Antonella Bundu | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Florence City Council | |
| In office 2019–2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Antonella Moro Bundu 4 December 1969 Florence |
| Political party | Communist Refoundation Party |
Antonella Moro Bundu (born 4 December 1969 in Florence) is an Italian politician and activist. She served as a city council member of Florence from 2019 to 2024, leading the left opposition "Sinistra Progetto Comune" group. [1]
In 2019 she ran for the post of Mayor of Florence, making her the first black woman to run for mayor of a major Italian city. [2] She's also running as a presidential candidate in the 2025 Tuscan regional election. [3]
Antonella Bundu was born in Florence in 1969, [4] the daughter of a Florentine mother and a Sierra Leonean father. In the late 1980s she studied in Liverpool, which she recalls as a "politically charged city" after the Toxteth riots: "I was studying black history in the city's libraries, and participated actively in the neightbourhood's protests." [5]
An ex-DJ and activist for Oxfam, Bundu was one of the first on the scene at the 2018 Florence shooting of the Senegalese immigrant Idy Diene. She took part in the anti-racist protests which followed his death, and after making a speech at the Alfieri Theatre was invited to run for mayor on behalf of a radical-left coalition including Power to the People and the Communist Refoundation Party. [5] In the 2019 Mayoral election, she received 14,016 votes (7.29%). [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Dario Nardella | 109,733 | 57.05% | |
| Center-right coalition | Ubaldo Bocci | 47,692 | 24.79% | |
| Firenze Citta Aperta | Antonella Bundu | 14,016 | 7.29% | |
| Five Star Movement | Roberto De Blasi | 12,693 | 6.60% | |
| Italian Communist Party | Gabriele Giacomelli | 1,358 | 0.71% | |
| Verdi | Andres Lasso | 3,493 | 1.82% | |
| Casapound | Saverio Di Giulio | 972 | 0.51% | |
| Total votes | 192,350 | 100.00% | ||