Massimo Mallegni
{{Short description|Italian politician (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Massimo Mallegni
| birth_date = {{b-da|28 November 1968}}
| birth_place = Pietrasanta, Italy
| office = Senator of the Legislature XVIII of Italy
| termstart = March 2018
| image = Massimo Mallegni datisenato 2018.jpg
| constituency = Tuscany
}}
Massimo Mallegni (born 28 November 1968 in Pietrasanta) is an Italian politician.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-19|title=Un macchinario all'avanguardia al campo Pedonese di Pietrasanta, il dono di Massimo Mallegni|url=https://www.luccaindiretta.it/versilia/2020/12/19/un-macchinario-allavanguardia-al-campo-pedonese-di-pietrasanta-il-dono-di-massimo-mallegni/212733/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Luccaindiretta|language=it}} He is a senator of the Republic of Italy and is a member of the Legislature XVIII of Italy.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-17|title=Crisi di governo, Mallegni: "Se Conte non raggiunge la soglia dei 161 voti dovrà dimettersi"|url=https://www.luccaindiretta.it/politica/2021/01/17/crisi-di-governo-mallegni-se-conte-non-raggiunge-la-soglia-dei-161-voti-dovra-dimettersi/217373/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Luccaindiretta|language=it}}
Biography
Mallegni was born in Pietrasanta, in the province of Lucca. He is an entrepreneur in the tourism sector. In 1994, he joined Forza Italia. In 1994, he became councillor of the Province of Lucca, until 1997. In 1997, he became mayor in his native town, Pietrasanta, and was reelected three times: in 2000, in 2005 and in 2015.{{Cite web|title=Chi è Mallegni, il sindaco che piace al Cav. e dice Pietrasanta first|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2017/09/05/news/chi-e-mallegni-il-sindaco-che-piace-al-cav-e-dice-pietrasanta-first-151022/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=www.ilfoglio.it|language=it}} in 2016, Mallegni invited the artist Helidon Xhixha to hold an exhibition of his sculptures, working with local artisans to complete works in bronze and marble.{{Cite web|last=Giolitti|first=Dr Diego|date=2016-09-12|title=Mayor Massimo Mallegni on Helidon Xhixha Show|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/massimo-mallegni-italys-artsiest-mayor-on-his-citys-helidon-xhixha-show-644015|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Artnet News|language=en-US}}
= Election as Senator =
In 2017, he resigned as mayor in view of the following year's general elections, in which he was elected senator in 2018. In December 2019, he was among the 64 signatories (41 of which were from Forza Italia) for the confirmatory referendum on the decrease in the size of the parliament: a few months earlier, the Berlusconian senators had deserted the senate on the occasion of the vote on the constitutional reform.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-18|title=Taglio parlamentari, Forza Italia guida la coalizione dei salva poltrone. Firmano per il referendum pure 7 Pd, 3 M5s e 2 renziani|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/12/18/taglio-parlamentari-forza-italia-guida-la-coalizione-dei-salva-poltrone-firmano-per-il-referendum-pure-7-pd-3-m5s-e-2-renziani/5625598/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it-IT}} At the beginning of January 2020, he withdrew his signature together with three other Forza Italia senators close to Mara Carfagna.{{Cite web|title=Alcuni senatori si sfilano, in bilico il referendum sul taglio dei parlamentari|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/taglio-parlamentari-slitta-consegna-cassazione-afcd72d9-858b-48a3-bd23-c0cff9395441.html|access-date=2021-01-17|website=rainews|date=9 January 2020 |language=italian}}
In August, with the regional elections in Tuscany, he was chosen as regional commissioner of Forza Italia after the resignation of the coordinator Stefano Mugnai.