Alessandro Ruotolo (born 9 July 1955) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was elected to the

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in a

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

as an

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of the

centre-left coalition The centre-left coalition ( it, coalizione di centro-sinistra) is an alliance of political parties in Italy active, under several forms and names, since 1995 when The Olive Tree was formed under the leadership of Romano Prodi. The centre-left ...

Political career

In November 2019,

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Senator

Franco Ortolani Franco Ortolani (29 August 1943 – 22 November 2019) was an Italian politician who served in the Italian Senate for the Five Star Movement from 2018 to 2019. Career Ortolani was a candidate for the Five Star Movement in the 2018 general e ...

died from cancer. A

was held in the

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

district in February 2020, in which Ruotolo stood as an independent candidate with support from the

. Ruotolo was elected with 48% of the votes. Ruotolo has written about the

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1955 births Living people Members of the Italian Senate from Campania Politicians from Naples Independent politicians in Italy 21st-century Italian journalists Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-politician-stub