Gaia Romani

Deputy Mayor for Civic and General Services

Contacts

via Larga, 12 - Milan

Tel: 02 884.62329 - 50912 - 50021

Write to the councilor: assessora.romani@comune.milano.it

Expertise

  • Civil status, registry office, electoral services, funeral and cemetery services;
  • Statistics;
  • General Services;
  • Policies regarding transparency and participation;
  • Decentralization policies;
  • Management of major events based on the delegated authority;
  • Relations with Municipalities on the basis of the delegation granted.

Biography

Born in Milan on 28 April 1996, she is Councilor for Civic Services, Participation and Transparency, Decentralization Policies of the Municipality of Milan.

The passion for politics began at school with his involvement in student organizations. At the age of sixteen she joined the Democratic Party, where she began militancy within the Young Democrats community. In the meantime, she has enriched her educational and cultural background with various study experiences abroad, including a course for the "Leaders for Social Change" program at Yale University in 2011.  

After graduating from high school, in 2016 she became a Councilor in Municipality 8, where she chaired the Social Policies Commission, with responsibilities on youth policies, equal opportunities, social and health services and associations. An experience that allowed her to learn more about the functioning of institutions and citizen services. 

After seeing first-hand how important it is to implement women's political participation, she co-founded Onde Rosa, a collective of young people under 30 who fight against inequalities between the sexes. In 2018 she was among the promoters of the petition "STOP TAMPON TAX! Periods are not a luxury", signed by over 600.000 people, to ask for VAT to be lowered from 22% to 4% on feminine hygiene products.  

As a practicing labor consultant, after graduating in Law from the State University, in October 2021 she ran as a candidate in the Milan administrative elections with the Generazione Milano program, written by 500 girls and boys. She is the third most voted woman in Milan, she is currently the youngest councilor of the Sala Council.