Roberto Formigoni

Roberto Formigoni (born 30 March 1947) is an Italian politician. He was the president of Lombardy from 1995 to 2013. He is the former unofficial political spokesperson of the Communion and Liberation movement. On 21 February 2019, the Supreme Court of Cassation, the highest court in Italy, found him guilty of corruption and sentenced him to a definitive jail term of 5 years and 10 months. As a result, he has been detained in the prison of Bollate, near Milan, Italy, since February 2019.

Roberto Formigoni
8th President of Lombardy
In office
27 June 1995  18 March 2013
Preceded byPaolo Arrigoni
Succeeded byRoberto Maroni
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
15 March 2013  22 March 2018
ConstituencyLombardy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
2 July 1987  27 June 1995
ConstituencyMilan
Member of the European Parliament for North-West Italy
In office
24 July 1984  25 July 1994
Personal details
Born (1947-03-30) 30 March 1947
Lecco, Italy
Political partyNcl (since 2017)
Other political
affiliations
DC (1973–1994)
PPI (1994–1995)
CDU (1995–1998)
CDL (1998–2001)
FI (2001–2009)
PdL (2009–2013)
NCD (2013–2017)
AP (2017)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
ResidenceMilan
Alma materUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
ProfessionPolitician, Communion and Liberation movement's former unofficial political spokesman
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