Sergio Chiamparino
Sergio Chiamparino (born 1 September 1948) is an Italian politician. He was President of Piedmont from 2014 to 2019, and was the mayor of Turin, Italy from 2001 to 2011.[1]
Sergio Chiamparino | |
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| President of Piedmont | |
| In office 9 June 2014 – 6 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Roberto Cota |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Cirio |
| Mayor of Turin | |
| In office 28 May 2001 – 16 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Valentino Castellani |
| Succeeded by | Piero Fassino |
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| Born | 1 September 1948 Moncalieri, Piedmont, Italy |
| Political party | PCI (before 1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (since 2007) |
| Alma mater | University of Turin |
A graduate in political sciences at the University of Turin, where he worked as a researcher until 1975, Chiamparino started his political career that same year as head of the Italian Communist Party in the Town Council of Moncalieri, his native city. He joined the Democratic Party of the Left on its formation and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1996, following a surprise defeat in 1994 to the centre-right candidate Alessandro Meluzzi (a former Freemason who laterly become an Orthodox bishop[2]) in the left-leaning district of Mirafiori.
He was elected mayor of Turin in 2001, succeeding to Valentino Castellani and then re-elected in May 2006 with 66.6% of votes, defeating the centre-right candidate Rocco Buttiglione. He was afterward elected president of the Piedmont regional council in 2014.
References
- Sergio Chiamparino Mayor of Turin City Mayors 29 December 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- Ignazio Dessì (17 January 2016). "Il professor Meluzzi diventa "vescovo" ortodosso: "La Chiesa non mi ha voluto"" (in Italian).
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