Umberto Bossi

Umberto Bossi
Bossi in 2022
President of the Northern League
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 2012[1]
Preceded by	Angelo Alessandri
Federal Secretary of Northern League
In office 4 December 1989 – 5 April 2012
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Roberto Maroni
Minister for Federal Reforms
In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Vannino Chiti
Minister for Institutional Reforms and Devolution
In office 11 June 2001 – 19 July 2004
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Antonio Maccanico
Succeeded by	Roberto Calderoli
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 October 2022
Constituency	Lombardy
In office 29 April 2008 – 22 March 2018
Constituency	Lombardy
In office 23 April 1992 – 19 July 2004
Constituency	Milan
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office 23 March 2018 – 13 October 2022
Constituency	Varese
In office 2 July 1987 – 22 April 1992
Constituency	Lombardy
Member of the European Parliament
In office 19 July 1994 – 10 June 2001
Constituency	North-West Italy
In office 21 July 2004 – 28 April 2008
Constituency	North-West Italy
Personal details
Born	(1941-09-19) 19 September 1941 (age 83) Cassano Magnago, Italy
Political party	Lega Lombarda (1982–present) Lega Nord (1989–present)
Other political affiliations	PCI (1975–1976)[2]
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse	Manuela Marrone
Children	4, 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.