Nicola Fiorita

Nicola Fiorita

Mayor of Catanzaro
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2022
Preceded by	Sergio Abramo

Personal details
Born	(1969-07-14) 14 July 1969 (age 54) Catanzaro, Italy
Political party	Left-wing independent
Alma mater	University of Florence
Occupation	University professor

Nicola Fiorita (born 14 July 1969) is an Italian academic and politician, Mayor of Catanzaro since 2022.

Biography

Son of Franco Fiorita, former mayor of Catanzaro, he graduated in law at the University of Florence and became a university professor at the University of Calabria, dealing with law and religion, secularism and European Islam.^[1]

Always close to the left, Fiorita has been a candidate in the local elections of 2017 for the office of mayor of Catanzaro leading a left-wing coalition and ranking third with a percentage of 23.23%.^[2]

Mayor of Catanzaro

Following an agreement between the Democratic Party, Five Star Movement, Volt and other progressive movements, Fiorita became the official candidate of the centre-left coalition for the office of mayor of Catanzaro in the local elections of 2022.^[3] He was elected mayor in the second turn, defeating the centre-right candidate Valerio Donato, with a percentage of 58%, despite the lists in support of him appear to be in the minority in the city council due to the occurrence of the so-called lame duck.^[4]

References

^ "Nicola Fiorita, chi è: biografia e lista a sostegno del candidato sindaco di Catanzaro". true-news.it. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Catanzaro, pesa voto disgiunto. Ciconte -14% su liste". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Elezioni a Catanzaro, il M5S con Fiorita: "Può guidare e vincere la sfida dell'autosufficienza energetica"". Gazzetta del Sud. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Nicola Fiorita, il professore militante che ha conquistato Catanzaro". Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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Preceded by Sergio Abramo	Mayor of Catanzaro since 2022	Succeeded by Incumbent

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