Born in 1972 in Catania, Sicily. He obtained a degree in Economics in 1997. He was an Academic Senator and Member of the Board of the University of Catania from 1993 to 1997. He was elected to the Municipal Council of the City of Catania in 1997. In July 2003 he was appointed Deputy Mayor for Economic Development of the Province of Catania. He was appointed Advisor for Economic Development of the Province of Catania from 2003 to 2005 and in May 2006, he was elected to the Sicilian Regional Assembly, becoming the youngest member of all the province of Catania. He was elected for three consecutive terms to the Sicilian Regional Assembly where he held the positions of Deputy Chief Whip of the PDL parliamentary group and Vice-President of the Sicilian Parliament. MEP since 2014.