Massimo Zedda | |
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Mayor of Cagliari | |
Assumed office 17 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Paolo Truzzu |
In office 1 June 2011 –5 April 2019 | |
Preceded by | Emilio Floris |
Succeeded by | Paolo Truzzu |
Personal details | |
Born | Cagliari,Italy | 6 January 1976
Political party | Progressive Party (since 2017) |
Other political affiliations | PDS (till 1998) DS (1998–2007) SEL (2009–2017) |
Occupation | Politician |
Massimo Zedda (born 6 January 1976) is an Italian politician,Mayor of Cagliari from 2011 to 2019 and again since 2024.
Son of a Sardinian leader of the Italian Communist Party, [1] Zedda joined Nichi Vendola's Left Ecology Freedom in 2009.
In 2011,Zedda became the centre-left candidate for the office of Mayor of Cagliari at the 2011 local elections,supported by his party,the Democratic Party,Italy of Values and the Federation of the Left;he manages to be elected at the second round. [2]
In 2016,Zedda runs once again for Mayor at the local elections supported by the whole centre-left coalition and is re-elected at the first round. [3] In 2017,Zedda supported Giuliano Pisapia's Progressive Camp project and later joined the left-wing party Progressive Area. [4]
In 2018,Zedda decided to run for the office of President of Sardinia at the 2019 regional election,guiding a centre-left coalition named Sardinian Progressives. [5]
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