Leonardo Marras (born 12 January 1973, in

Grosseto Grosseto () is a city and ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the Ombrone river. It is the m ...

) is an Italian politician.

Biography

He joined the

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in 1992 and then the

Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of th ...

, serving as mayor of

Roccastrada Roccastrada is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about north of Grosseto, between the Maremma plain and the Colline Metallifere. ''Frazioni'' The municipa ...

from 1999 to 2009. He has been a member of the

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since 2007. Marras ran for the office of President of the

Province of Grosseto The province of Grosseto ( it, links=no, provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people. Geography The Province of Gros ...

at the 2009 provincial elections, supported by a

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, and won at the second round to the centre-right candidate Alessandro Antichi on 22 June. He took office on 23 June 2009. He was elected member of the

Regional Council of Tuscany The Regional Council of Tuscany (''Consiglio Regionale della Toscana'') is the legislative assembly of Tuscany. It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948. Compos ...

in 2015. Marras ran for the

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at the 2018 general election, but was not elected. In September 2020, he was re-confirmed member of the Regional Council of Tuscany, and was appointed

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to economy and tourism on 22 October 2020 in the Regional Government led by president

Eugenio Giani Eugenio Giani (born 30 June 1959 in Empoli) is an Italian politician. He started his political activity in the Italian Socialist Party and he was active in the City council of Florence, of which he became president in 2009. He became a member of ...

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* * 1973 births Living people Mayors of places in Tuscany Members of the Regional Council of Tuscany Politicians from Grosseto Presidents of the Province of Grosseto {{Italy-politician-stub