Francesco Torselli | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Central Italy | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Florence, Italy | 9 March 1976
Political party | Brothers of Italy |
Other political affiliations | European Conservatives and Reformists Party |
Francesco Torselli (born 9 March 1976) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. [1]
Torselli was born in Florence in 1976. [2] He joined the Youth Front on the morning after the Capaci bombing, because he considered it to be the furthest from the Tangentopoli . [3] In 1999, he was elected president of Youth Action in Florence. [4] From 2009 to 2019 he served as city councillor of Florence, and in the 2020 regional election he was elected to the Regional Council of Tuscany. [4] He was chosen as group leader of the Brothers of Italy on the council in the same year, and held the role until his election to the European Parliament. [5]
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