Gianluca Susta

Gianluca Susta (born 10 April 1956, Biella) is an Italian politician and a member of the Italian Senate, to which he was elected in February 2013. Previously, he served as Mayor of Biella from 1992 to 2004 and was a member of the European Parliament from 8 May 2006, when he took up a seat vacated after the 2006 Italian general election, until his election to the Italian Senate. He represents Margherita within the ALDE parliamentary group and supports a pro-European stance by his signing the Spinelli Group Manifesto.

Gianluca Susta
Member of the Italian Senate
In office 15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
Vice-President of Piedmont
In office 5 April 2005 – 9 April 2010
Member of the European Parliament
In office 2006–2013
Mayor of Biella
In office 14 December 1992 – 28 June 2004[1]
Preceded by	Luigi Petrini
Succeeded by	Vittorio Barazzotto
Personal details
Born	(1956-04-10) 10 April 1956 (age 69)[1] Biella, Piedmont, Italy[1]
Political party	Christian Democracy (1974-1994) Italian People's Party (1994-2002) The Daisy (2002-2007) Democratic Party (since 2007)[1]
Alma mater	University of Turin[1]
Profession	lawyer[1]