Nicola Fiorita
Italian mayor
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Nicola Fiorita (born 14 July 1969) is an Italian academic and politician, Mayor of Catanzaro since 2022.
Nicola Fiorita | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Catanzaro | |
| Assumed office 30 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio Abramo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1969 Catanzaro, Italy |
| Party | Left-wing independent |
| Alma mater | University of Florence |
| Occupation | University professor |
Biography
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]
Mayor of Catanzaro
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%. However, his election marked a lame duck (anatra zoppa) situation: The lists in support of him received only 25.85% of the votes, while the lists supporting Donato received 53.81% of the vote, thus he was elected without a majority on the city council.[4][5][6]
