Lucio Malan is an Italian politician.

Malan was born in Luserna San Giovanni

Luserna San Giovanni

Luserna San Giovanni is a comune in the province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Val Pellice about 45 km southwest of Turin....

, Turin

Turin

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. He earned his BA in Literature

Literature

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 at the University of Turin

University of Turin

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, then he obtained a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in history

History

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 at University of Nevada Las Vegas, where Lucio Malan was also tutor-assistant.

Lucio Malan is member of the People of Freedom Party. From 1994 to 1996 he was a deputy. Since 2001 he has been senator and secretary of the presidency of Italian Senate

Italian Senate

The Senate of the Republic is the upper house of the Italian Parliament. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno , itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848...

. He is also a member of NATO Parliamentary Assembly

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Lucio Malan is a member of the Waldensian Evangelical Church

Waldensian Evangelical Church

The Waldensian Evangelical Church is an Italian historical Protestant denomination.After Protestant Reformation, the small church absorbed Calvinist theology and became the Italian branch of Reformed churches....

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From 1990 to 1998 he was guest speaker of Italian History and Culture at University Studies Abroad Consortium in Turin, Italy.

From 1998 to 2008 he has been the director of communications of 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.

Some Italian newspapers have reported that Senator Malan took his wife as a secretary using public funds of the Senate.

External links

• Lucio Malan at the Italian Senate
  Italian Senate
  The Senate of the Republic is the upper house of the Italian Parliament. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno , itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848...
  
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• Newspaper Venerdi Di Repubblica, June 5, 2009, p. 31, article Ora c'è chi ha preso il Senato per un'agenzia immobiliare