Guglielmo Picchi
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Guglielmo Picchi is an Italian politician. He graduated in Business at the University of Florence
and with a Master of Business Administration from the SDA Bocconi
Business school in Milan and contributed to the founding of the Forza Italia
party in Tuscany in 1993.
Picchi was elected to the City council of Florence
from 1995 to 1999, but then moved to London to work for a British investment bank. In 2006, he was elected for the first time to the Italian parliament in the European overseas constituency with 5,362 preference votes. During that parliament, Picchi was a member of the foreign affairs committee.
In 2008 he was re-elected in the same constituency with 13,239 preference votes for the Il Popolo della Libertà party and, from June 2008, was a member of the Italian Parliamentary delegation to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
University of Florence
The University of Florence is a higher study institute in Florence, central Italy. One of the largest and oldest universities in the country, it consists of 12 faculties...
and with a Master of Business Administration from the SDA Bocconi
SDA Bocconi
SDA Bocconi School of Management is the graduate business school of the Bocconi University at Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1971 as a school of business education featuring strong international ties...
Business school in Milan and contributed to the founding of the Forza Italia
Forza Italia
Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
party in Tuscany in 1993.
Picchi was elected to the City council of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
from 1995 to 1999, but then moved to London to work for a British investment bank. In 2006, he was elected for the first time to the Italian parliament in the European overseas constituency with 5,362 preference votes. During that parliament, Picchi was a member of the foreign affairs committee.
In 2008 he was re-elected in the same constituency with 13,239 preference votes for the Il Popolo della Libertà party and, from June 2008, was a member of the Italian Parliamentary delegation to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).