Stefano Parisi

Stefano Parisi (born 12 November 1956) is an Italian businessman and politician. He was the general secretary of Confindustria for four years and founder of Energies for Italy, a political party member of the centre-right coalition.

Early life and education Parisi was born in Rome. During his studying years in the 1970s, he worked as a Vice-Secretary of the university's Italian Socialist Party (PSI) nucleus of his city. After graduating from the Sapienza University of Rome in Economics and Commerce, he began working at the CGIL study office, and always kept on a socialist level.

In 1992, Parisi became the Head of the Department of Economic Affairs of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. In 1994, he was chosen as a Secretary General of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications just established with the beginning of the mobile telephony market. His principal opponents were the incumbent president Nicola Zingaretti (centre-left coalition), the outgoing deputy Roberta Lombardi (Five Star Movement), the incumbent Amatrice mayor Sergio Pirozzi (supported by Gianni Alemanno and Francesco Storace), and the CasaPound candidate Mauro Antonini. On 4 March 2018, per the Tatarella Law of 1995 still in force, Parisi became regional councilor and the leader of the opposition he arrived second in the electoral race of presidential candidates, with 31% of the votes.

Personal life Since 1997, Parisi lives in Milan with his wife and two daughters.