Massimo Mezzetti (21 May 1962) is an Italian politician and incumbent
Mayor of Modena since 2024.
He is a member of the
Independent
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party. From September 2021 to June 2024 he was the General Director of the
Biografilm Festival in
Bologna
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. In April 2023,he was appointed by the Municipality as a member of the Board of Directors of the newly established ago foundation. He became its President until March 2024.On 10 May 2010 he was appointed councillor with responsibility for culture and sport in the regional council of
Emilia-Romagna
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in the SEL quota, remaining in office until 2020, being confirmed as regional councillor in the Bonaccini council with responsibility for culture, legality and youth policies.
Biography
Massimo Mezzetti was born in
Rome
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, Italy in 1962. He origin from
Abruzzo
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province of
L'Aquila
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. His father Lamberto from
Rocca Pia and his mother Gilda from
Pacentro, he always grew up in
Rome
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. He graduated from the Plinio Seniore state scientific high school. He moved to
Modena
Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025.
A town, and seat of an archbis ...
in 1989. He is married to Arianna they have one son.
See also
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List of mayors of Modena
References
External links
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Living people
1962 births
20th-century Italian politicians
21st-century Italian politicians
Independent politicians in Italy
Mayors of Modena
People from Rome