Political Career
In 1996 Fiano was nominated to the Italian Chamber of Deputies, College Giambellino/San Siro in Milan, but was not elected. He was elected to the City Council of Milan in 1997 and was reelected in 2001.
In April 2006 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in Area III on the Olive list. He became a member of the Partito Democratico in May 2008 and was elected to the Constituent Assembly in the national primary in October 2007 on the list of Walter Veltroni. He was re-elected with the Partito Democratico in the April 2008 elections in Area III. As a parliamentarian, he served on the Commission of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications in 2008 and the Committee on the Safety of the Republic from May 2008 to January 2010. He is the home affairs spokesman for the Partito Democratico.
During the first congress of the Partito Democratico, he was a candidate for regional secretary of the party in Lombardy. He placed second in the primaries of 25 October 2009 with approximately 30% of the vote.
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