Lorenzo Dellai (born 28 November 1959) is an Italian politician. He is a former member of the

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, former mayor of Trento, former governor of the

Autonomous Province of Trento Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an Autonomous province#Italy, autonomous province of Italy in the Northern Italy, country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the Regions of Italy, region of Tren ...

, and former president of the region of

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige, is an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy, located in the ...

Career

Born in

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...

, Dellai was elected mayor of the city for the first time in 1990 and re-elected in 1995. In 1998, Dellai founded the Daisy Civic List, a regionalist political party active in Trentino. Dellai has been the President of the Province of Trentino from 1999 to 2012, and the President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol from 2006 to 2008. In 2012, he joined

Civic Choice Civic Choice (; SC) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his political agenda. In t ...

and was elected deputy on electoral district Trentino Alto Adige.

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1959 births Living people Presidents of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Members of the Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige People from Trento Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians 20th-century Italian politicians Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians Civic Choice politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Solidary Democracy politicians Mayors of Trento Presidents of Trentino Daisy Civic List politicians {{Italy-mayor-stub