Conservatives in South Leicestershire have chosen Alberto Costa as their parliamentary candidate for the 2015 General Election.
Mr Costa will replace sitting MP Andrew Robathan following a vote by local party members in Lutterworth today.
Mr Robathan announced earlier this year that he would not be defending his seat next year.
Mr Costa is a lawyer by profession and has worked in Whitehall for Treasury Solicitors representing the Home Secretary and Minister for Justice.
Announcing the news that he had been selected, a spokesman for the party members said the 43-year-old had "pledged that his campaigning priorities will be support for rural communities, improved health services and increased job and business opportunities".
He is married to Maria, a medical scientist, and the couple have two young children, Sophie and Alexander.
The spokesperson added: "At the 2010 General Election Mr Costa stood in Angus returning the highest vote for the Conservative Party in the constituency in 20 years."
Mr Costa said: "I am honoured and delighted to have been chosen as the new Conservative parliamentary candidate for South Leicestershire.
"Andrew Robathan has been a fantastic Member of Parliament and my job over the next six months is to prove to the community that I am a worthy replacement.
"I will be campaigning for protection of amenities in rural Leicestershire and working with doctors to ensure a full range of health services are available for local people including for dementia patients.
"I also want to attract more high quality jobs and apprenticeships to the area."
Mr Robathan said in September that it was time to give a younger candidate a chance.
The 63-year-old, who was first elected in 1992, announced he would not be standing for re-election despite having been re-selected in what is largely thought to be a safe seat.
Mr Robathan told the Mercury at the time: "It has been a major part of my working life and I will miss representing my constituents.
"I will also miss knowing what is going on in the political world.
"If I stayed on, I could be hanging on in at nearly 69 giving the world my pearls of wisdom.
"While I have enjoyed being an MP, inevitably one loses one's enthusiasm, zeal and energy after a time. I have had a good run in politics.
"I have been a Minister of State, I was deputy chief whip for four-and-a-half years.
"I want to find other things to do. I have made the decision but it might be slightly earlier than I may have wished."
Mr Robathan would have been defending a 15,500 majority from the 2010 election.
