Background
Toti was born in Viareggio in 1968, but he grew up in Massa Carrara.
Toti was born in Viareggio in 1968, but he grew up in Massa Carrara.
Toti was also elected in the European Parliament, following the 2014 European election. In 1990s he started working for Studio Aperto, the news program of Silvio Berlusconi"s television channel Italia 1, of whom he would become director in 2010. In March 2012 Toti became also director of TG4, replacing the long-time one Emilio Fede.
In the 2014 European election he was elected at the European Parliament with 148,291 votes.
After the election, Toti was elected President with 34.4% of votes, defeating the Democratic candidate Raffaella Paita.
In January 2014, Toti entered politics as political counselor of Berlusconi"s new party Forza Italia. On 1 April 2015 he presented his candidacy to become President of Liguria in the regional election of May, at the head of centre-right coalition composed by Lega Nord, Brothers of Italy, New Centre-Right and Toti"s party Forza Italia.
During 1980s he was a member of the youth wing of the Italian Socialist Party., led at the time by Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister from 1983 to 1987, later condemned for corruption, in the trial Mani Pulite.