Matteo Renzi

Matteo Renzi
Mayor of Florence
Incumbent
Assumed office June 22, 2009
Preceded by	Leonardo Domenici
President of Province of Florence
In office June 14, 2004 – June 9, 2009
Personal details
Born	January 11, 1975 (1975-01-11) (age 36) Florence, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Democratic Party

Matteo Renzi (born Florence, 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician. He was elected as Mayor of Florence on June 22, 2009 with 59.96% of the vote.^[1][2] In February 2011 he publicly called on all the Italian politicians of the Berlusconi era to retire, citing the fact that Berlusconi is only six years younger than Renzi's grandmother.^[3]

Biography

Renzi was born in Florence in 1975. He studied in Florence, and then he graduated in law in Florence University. He joined the Italian People's Party in 1996, and became Provincial Secretary in 1999. He was President of the Province of Florence from 2004 to 2009, winning 58.8% of the ballots in the elections of 12 June 2004, representing a centre-left coalition.

On 9 June 2009 in the elections for the Mayor of Florence, Renzi (as a member of the Democratic Party) obtained 47.57% of the ballots, against 32% for Giovanni Galli, the candidate of the centre-right coalition headed by The People of Freedom party.^[4]

In 2010, while his popularity was increasing, he organised a meeting in Florence in Leopolda Station to discuss about Italian politic, after stating that a complete change was necessary also in his party. That is the reason why media gave him the name "scrapper".

In 2011 he organised again a meeting in Florence, where he met common people and tried to write down one hundred points to discuss.

He was strongly criticised by the members of his own party because of his idea that Italian politicians who have been in charge for more than 20 years should retire.

He is married to a teacher and has three sons.

References

1. ^ "Elezioni Comunali Turno di ballottaggio 21-22 giugno 2009". Comune di Firenze. 2009. http://www.comune.firenze.it/elettorale/refeball2009/ballottaggio.htm. Retrieved 2011. 
2. ^ Roe, Alex. "Matteo Renzi takes Florence". http://italychronicles.com/matteo-renzi-takes-florence/. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
3. ^ Kington, Tom (20 February 2011). "Silvio Berlusconi's sleaze nation attacked by mayor". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/20/matteo-renzi-challenge-berlusconi-sleaze. 
4. ^ "Center-Left Candidate Matteo Renzi holds 47.6% of the Vote to Giovanni Galli's 32% two weeks before ballotaggio". The Florence Newspaper. 09.06.2009. http://www.florencenewspaper.it/vediarticolo.asp?news=a9.06.09.18.27. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 

External links

• Matteo Renzi election video

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Name	Renzi, Matteo
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Date of birth	11 January 1975
Place of birth	Florence, Italy
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