Nicola Fratoianni

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Elisabetta Piccolotti
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Nicola Fratoianni
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Secretary of Italian Left
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 February 2021
ChildrenAdriano
Alma mater University of Pisa
Profession Politician

Nicola Fratoianni (born 4 October 1972) is an Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies, secretary of Italian Left from 2017 to 2019 and again since 2021, [1] and co-leader of Greens and Left Alliance.

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Biography

Fratoianni was born in Pisa to parents from Ururi, province of Campobasso, Molise, Southern Italy.

In 1992 he joined Communist Refoundation, and later became national leader of its youth organization. In those years, he also obtained his degree in philosophy. [2]

Fratoianni is considered the leader of the left-wing faction, which opposed an alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party when it was led by Matteo Renzi. Fratoianni's aim is to create a left-wing party inspired by the Greek Syriza of Alexis Tsipras and the Spanish Podemos of Pablo Iglesias Turrión. [3] [4]

Personal life

He lives in Foligno, in province of Perugia, with his wife Elisabetta Piccolotti (former national spokesperson for the Young Communists and since 2022 deputy of the Italian Left) [5] [6] [7] , with whom he has a son, Adriano, born in 2013. Nicola and Elisabetta got married civilly in Foligno on 3 September 2019, in front of Nichi Vendola (his friend and close political collaborator), who celebrated the wedding. [8]

He's concerned about the environment and supports activism against pollution. [9]

He's an atheist. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Fratoianni: Sinistra Italiana è autonoma e alternativa. Per i balottaggi dicuteremo nel merito, ma in autonomia. Nulla è scontato (in Italian).
  2. ↑ "Chi sono – Nicola Fratoianni". web.archive.org. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Fratoianni: per Podemos successo importantissimo. La Spagna cambia. Un ennesimo segnale contro l’austerità (in Italian).
  4. ↑ A Rimini anche l’altra sinistra, Scotto sfida Fratoianni (in Italian).
  5. ↑ Cipriani, Sara (19 February 2017). "Nicola Fratoianni è il primo segretario di Sinistra Italiana". Tuttoggi.info (in Italian). Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Due leader per i Bertinotti-boys un uomo e una donna al vertice - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 21 September 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  7. ↑ TG24, Sky (8 October 2022). "Piccolotti (Alleanza Verdi Sinistra) eletta alla Camera". www.ansa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Nicola Fratoianni (SI) sposa Elisabetta Piccolotti: Nichi Vendola celebra le nozze". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Fratoianni si schiera "Sto con gli ecovandali"". La Nazione (in Italian). 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Fratoianni, Nicola [@NFratoianni] (6 January 2019). "Da non credente non posso che dire grazie a #PapaFrancesco" (Tweet) (in Italian) – via Twitter.
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