Mauro Laus

Mauro Laus
Senator of the Legislature XVIII of Italy
Assumed office
March 2018
PresidentSergio Mattarella
ConstituencyPiedmont
Personal details
Born (1966-08-07) 7 August 1966
NationalityItalian
PartyDemocratic Party (Italy)

Mauro Antonio Donato Laus (b. Lavello, 7 August 1966) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party, who serves as a Senator.[1] He is a member of the Legislature XVIII of Italy.[2]

Biography

After spending his childhood and adolescence in Lavello (PZ), he moved to Turin. He is married and has two children.[3]

Political activity

In the 2005 regional elections in Piedmont he was elected regional councilor, on the Margherita lists, in the province of Turin. He was also re-elected in the subsequent regional 2010, in the lists of the Democratic Party. Re-elected councilor again also at the 2014 regional councils,  on 30 May 2014 he was elected president of the Piedmont Regional Council.[4]

Election as Senator

In the 2018 general elections of Italy he was elected to the Senate of the Republic in the single-member constituency of Turin, supported by the Democratic Party.[5]

Controversy

In 2018, during a heated debate in the Senate, he reportedly told Senator Alessandra Maiorino (M5S) to return to the kitchen, attracting criticism and bipartisan accusations of sexism.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Laus: "Nessuno usi le primarie per dare la caccia a poltrone"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 16 December 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Laus boccia la proposta di Furia di un sondaggio Pd per il candidato sindaco: "Fallisce politica, trionfa marketing"". Nuova Società (in Italian). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Curriculum - Mauro Laus". 16 August 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ^ "La prima del nuovo Consiglio regionale è andata: Laus eletto presidente". TorinoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Grandi manovre in Consiglio regionale: Laus a Roma, libera la sedia di presidente". lastampa.it (in Italian). 5 March 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Dl sicurezza, Laus (Pd) a Maiorino (M5s): "Tornatene in cucina". Lega e Possibile: "Insulto sessista"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2021.