Pogliese graduated in Economy at the
University of Catania and has been a chartered accountant. He entered in politics when he was very young, beginning his political career in the
Youth Front, the youth organization of the
Italian Social Movement, of which Pogliese has been provincial secretary in
Catania. With the end of the
MSI and the birth of
National Alliance, Pogliese became the regional secretary of
Youth Action, the youth organization of
Gianfranco Fini's party in
Sicily. In 1997 he was elected to the City Council of
Catania and in 2003 he was elected to the Provincial Council, working as assessor in the junta led by
Raffaele Lombardo. He is elected to the
Sicilian Regional Assembly in the
regional elections of 2006 with
National Alliance and in the
regional elections of 2008 with
The People of Freedom. Re-elected in the
regional elections of 2012, he became vice-president of the
Sicilian Regional Assembly. During the
2014 European election, Pogliese in elected to the
European Parliament with
Forza Italia. In February 2018, Pogliese announced his intention to run for
Mayor of Catania, receiving support from his own party and the whole
centre-right coalition and from
President of Sicily Nello Musumeci. In June 2018, Pogliese is elected Mayor, defeating his incumbent predecessor
Enzo Bianco. == References ==