Roberto Fico (; born 10 October 1974) is an Italian politician who has been serving as President of Campania since 9 December 2025. He served as the Chairman of the RAI Supervision Commission from 2013 to 2018Intesa sulle commission: Fico alla Vigilanza Rai and President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2018 to 2022.Parlamento, accordo M5s-Centrodestra: Fico eletto presidente della Camera, al Senato c'è Casellati
Early life Fico was born in Naples in 1974 to a middle-class family. He studied communication studies at the University of Trieste and did an Erasmus exchange at the University of Helsinki, graduating in 2001 with a thesis regarding the social and linguistic identity of Neapolitan neomelodic music.Identità sociale e linguistica della musica neomelodica napoletana After the university, he worked for some press offices, in a hotel, as a tour operator manager, in a call-center, in a butcher's shop, and as a small importer of fabrics from Morocco.Chi è Roberto Fico, il nuovo Presidente della CameraStoria breve di Roberto Fico, nuovo presidente della CameraRoberto Fico, dal call center alla presidenza della Camera dei Deputati
Political career On 18 July 2005, he founded one of the forty "Friends of Beppe Grillo" meetups in Naples, which led to the formation of the Five Star Movement. In 2010, he ran as President of Campania region, but only received 1.35% of the votes in the election.COmunicato stampa del 30/03/2010 In 2011, he was the M5S candidate for Mayor of Naples, getting only 1.38% of votes, unable to exceed the first round.Roberto Fico candidato del Movimento 5 Stelle a NapoliNapoli – Elezioni COmunali 15–16 Maggio 2011
In December 2012, Fico arrived first, with 228 preferences obtained on the web, in the parliamentary primary election of the M5S; he was nominated for the first position on the M5S list of the constituency Campania 1. In February 2013, he was elected to the 17th Italian Parliament.Candidati elezioni 2011
In 2013, Fico was voted by his parliamentary group to the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies without being elected.M5S: Fico alla Camera, Orellana al Senato On 6 June 2013, he was elected Chairman of the RAI Supervision Commission.Roberto Fico: conferenze stampa su "Presidenza Commissione vigilanza Rai" Fico has renounced the function allowance to which he would have been entitled as Chairman of the RAI Supervision Commission and the personal car.M5S, Fico: “Rinunciato all’indennità della Vigilanza. Risparmio da 133mila euro”
As president of the RAI Supervision Commission, during his presidency, he introduced the live streaming broadcast on the web TV of the Chamber of Deputies of all the auditions, the publication on the Parliament website of the questions addressed by the commissioners to RAI and the related answers and the determination of a maximum of 15 days for the answers to the questions by the public radio and television company.Risoluzione relativa all'esercizio della potestà di vigilanza della Commissione sulla società concessionaria del servizio pubblico radiotelevisivo Among the acts approved by the Commission, there was a resolution aimed at resolving and avoiding possible conflicts of interest.Risoluzione sull’adozione da parte della Rai di procedure aziendali volte a evitare possibili conflitti di interesse da parte degli agenti di spettacolo
As a deputy, he also presented a draft law on the governance of RAI; one of the points, the plan for corporate transparency, has merged into the RAI reform approved in 2015 by the Parliament. Following the implementation of this plan, the company had to make public the remuneration of senior managers, editorial departments, and journalistic publications.Atto Camera 2922Rai, Grillo presenta la sua riforma: Cda a 5 e consiglieri sorteggiati dall'Agcom
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In March 2018, he was re-elected in the constituency of Napoli–Fuorigrotta with 57.6% of votes.Risultati Camera dei Deputati – Collegio Napoli−Fuorigrotta On 24 March 2018, Fico was elected as President of the Chamber of Deputies, supported by his own party, the League, Forza Italia and Brothers of Italy.
On 23 April 2018, after the failure of the mandate for the President of the Senate, Elisabetta Casellati, to start a government between the M5S and the centre-right coalition, he was given an exploratory mandate by President Sergio Mattarella to try and reconcile the issues between the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party. His charge was to break the post-election political deadlock so they could form a fully functional new government.Mandato a Fico per governo Pd-M5s. Di Maio scarica Salvini: "Ci ho provato". Martina: "Dialogo se finiscono ambiguità"Fico da Mattarella: M5S-PD, governo possibile?
His first year as President was characterized by a strong opposition to the policies promoted by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, which were particularly severe on immigration and security."Il 2 giugno è festa anche di migranti e rom", è scontro tra Fico e Salvini
Political views Fico often stated that he was in favor of extending the right to marriage and adoption to same-sex couples. He also supports euthanasia for the terminally ill and the so-called jus soli, which is the right of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship.Il comunicatore a favore di eutanasia e nozze gay che votò Bassolinous Soli, Fico: “Io sono favorevole, lo voterei”. CasaPound fa un’altra marcia Fico is considered the leader of the left-wing faction of the Five Star Movement, often in opposition to Luigi Di Maio.
Electoral history ElectionHouseConstituencyPartyVotesResult 2013 Chamber of Deputies Campania 1 M5S – 2018 Chamber of Deputies Naples – Fuorigrotta M5S 61,819 Elected
First-past-the-post elections 2018 general election (C): Naples – FuorigrottaCandidateCoalition or PartyVotes%Roberto FicoFive Star Movement 61,819 57.6Marta SchifoneCentre-right coalition 21,651 20.2Daniela IaconisCentre-left coalition 15,779 14.7Others 8,120 7.5 Total 107,369 100.0
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