Luigi Pedrazzini

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Luigi Pedrazzini (born March 4, 1953 in Locarno ; resident in Campo (Vallemaggia) ), called Gigio , is a Swiss journalist, politician and Ticino State Councilor ( Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP)).

biography

He studied law at the University of Zurich and has been working as a lawyer and journalist since 1992 (editor-in-chief of the newspaper Popolo e Libertà ). In 1983 he joined the administration of "Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA" in Locarno, where he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1986. In 1999 he was elected to the State Council of the Canton of Ticino. From 1999 to 2011 he was head of the Department of Justice, Security and Home Affairs ( Dipartimento delle istituzioni ); In 2001, 2006 and 2010 he presides over the State Council.

On August 31, 2009, the Ticino cantonal section of the CVP nominated Pedrazzini to succeed Federal Councilor Pascal Couchepin for the attention of the CVP / EPP / glp parliamentary group .

On January 1, 2012, he took over the presidency of the Società cooperativa per la Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (Corsi) and was elected to the SRG SSR Board of Directors.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Luigi Pedrazzini on the SRG SSR website