Nanni Campus (born Gianvittorio Campus, 3 September 1952) is an Italian academic and politician, Mayor of Sassari from 2000 to 2005 and again since 2019.

Biography

After graduating in Medicine at the University of Sassari, Campus began his career teaching in his own alma mater. Meanwhile, he joined the

Italian Social Movement The Italian Social Movement ( it, Movimento Sociale Italiano, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy. A far-right party, it presented itself until the 1990s as the defender of Italian fascism's legacy, and later moved towards national ...

and he later took part in the foundation of Silvio Berlusconi's

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, with which he is elected to the

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in 1994 and in 1996. During 1996, he left Berlusconi's party to join

Gianfranco Fini Gianfranco Fini (born 3 January 1952) is an Italian politician who served as the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013. He is the former leader of the far-right Italian Social Movement, the conservative National Allianc ...

's National Alliance. He left his seat in the

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in 2000, once he was elected Mayor of Sassari, supported by the whole Pole for Freedoms. In 2005, at the end of his term, Campus did not run again for mayor. In June 2009, Campus was elected regional councilor of Sardinia for The People of Freedom (PdL), being the most voted candidate in the city of

Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

. In June 2012, together with other four regional councillors, he joined a new group in the Regional Council, named "Sardinia is already tomorrow" and chaired by Mario Diana. The new group included, in addition to Diana and Campus,

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( ApI),

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(ex-PdL), and Massimo Mulas ( UPC). Amid its formation, the group joined the opposition to the regional government led by Ugo Cappellacci (PdL).Sardies
/ref> In 2019, Campus ran again for the seat of Mayor of Sassari with the support of a coalition of centre-right civic lists: after ranking second in the first round, Campus won the run-off and was elected Mayor 14 years after his last experience.

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*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Campus, Nanni 1952 births Living people People from Sassari Mayors of Sassari Italian Social Movement politicians Forza Italia politicians National Alliance (Italy) politicians The People of Freedom politicians 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian politicians University of Sassari alumni