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Toni Giugliano

Toni Giugliano

Toni Giugliano is a Scottish politician who has worked as parliamentary advisor for the Scottish National Party (SNP). He has a background in European affairs.

Early life

He was born in La Spezia, Italy, moving to Scotland when he was seven. [11] He studied European politics and French at the University of Edinburgh. [11]

Political career

Giugliano's political career started as President of the Young European Movement in the United Kingdom.

In 2007, he was elected Vice-President of the Young European Federalists for a two-years term. He also worked for the SNP in Brussels. [11] In the City of Edinburgh Council election, 2012 he managed the SNP's campaign in Colinton/ Fairmilehead ward. [11]

He was selected by the SNP to stand as one of their candidates for the six Scottish seats in the European Parliament election, 2014, although he was fifth on their list and the outcome of the voting was that the SNP returned two MEPs. [1]

He was an active campaigner during the Scottish independence referendum, 2014. [2] [3] He was head of interest groups at Yes Scotland. [4] [5]

He was formerly an aide to Colin Keir, the SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Western. [6] In August 2015, Giugliano was selected as the SNP's candidate for Edinburgh Western in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, instead of Keir. [7]

He is convener of the SNP's Edinburgh city association [11] and a member of the SNP's national executive.

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Life outside politics

In 2010, he appeared on Channel 4's television programme Come Dine with Me. [9] [10]

References

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Citation Linkwww.edinburghnews.scotsman.com"Toni Giugliano bids to be Scotland's youngest Euro MEP"
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