Secretary, COPASIR (Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic)
Born in Trieste in 1968. After several years of political activity in local administrations as a municipal councillor (also serving as President of the City Council), as well as at provincial and regional level, he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 2003 through a by-election.
From 2006 to 2008, in the second Prodi Government, he served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of the Interior, with responsibility for the Fire Brigade and anti-racketeering policies. Re-elected to the Chamber in 2008, he was Treasurer of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party and a member of COPASIR (the Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic) and of the Defence Committee.
In the 17th Legislature, he served as President of the Democratic Party Parliamentary Group, then the governing majority.
In 2018, he was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies and became one of its Vice-Presidents. From 2019 to December 2022, he also served as National President of Italia Viva.
He was re-elected in the 2022 general election on the Azione–Italia Viva list and currently serves as Deputy Secretary of Azione. He is a member of the Defence Committee and Secretary of COPASIR.