Federico Bricolo was born in Verona, in 1966. Behind him he has a long career in public institutions, which has led him to hold leading positions both in the government – Undersecretary for Infrastructure and Transport – and in Parliament. For the Chamber of Deputies, he was Secretary of the bicameral Commission of Anti-Mafia Investigation, a member of the Justice Commission, the Defense Commission, and the Environment and Public Works Commissions. For the Senate, he served as Group Chairman, was a member of the Foreign Affairs-Emigration Commission, and part of the RAI Supervisory Commission. He has also held positions in international bodies: he was a member of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, part of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and was vice-chairman of the delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union. As a parliamentarian, he also participated in several foreign missions meeting with government representatives and diplomats, from the U.S. to Afghanistan. He served for five years as Chairman of the Board of Editoriale Nord. He has been a board member of Verona Catullo Airport since July 2020. He was elected President of Veronafiere in May 2022.