Francesco Persiani (born 29 November 1965) is an Italian politician. A member of Lega, he is the mayor of Massa since June 2018. In March 2023, he resigned after the city council passed a

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but was re-elected in May 2023.

Early life and career

Born in

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, Persiani was raised in

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and became a lawyer graduating at

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. He lived in

Massa, Tuscany Massa (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa and Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, from the Tyrrhenian Sea. History Massa is mentione ...

, since 1988. In 1995, he opened his own

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in Massa. In 2016, he became president of the criminal chamber of the

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Mayor of Massa

In 2018, Persiani ran for mayor of Massa, supported by the

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formed by Lega,

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, and

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. After finishing second in the first round with 28.18% of the votes, he won in the runoff on 24 June 2018 with 56.62% of the votes, defeating the

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outgoing mayor Alessandro Volpi, and becoming the first

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mayor of Massa in the

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and the first centre-right coalition candidate since the introduction of direct elections. He took office on 26 June 2018. On 1 March 2023, Persiani was ousted by the city council with 19 votes in favour, including four votes coming from Brothers of Italy members, and was therefore forced to resign from the office of mayor two days later. Having run again with the support of the centre-right coalition except for Brothers of Italy, this time finishing first in the first round with 35.42% of the votes, he was re-elected as mayor of Massa in the second round with 54.36%, beating his centre-left coalition challenger Enzo Ricci.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Persiani, Francesco 1965 births Lega Nord politicians Living people Mayors of Massa People from Massa

Early life and career

Mayor of Massa

See also

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