Umberto Bossi

Umberto Bossi
Bossi in 2022
President of the Northern League
Assumed office
5 April 2012[1]
Preceded byAngelo Alessandri
Federal Secretary of Northern League
In office
4 December 1989 – 5 April 2012
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byRoberto Maroni
Minister for Federal Reforms
In office
8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byVannino Chiti
Minister for Institutional Reforms and Devolution
In office
11 June 2001 – 19 July 2004
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byAntonio Maccanico
Succeeded byRoberto Calderoli
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyLombardy
In office
29 April 2008 – 22 March 2018
ConstituencyLombardy
In office
23 April 1992 – 19 July 2004
ConstituencyMilan
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
23 March 2018 – 13 October 2022
ConstituencyVarese
In office
2 July 1987 – 22 April 1992
ConstituencyLombardy
Member of the European Parliament
In office
19 July 1994 – 10 June 2001
ConstituencyNorth-West Italy
In office
21 July 2004 – 28 April 2008
ConstituencyNorth-West Italy
Personal details
Born (1941-09-19) 19 September 1941 (age 83)
Cassano Magnago, Italy
Political partyLega Lombarda (1982–present)
Lega Nord (1989–present)
Other political
affiliations
PCI (1975–1976)[2]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
SpouseManuela Marrone
Children4, including Renzo Bossi

Umberto Bossi (born 19 September 1941) is an Italian politician and former leader of Lega Nord (Northern League), a party seeking autonomy or independence for Northern Italy or Padania. He is married to the Sicilian Manuela Marrone,[3] and has four sons, of whom one was from his first wife.

  1. ^ "Membri del Consiglio Federale - Lega Nord".
  2. ^ "Umberto Bossi iscritto al Pci". 2 December 2010.
  3. ^ MotherJones.com