Antonio De Poli was born on 4 October 1960 in Vicenza and he took a high school certificate in
technical subjects. He worked as employee at the
State Railways, then he served as Mayor of
Carmignano di Brenta from 1990 to 1995, as regional councillor of Veneto from 1995 to 2000 and as regional assessor for Social Policies from 2000 to 2004. He was elected MEP in the
2004 European Parliament election with the
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats. After the
2005 Venetian regional election he resigned as MEP to become again regional assessor for Social Policies. In the
2006 Italian general election he was elected to the Senate for the Republic, while in the
2008 Italian general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. In the
2013 Italian general election he was again elected Senator into the centrist list
With Monti for Italy. On 20 December 2016 Antonio De Poli has been appointed President of the
Union of the Centre. ==References==