Nicola Fiorita | |
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Mayor of Catanzaro | |
Assumed office 30 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Sergio Abramo |
Personal details | |
Born | Catanzaro,Italy | 14 July 1969
Political party | Left-wing independent |
Alma mater | University of Florence |
Occupation | University professor |
Nicola Fiorita (born 14 July 1969) is an Italian academic and politician,Mayor of Catanzaro since 2022.
Son of Franco Fiorita,former mayor of Catanzaro,he graduated in law at the University of Florence and became a university professor at the University of Calabria,dealing with law and religion,secularism and European Islam. [1]
Always close to the left,Fiorita has been a candidate in the local elections of 2017 for the office of mayor of Catanzaro leading a left-wing coalition and ranking third with a percentage of 23.23%. [2]
Following an agreement between the Democratic Party,Five Star Movement,Volt and other progressive movements,Fiorita became the official candidate of the centre-left coalition for the office of mayor of Catanzaro in the local elections of 2022. [3] He was elected mayor in the second turn,defeating the centre-right candidate Valerio Donato,with a percentage of 58%,despite the lists in support of him appear to be in the minority in the city council due to the occurrence of the so-called lame duck. [4]
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