese Sera and L'Unità, and directed YouDem, newspaper of the Democratic Party.
Political career
[edit]Verini held various political-administrative positions in Umbria until 1996, when he began to collaborate with Walter Veltroni, being head of Veltroni's secretariat when he was Minister of cultural heritage and Deputy Prime Minister, secretary of the Democrats of the Left, mayor of Rome and finally secretary of the Democratic Party.
He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time in the 2008 elections in the Umbria constituency. In the 2013 elections and the 2018 elections he was re-elected deputy in the same constituency for the Democratic Party.
In 2019, the secretary of the Democratic Party Nicola Zingaretti appointed him commissioner of the Democratic Party in Umbria, an office he held until 2020.[1] In 2019, Verini was appointed Treasurer of the Democratic Party by its national assembly.[2]
In the 2022 snap elections, Verini was elected to the Senate with the list Democratic Party - Democratic and Progressive Italy.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pd, Verini commissario partito in Umbria". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Pd, Walter Verini nominato tesoriere". Adnkronos. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Ecco chi sono i parlamentari eletti. Ma alla Camera c'è il rebus dei resti". La Nazione. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.