{{Short description|Italian politician and lawyer, former Mayor of Brescia}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Adriano Paroli | image = Adriano Paroli datisenato 2018.jpg | order = Mayor of Brescia | term_start = 17 April 2008 | term_end = 12 June 2013 | predecessor = Paolo Corsini | successor = Emilio Del Bono | order2 = Member of the Senate | term_start2 = 23 March 2018 | term_end2 = | constituency2 = Brescia | order3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | term_start3 = 9 May 1996 | term_end3 = 17 January 2012 | constituency3 = Desenzano | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|3|30}} | birth_place = Brescia, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | party = DC {{small|(till 1994)}}<br />FI {{small|(1994-2009)}}<br />PdL {{small|(2009-2013)}}<br />FI {{small|(since 2013)}} | alma_mater = University of Milan | occupation = Politician, lawyer }} '''Adriano Paroli''' (born 30 March 1962) is an Italian politician and lawyer, former mayor of Brescia from 2008 to 2013.

== Biography == Graduated in Law at the University of Milan, Paroli joined Communion and Liberation when he was very young.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsnews.it/2012/09/13/il-sindaco-paroli-la-mia-brescia-e-piu-viva/|title=Il sindaco Paroli: "La mia Brescia è più viva"|work=BSnews.it|date=13 September 2012|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> He has been elected to the city council of Brescia with the Christian Democracy in 1991.

Paroli joined Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia in 1994 and ran for the office of president of the province of Brescia, without being elected. He was later elected in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1996,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1996/04/23/seicentotrenta-eletti-alla-camera.html?ref=search|title=I seicentotrenta eletti alla Camera|work=La Repubblica|date=23 April 1996|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> 2001, 2006 and 2008 general election.

In 2008 Paroli was elected Mayor of Brescia, defeating the centre-left candidate Emilio Del Bono.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/04/17/brescia-conquistata-dal-pdl-dopo-14-anni.html?ref=search|title=Brescia conquistata dal Pdl dopo 14 anni di centrosinistra|work=La Repubblica|date=17 April 2008|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> He ran for a second term in 2013 but he was defeated by Del Bono.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bresciatoday.it/politica/elezioni/comunali-brescia-2013/ballottaggio-vince-del-bono-commenti-adriano-paroli.html|title=La rabbia di Paroli: "Gli elettori non ci hanno capito, sbagliando. Da Del Bono tante schifezze"|work=BresciaToday.it|date=11 June 2013|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

In the 2018 general election Paroli has been elected to the Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brescia.corriere.it/politica/cards/brescia-porta-roma-12-parlamentari-9-deputati-3-senatori/forza-italia-adriano-paroli-senatore.shtml|title=Brescia porta a Roma 12 parlamentari: 9 deputati e 3 senatori|work=Corriere della Sera|date=6 March 2018|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {|class=wikitable style="width:55%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid" |- ! width=12%|Election ! width=25%|House ! width=25%|Constituency ! width=5% colspan="2"|Party ! width=12%|Votes ! width=20%|Result |- ! 1996 | Chamber of Deputies | Desenzano del Garda | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" | | FI | 29,766 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 2001 | Chamber of Deputies | Desenzano del Garda | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" | | FI | 49,461 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 2006 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 2 | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" | | FI | –{{efn|name=fn1|Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.}} | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 2008 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 2 | bgcolor="{{party color|The People of Freedom}}" | | PdL | –{{efn|name=fn1}} | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 2018 | Senate of the Republic | Brescia | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}" | | FI | 135,094 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 2022 | Senate of the Republic | Lombardy 1 | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}" | | FI | –{{efn|name=fn1}} | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |} {{notelist}}

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== External links == *Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): [http://leg13.camera.it/cartellecomuni/leg13/Deputati/scheda_deputato/scheda.asp?id=d00440 XIII], [http://legxiv.camera.it/organiparlamentari/assemblea/contenitore_dati.asp?tipopagina=&deputato=d50134&source=%2Fdeputatism%2F240%2Fdocumentoxml%2Easp&position=Deputati\La%20Scheda%20Personale&Pagina=Deputati/Composizione/01.camera/nuovacomposizione/datpersonali2.asp%3Fdeputato=d50134 XIV], [http://legxv.camera.it/cartellecomuni/leg15/include/contenitore_dati.asp?tipopagina=&deputato=d50134&source=%2Fdeputatism%2F240%2Fdocumentoxml%2Easp&position=Deputati\La%20Scheda%20Personale&Pagina=Deputati/Composizione/SchedeDeputati/SchedeDeputati.asp%3Fdeputato=d50134 XV], [http://leg16.camera.it/29?shadow_deputato=50134&idpersona=50134 XVI], [http://www.senato.it/leg/18/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00004512.htm XVIII] legislature

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Paolo Corsini}} {{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Brescia|years=2008–2013}} {{s-aft|after=Emilio Del Bono}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paroli, Adriano}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Category:Forza Italia politicians Category:The People of Freedom politicians Category:20th-century Italian politicians Category:Mayors of Brescia Category:University of Milan alumni Category:Forza Italia (2013) senators