Sergio Cecotti | |
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Mayor of Udine | |
In office 2 December 1998 –27 April 2008 | |
Preceded by | Enzo Barazza |
Succeeded by | Furio Honsell |
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia | |
In office 5 September 1995 –28 April 1996 | |
Preceded by | Alessandra Guerra |
Succeeded by | Giancarlo Cruder |
Personal details | |
Born | Udine,Italy | 23 October 1956
Political party | LN (till 2003) Independent (2003-2018) PpA (since 2018) |
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Occupation | Physicist,politician,academic |
Sergio Cecotti (born 23 October 1956) is an Italian politician,former mayor of Udine and former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Cecotti graduated in physics at the University of Pisa in 1979 and has worked at the Harvard University, [1] at the UCLA, [1] at the CERN in Geneva and at the ICTP in Trieste. [1] [2]
He has taught physics at the University of Pisa and at the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste. [3]
In 1993,Cecotti joined the Northern League,with which he has been elected to the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. He has been President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia for a few months between 1995 and 1996,with the support of his party and of the Olive Tree. [4]
In December 1998,Cecotti is elected Mayor of Udine with the Northern League, [5] leaving the party in 2003 after criticizing its subalternity to Forza Italia,and founding Convergence for Udine. After leaving the League,in June 2003 Cecotti is re-elected for a second mayoral term:this time,Cecotti was supported by the centre-left Olive Tree coalition. [6] Cecotti held his seat for 10 years overall. On 14 February 2007 Cecotti decided to transform Convergence for Udine into a regional party,called Convergence for Friuli (Convergenza per il Friuli). The party was represented in the Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia by Mario Puiatti,elected in 2003 for the Greens.
In 2018,Cecotti founded the political movement Pact for Autonomy, [7] an autonomism political party in Friuli-Venezia Giulia,which aims to protect all linguistic minorities in the region,and with which he ran again for the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia at the 2018 regional election, [8] ranking fourth. [9]