Roberto Menia | |
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| Member of theSenate of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2022 | |
| Constituency | Liguria |
| Member of theChamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 April 1994 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
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| Born | (1961-12-03)3 December 1961 (age 63) Pieve di Cadore, Italy |
| Political party | FdI (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | MSI (till 1995) AN (1995–2008) PdL (2008–2010) FLI (2010–2015) AzN (2015–2017) MNS (2017–2019) |
| Alma mater | University of Trieste |
| Profession | Politician, journalist |
Roberto Menia (born 3 December 1961) is an Italian politician.
Born inPieve di Cadore, Veneto, Menia is the son of anIstrian exile ofBuje, who moved toTrieste after the war. He has a law degree and he is a publicist journalist. Menia began his political activity in the youth organization of theItalian Social Movement, under the leadership ofAlmerigo Grilz.
In 1994, Menia was elected for the first time to the Chamber of Deputies and he was re-confirmed as deputy until 2013. In 2004, Menia was the first promoter of the law which established 10 February as Day of Remembrance dedicated to the martyrs ofFoibe.[1] On 12 May 2008, he was appointed Undersecretary for the Environment in theBerlusconi IV Cabinet. On 21 March 2009, in the last Congress ofNational Alliance, Menia was the only one to vote against the dissolution of the party and its merge intoThe People of Freedom. In 2010, he left the PdL and he resigned as Undersecretary to followGianfranco Fini into his new party,Future and Freedom.
In the2013 general election he was again placed as a candidate in the list of FLI, but the party didn't pass the electoral threshold and he wasn't re-elected. After the electoral failure, Fini resigned as President of FLI and Menia was appointed Regent Coordinator of the party.[2] In 2017, Menia was appointed Deputy Secretary of theNational Movement for Sovereignty.
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