Raffaele LombardoItalian pronunciation:[raffaˈɛːlelomˈbardo];is an Italian politician. Born in Catania,he was Sicily's president and former member of the European Parliament for the Italian Islands with the Movement for the Autonomies,and has sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties,Justice and Home Affairs.
Nicola "Nichi" Vendola is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015. He is one of the first openly LGBT Italian politicians and the first openly LGBT heads of a regional government in Italy.
Leoluca Orlando is an Italian politician. He was mayor of Palermo for over twenty years and was president of the Italian Federation of American Football (FIDAF). He is best known for his strong opposition to the Sicilian Mafia during his mayoralty in the 1980s,which was publicly referenced in the media as the Palermo Spring.
The Portella della Ginestra massacre refers to the killing of 11 people and 27 wounded during May Day celebrations in Sicily on 1 May 1947,in the municipality of Piana degli Albanesi. Those held responsible were the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano and his gang,although their motives and intentions are still a matter of controversy.
The Politics of Sicily,Italy takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy,whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government,and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Sicilian Regional Assembly.
Left Ecology Freedom was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party.
The Apulian regional election of 2010 took place in Apulia,Italy,on 28–29 March 2010.
Giuliano Pisapia is an Italian lawyer,politician,former mayor of Milan,former member of the Italian Parliament and former member of the European Parliament. As a politician,he has been a member of two left-wing parties,first Proletarian Democracy and then the Communist Refoundation Party;in Milan's mayoral election,he was endorsed by a large left-wing coalition,after winning the primary election of the centre-left coalition with the strong support of Nichi Vendola's Left Ecology Freedom.
The 2012 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 28 October 2012. It was a snap election,following the resignation of President Raffaele Lombardo for judicial and financial reasons.
The 2012 Italian centre-left primary election determined the leader of the coalition Italy. Common Good,who will stand as common candidate for the office of Prime Minister in the subsequent general election,which took place on 24–25 February 2013. It was won with 61% of the votes by Pier Luigi Bersani,who defeated Matteo Renzi in the run-off.
Sicilian nationalism,or Sicilianism,is a movement in the autonomous Italian region of Sicily,as well as the Sicilian diaspora,which seeks greater autonomy or outright independence from Italy,and/or promotes further inclusion of the Sicilian identity,culture,history,and linguistic variety.
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo,who replaced Paolo Ferrero in 2017. Armando Cossutta was the party's founder,while Fausto Bertinotti its longest-serving leader (1994–2008). The latter transformed the PRC from a traditional communist party into a collection of radical social movements.
The Megaphone –Crocetta List was a regional centre-left political party active in Sicily,Italy. The party was led by Rosario Crocetta,the former President of Sicily,also affiliated to the Democratic Party.
Democratic Sicily was a regional centrist Italian political party active in Sicily.
Future Sicily is a regional political party active in Sicily,Italy,led by former minister Salvatore Cardinale,whose daughter Daniela Cardinale was a deputy of the Democratic Party (PD).
The 2017 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 5 November 2017. Incumbent President Rosario Crocetta was not his party's candidate due to his low popularity. Nello Musumeci,leader of the movement DiventeràBellissima,was elected president.
Cateno Roberto Salvatore De Luca is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Messina from 2018 to 2022 and the mayor of Taormina since 2023. He was also the mayor of Fiumedinisi,his hometown,from 2003 to 2011 and of Santa Teresa di Riva from 2012 to 2017.
Guglielmo Minervini was an Italian politician,who served as the mayor of Molfetta from 1994 until 2001. From 2005 to 2016,he was a member of the Regional Assembly of Apulia,serving as a regional minister under the Nichi Vendola presidency.
Giulia Adamo is an Italian politician,who served as the President of the Province of Trapani from 1998 to 2005,and as the Mayor of Marsala between 2012 and 2014.
Massimo Zedda is an Italian politician,Mayor of Cagliari from 2011 to 2019 and again since 2024.
