Tommaso Foti (born 28 April 1960) is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy serving as Minister of European Affairs (Cohesion policies and PNRR).
[2] He began his political activity at a very young age, joining the Youth Front (FdG) at the age of 16, the youth organization of the Italian Social Movement-National Right (MSI-DN), in which he subsequently held the position of provincial secretary, member of the National Directorate, and in 1983 member of the National Executive.
[citation needed] In the political elections of 1987 he was a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in the Parma-Modena-Piacenza-Reggio nell'Emilia constituency, obtaining 4423 preferences and being the first of the non-elected of the MSI.
[citation needed] In 1995 he joined Gianfranco Fini's Fiuggi turning point which led to the dissolution of the MSI-DN and the foundation of the National Alliance.
[citation needed] Elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the occasion of the 1996 general elections for the Pole for Freedom (in the National Alliance quota) in the constituency of Piacenza, where he obtained 41.32% and narrowly beat Gianfranco Pasquino (40.97%) and Giorgio Alessandrini of the Lega Nord (17.71%), he became a member of the board of directors of AN in the Chamber of Deputies for the XIII Legislature.