Roberto Fico
Italian politician (born 1974)
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- Roberto Fico ( Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto ˈfiːko] ; born 10 October 1974) is an Italian politician who has been serving as President of Campania since 9 December 2025.
- Early life Fico was born in Naples in 1974 to a middle-class family.
- After the university he worked for some press offices, in a hotel, as tour operator manager, in a call-center, in a butcher's shop and as a small importer of fabrics from Morocco.
- In 2010, he ran as President of Campania region, but only received 1.
- In 2011, he was the M5S candidate for Mayor of Naples, getting only 1.
Roberto Fico (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto ˈfiːko]; born 10 October 1974) is an Italian politician who has been serving as President of Campania since 9 December 2025. He served as the Chairman of the RAI Supervision Commission from 2013 to 2018 and President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2018 to 2022..
Early life
Fico was born in Naples in 1974 to a middle-class family. He studied communication studies at the University of Trieste and did an Erasmus exchange at the University of Helsinki, graduating in 2001 with a thesis regarding the social and linguistic identity of Neapolitan neomelodic music. After the university he worked for some press offices, in a hotel, as tour operator manager, in a call-center, in a butcher's shop and as a small importer of fabrics from Morocco.
Political career
On 18 July 2005, he founded one of the forty "Friends of Beppe Grillo" meetups in Naples, which led to the formation of the Five Star Movement. In 2010, he ran as President of Campania region, but only received 1.35% of the votes in the election. In 2011, he was the M5S candidate for Mayor of Naples, getting only 1.38% of votes, not exceeding the first round.
In December 2012, Fico arrived first, with 228 preferences obtained on the web, in the parliamentary primary election of the M5S, and thus he was nominated for the first position on the M5S list of the constituency Campania 1. In February 2013, he was elected to the 17th Italian Parliament.
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