Fabio Rampelli
{{short description|Italian politician (born 1960)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Fabio Rampelli
|image = Fabio_Rampelli_daticamera_2018.jpg
|office = Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies
|term_start = 13 June 2018
|term_end =
|president = Roberto Fico
Lorenzo Fontana
|office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
|term_start1 = 21 December 2005
|term_end1 =
|constituency1 = Lazio 1
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|08|02|df=y}}
|birth_place = Rome, Italy
|death_date =
|death_place =
|profession = Politician, architect
|party = MSI (until 1995)
AN (1995–2009)
PdL (2009–2012)
FdI (since 2012)
|spouse =
|children =
|alma_mater = Sapienza University of Rome
}}
Fabio Rampelli (born 2 August 1960) is an Italian politician.
Biography
Rampelli graduated in Architecture at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and worked as an architect. He was also a member of the Italy national swimming team in 1978.[http://lazio.coni.it/lazio/lazio/notizie/notizie-2/8962-convegno-futuro-e-societ%C3%A0-la-responsabilit%C3%A0-sociale-dello-sport-in-italia.html Convegno. Futuro e società: la responsabilità sociale dello sport in Italia.]
In his youth, hRampelli joined the Roman Youth section of the Italian Social Movement and in 1989, together with Gianni Alemanno, he was arrested for protests in Nettuno for the arrival of George H. W. Bush. Rampelli served as municipal councilor of Rome from 1993 to 1997 and as regional councilor of Lazio from 1995 to 2005. In 2005 he was elected for the first time to the Chamber of Deputies with National Alliance. He joined later The People of Freedom and subsequently, in 2012, he followed Giorgia Meloni into Brothers of Italy. He has been chairman of the FdI's parliamentary group from 2014 to 2018, when he has been elected vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.[https://www.secoloditalia.it/2018/06/rampelli-eletto-vicepresidente-della-camera-sostituisce-il-ministro-fontana/ Rampelli eletto vicepresidente della Camera. Gli auguri di Meloni e La Russa]
In 2023, Rampelli proposed a law that would outlaw the use of any language other than Italian on official documents. The law has yet to go up for parliamentary debate.{{Cite web |last=Nadeau |first=Barbie Latza |date=2023-04-01 |title=Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/europe/italian-government-penalize-english-words-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=CNN }}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=A new law proposed in Italy would ban English — and violators could face fines of up to $110 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/italy-proposed-law-bans-english-words-violators-may-face-fines-up-to-110k/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=CBS News }}
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Category:Politicians from Rome
Category:Brothers of Italy politicians
Category:The People of Freedom politicians
Category:National Alliance (Italy) politicians
Category:Italian Social Movement politicians
Category:Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy
Category:Italian male freestyle swimmers
Category:Sapienza University of Rome alumni